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Evolve Free Monthly CPD Webinar Series – Revit – Managing Standards
Elevate Your Skills in Revit and BIM Evolve is excited to announce a free monthly CPD webinar series designed for architects, engineers and professionals keen to upskill in Revit, IFC and more. Starting March 2025, these webinars will run on the last Friday of every...
ISO 19650-6: HEALTH AND SAFETY
WHAT IS IT? ISO 19650-6:2025 is the latest addition to the ISO 19650 series, focusing on the collaborative management of health and safety (H&S) information throughout the lifecycle of built assets. This standard, which replaces PAS 1192-6:2018, provides a...
Save 70% on our training courses through CITB funding
If your business is CITB registered you may be able to claim a 70% grant for any of our digital skills training Evolve Consultancy is a CITB approved training provider which means you can offset 70% of the cost of our courses through CITB funding. The process is...
Training Library Preview
Our Training Library is now available to anyone, anywhere. Watch this brief overview to see how it works, and the extensive self-paced content we have available. Contact training@evolve-consultancy.com for more details Sign up today at...
Revit IFC Export #6: Classifications
Probably the most common information to add to any model, or family, is a classification code. A basic requirement of many Exchange Information Requirements, this provides an unambiguous identification of any element. The codes are typically taken from recognised...
OpenBuildings Designer IFC Export #2: Part Mapping to IFC TYPE
It is common when first exporting data from OpenBuildings Designer to IFC that the results are “less than ideal”. In our experience, when this happens, the first response is “IFC isn’t suitable” or “the client requirements are not possible to deliver” when, quite...
OpenBuildings Designer IFC Export #1: Administration
OpenBuildings Designer includes complete integration with IFC 2x3 and IFC4*, including DataGroups for all supported IfcEntities, IfcTypes and necessary property definitions to support the required PSets (Property Sets). This is included in the standard dataset...
The Evolve Training Library is now LIVE! *just added: The Game of BIM 4th Edition*
ACCESS OUR LIBRARY OF TRAINING MATERIAL NOW We are very pleased to announce that our Training Library is now live. Training is a large part of our service. Making sure that you know all that you need to be productive, and that you are able to deliver as efficiently as...
Revit IFC Export #5: Property Sets pt 2 – Remapping
As noted previously, consistency is the key when working with IFC. Unfortunately, consistency to the nth degree is difficult to control in a widespread design team. Even if you can agree that each discipline will include certain data, if the parameters are used are...
Revit IFC Export #4: Property Sets pt I
Consistency is the key when working with IFC. Consistency in terms of how you approach your modelling (which may need slightly differing approaches to a regular “modelling for drawing production” method), consistency in the standards, templates and even the views you...