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Useful products, resources & downloads from Evolve Consultancy
| Image | Product Name | Description | Price | Categories | hf:categories |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ACCURATE DRAWING IN AUTOCAD | Accurate Drawing Dynamic Input Dynamic Input is designed to bring relevant information about the tool … | FREE | AutoCAD, Guides | autocad guides |
 | ADDITIONAL IFC PARAMETERS IN REVIT | ADDITIONAL PARAMETERS REQUIRED FOR IFC & COBIE The parameters provided out of the box from … | FREE | Guides, Revit | guides revit |
| ALIGNING CAD DATA IN REVIT | It is possible, quite likely in fact, that a Revit model and CAD data will … | FREE | Guides, Revit | guides revit |
| ANNOTATIVE SCALING IN AUTOCAD | What is it? Annotative scaling is the process in which you select a scale for … | FREE | AutoCAD, Guides | autocad guides |
| AutoCAD (or AutoCAD LT) 2D Basics training course | This course aims to teach the basic commands necessary for professional 2D drawing, design, and … | £1,100.00 | Autodesk Training, Training Course | autodesk-training training-course |
| AUTOCAD HATCHING | Hatches can be patterns or solid fills and are used to identify different parts of … | FREE | AutoCAD, Guides | autocad guides |
| AUTOCAD REFERENCES | Certain information in a design is used repeatedly, whether it be grids, plans, furniture or … | FREE | AutoCAD, Guides | autocad guides |
| AUTOCAD TEXT | A technical drawing is incomplete without annotation. Notes on a drawing are important to convey … | FREE | AutoCAD, Guides | autocad guides |
 | BE 2011 – SETTING UP BENTLEY BUILDING PRODUCTS ON PROJECTS | A strength of Bentley products has always been their configurability. But with great strength comes … | FREE | Presentations | presentations |
 | BIM Kit | Our experience … in a download Our BIM Kits provide you with a complete set … | £750.00 | BIM Templates, Evolvelite | bim-templates evolvelite |
 | BIM SHOW LIVE 2013 – IFC THE GOOD THE BAD THE UGLY | Opinion on the ability of IFC to provide the level of exchange necessary is divided: … | FREE | Presentations | presentations |
 | BIM workshop | Regardless of your role within your company, Building Information Modelling affects the way you do … | £1,150.00 | BIM Training, Training Course | bim-training training-course |
 | BOOK: THE GAME OF BIM (ISO19650 EDITION) | Now available as a FREE e-book download or a limited edition pocket book, The Game Of … | FREE | Books | books |
 | COBie: UNDERSTANDING COBie | COBie stands for “Construction (to) Operations Building information exchange” and is used to capture essential … | FREE | BIM, Guides | bim guides |
| CONTINUOUS STAIR TO FLOOR RAILINGS IN REVIT | This guide will explain how to extend a stair-hosted Railing onto a Floor instead of … | FREE | Guides, Revit | guides revit |
| CONTROLLING THE VISIBILITY AND GRAPHICS OF A LINKED DWG IN REVIT | Linking DWGs is appropriate where external consultant information must be incorporated into drawings produced from … | FREE | Guides, Revit | guides revit |
| COORDINATES IN AUTOCAD | Coordinates There are two coordinate systems in AutoCAD. World Coordinate System (WCS) and User Coordinate … | FREE | AutoCAD, Guides | autocad guides |
| CREATING BASIC SHAPES IN AUTOCAD | Circles To show the Circle tools click the Circle tool drop-down from the Ribbon Home … | FREE | AutoCAD, Guides | autocad guides |
| CREATING CONSISTENT IFC PROPERTIES IN REVIT | There is more to generating successful IFCs than simply clicking on Export and hoping for … | FREE | Guides, Revit | guides revit |
| CREATING NEW LAYOUTS IN AUTOCAD | Layouts Once a drawing file has completed, this needs to be printed either to paper … | FREE | AutoCAD, Guides | autocad guides |
| CREATING VIEWPORTS AND ADDING SCALE IN AUTOCAD | This module will help you to understand how to create viewports in your layout at … | FREE | AutoCAD, Guides | autocad guides |
 | DATASET FOR BOOK: PRACTICAL ARCHITECTURAL MODELLING WITH AECOSIM BUILDING DESIGNER | by Nigel Davies Written for all skill levels, Practical Architectural Modelling With AECOsim Building Designer provides an … | FREE | Books | books |
 | DATASET FOR BOOK: PRACTICAL ARCHITECTURAL MODELLING WITH AUTODESK REVIT | Use the access code provided in the book to download this for FREE. This download … | £199.00 | Books, Guides, Revit | books guides revit |
 | DATASET FOR BOOK: PRACTICAL MODEL CHECKING & COORDINATION EXERCISES FOR SOLIBRI OFFICE | Use the access code provided in the book to download this for FREE. This download … | £199.00 | Books, Guides, Solibri | books guides solibri |
 | DATASET FOR BOOK: PRACTICAL STRUCTURAL MODELLING WITH AECOSIM BUILDING DESIGNER | by Nigel Davies and Daniel Heselwood Practical Structural Modelling With AECOsim Building Designer provides a compilation of step-by-step … | FREE | Books | books |
| DIMENSIONS IN AUTOCAD | A technical drawing is incomplete without annotation. Notes on a drawing are important to convey … | FREE | AutoCAD, Guides | autocad guides |
 | EVOLVE ACS TOOL – BENTLEY | MANAGE ACSs EASILY ACROSS YOUR WHOLE PROJECT. As ACSs become ever more important in MicroStation, … | £99.00 – £399.00 | Apps | apps |
 | EVOLVE FILE NAMING TOOL – BENTLEY | CREATE FILES AND ENSURE THE WHOLE PROJECT TEAM USES THE CORRECT NAMING STANDARD. Need to … | £99.00 – £399.00 | Apps | apps |
| EVOLVE FILE NAMING TOOL – ISO 19650 UK and IRISH NATIONAL ANNEX EDITION | CREATE ANY FILE FOR ANY SOFTWARE! With the Evolve-FileNamingTool maintaining compliance to ISO 19650 is … | £19.00 – £950.00 | Apps | apps |
 | EVOLVE ISSUE TOOL – BENTLEY | SAVE TIME ISSUING DGN, DWG, PDF AND OTHER FORMATS. When you issue your drawings, it’s … | £99.00 – £399.00 | Apps | apps |
| EVOLVE ISSUE TOOL – REVIT (2015 – 2021) | SAVE TIME ISSUING DGN, DWG and PDF AND OTHER FORMATS. When you issue your drawings, … | £99.00 – £399.00 | Apps | apps |
 | EVOLVE LAYER TOOL – AUTOCAD | ENSURE NEW LAYERS ARE CREATED TO THE CORRECT CONSISTENT STANDARD. It has never been easier … | £99.00 – £399.00 | Apps | apps |
| EVOLVE LAYER TOOL – BENTLEY (BS1192) | ENSURE NEW LAYERS ARE CREATED TO THE CORRECT CONSISTENT STANDARD. It has never been easier … | £99.00 – £399.00 | Apps | apps |
| EVOLVE LAYER TOOL – BENTLEY (ISO 19650) | ENSURE NEW LAYERS ARE CREATED TO THE CORRECT CONSISTENT STANDARD. It has never been easier … | £99.00 – £399.00 | Apps | apps |
 | EVOLVE REF TOOL – BENTLEY | SEARCH FOR REFERENCES QUICKLY ACROSS YOUR PROJECT. It’s something everyone wants to do but no-one … | £99.00 – £399.00 | Apps | apps |
 | EVOLVE REPOSITION TOOL – BENTLEY | RELOCATE ALL PROJECT FILES IN ONE SIMPLE BATCH. Co-ordinating CAD information across a design team … | £99.00 – £399.00 | Apps | apps |
 | EVOLVELITE for AECOsim Building Designer Select Series 5 | EVOLVELITE PROVIDES ANYONE, REGARDLESS OF COMPANY SIZE, DISCIPLINE, EXPERIENCE OR BUDGET, WITH AEC (UK)-COMPLIANT START-UP … | £499.00 | Evolvelite | evolvelite |
 | EVOLVELITE for AUTOCAD 2017 | EVOLVELITE PROVIDES ANYONE, REGARDLESS OF COMPANY SIZE, DISCIPLINE, EXPERIENCE OR BUDGET, WITH AEC (UK)-COMPLIANT START-UP … | £499.00 | Evolvelite | evolvelite |
| EXPORTING LAYERS TO IFC FROM REVIT | Revit does not use layers, but layers are an important aspect of standard information exchange … | FREE | Guides, Revit | guides revit |
| IFC CLASSIFICATION IN REVIT | Creating acceptable IFC output can be a challenge. The property structure of an IFC file … | FREE | Guides, Revit | guides revit |
| IMPORTING IFC INTO REVIT | SETTING UP IFC OPTIONS Before starting an IFC import, it is essential to create a … | FREE | Guides, Revit | guides revit |
| INQUIRY COMMANDS IN AUTOCAD | Inquiry commands are tools that help to organise and check drawings. Enquiry Tools The enquiry … | FREE | AutoCAD, Guides | autocad guides |
| ISO 19650 BRIEFING | To help with your adoption of ISO 19650, we have prepared this ISO 19650 briefing … | FREE | BIM, Guides | bim guides |
 | KNOWLEDGESMART MICROSTATION 2D TRAINING GUIDES | The Evolve KnowledgeSmart training handouts cover all the essential tools necessary for efficient draughting in … | FREE | Guides, MicroStation | guides microstation |
| LINETYPE IN AUTOCAD | Linetype Linetypes change the way geometry is displayed in AutoCAD and can be controlled either … | FREE | AutoCAD, Guides | autocad guides |
| LOCATING A PROJECT TO AN EXISTING GRID IN REVIT | Setting Shared Coordinates in Revit is straightforward. But what happens if you have been issued … | FREE | Guides, Revit | guides revit |
| LOCATING AND REMOVING CORRUPT FAMILIES IN REVIT | It is good practice to audit RVT files periodically as it scans, detects, and fixes … | Guides, Revit | guides revit | |
 | MAKING AECOSIM BUILDING DESIGNER WORK FOR YOU | Download a PDF copy of Nigel’s recent BE 2012 presentation on “Making AECOsim Building Designer … | FREE | Presentations | presentations |
| MANAGING LEVELS IN REVIT | creating levels To create a new level, open any of the Elevations views in the … | FREE | Guides, Revit | guides revit |
| MANIPULATING OBJECTS IN AUTOCAD | When creating drawings for construction, the design intent is likely to change, meaning that designs … | FREE | AutoCAD, Guides | autocad guides |
| MicroStation (or PowerDraft) 2D Basics training course | This course aims to teach the basic commands necessary for professional 2D drawing, design, and … | £1,100.00 | Bentley Training, Training Course | bentley-training training-course |
| MICROSTATION 3D TENTATIVE POINT | This “old school” method of controlling locations in your MicroStation files can still be extremely … | FREE | Guides, MicroStation, OpenBuildings Designer | guides microstation obd |
| MICROSTATION ACCUDRAW COMMANDS | Activating AccuDraw To start AccuDraw use the Toggle AccuDraw button. This is found on Home … | FREE | Guides, MicroStation, OpenBuildings Designer | guides microstation obd |
| MICROSTATION ACCUSNAP | The Keypoint Snap setting lets you snap to equally spaced points along an element. The … | FREE | Guides, MicroStation, OpenBuildings Designer | guides microstation obd |
| MICROSTATION ARRAY | Copy & Array Use the Copy tool (to create multiple copies by entering the number … | FREE | Guides, MicroStation, OpenBuildings Designer | guides microstation obd |
| MICROSTATION CIRCLES & ARCS | Placing circles (E 3 1) Place a circle by Centre and choose the centre point … | FREE | Guides, MicroStation, OpenBuildings Designer | guides microstation obd |
| MICROSTATION Configuration | Configuration files are text-based files that allow MicroStation to be set-up for office standards and … | FREE | Guides, MicroStation, OpenBuildings Designer | guides microstation obd |
| MICROSTATION CONNECT CONFIGURATION VARIABLES | If, like us, you’re looking for a list of new and redundant configurations in MicroStation … | FREE | Guides, MicroStation | guides microstation |
| MICROSTATION COORDINATE ENTRY | AccuDraw can enter absolute co-ordinates. The absolute co-ordinate values are distances from the design file’s … | FREE | Guides, MicroStation, OpenBuildings Designer | guides microstation obd |
| MICROSTATION CREATING A PROJECT ACS | Creating an ACS for a project will allow you to rotate the views to suit … | FREE | Guides, MicroStation, OpenBuildings Designer | guides microstation obd |
| MICROSTATION HATCHING & PATTERNING | Creating Hatches Hatching is found in Annotate > Patterns (G H): Note: Hatching is annotative, … | FREE | Guides, MicroStation, OpenBuildings Designer | guides microstation obd |
| MICROSTATION MEASURING | The measuring tools are found in Analyze > Measure. Measure Distance Between points To measure … | FREE | Guides, MicroStation, OpenBuildings Designer | guides microstation obd |
| MICROSTATION PROJECT COORDINATES | When starting any project, 2D or 3D it is critical that the information falls within … | FREE | Guides, MicroStation, OpenBuildings Designer | guides microstation obd |
| MICROSTATION RENDERING: GLOBAL LIGHTING | Lighting is important to clearly illuminate your renderings in MicroStation V8i. At first sight, the … | FREE | Guides, MicroStation, OpenBuildings Designer | guides microstation obd |
| MICROSTATION RENDERING: LUXOLOGY | The Basics In order to produce a quick, high-quality rendered image in MicroStation, you should … | FREE | Guides, MicroStation, OpenBuildings Designer | guides microstation obd |
| MICROSTATION RENDERING: MANAGING MATERIALS | Materials are stored in dgnlibs, or your active dgn. To use a material from a … | FREE | Guides, MicroStation, OpenBuildings Designer | guides microstation obd |
| MICROSTATION RENDERING: MATERIAL PRIORITIES | A question that is often asked is which material setting has priority? You can apply … | FREE | Guides, MicroStation, OpenBuildings Designer | guides microstation obd |
| MicroStation: USING WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES | MicroStation uses configuration variables to define how certain tools work and to look for specific … | FREE | Guides, MicroStation, OpenBuildings Designer | guides microstation obd |
| MODIFYING OBJECTS IN AUTOCAD | When creating technical drawings, once certain geometry is created it can be reused to build … | FREE | AutoCAD, Guides | autocad guides |
| ORGANISING LAYERS IN AUTOCAD | A single drawing file may be used for many reasons, the same drawing could be … | FREE | AutoCAD, Guides | autocad guides |
| PAGE SETUPS AND PLOT STYLE | Page Setups AutoCAD uses page setups to control layout settings and plotter properties. Page setups … | FREE | AutoCAD, Guides | autocad guides |
| PLOTTING/PRINTING IN AUTOCAD | Once your page setup has been created, you are ready to print your drawings. From … | FREE | AutoCAD, Guides | autocad guides |
| POWERDRAFT: THE RIBBON | Use the images below to help navigate the PowerDraft CONNECT ribbon and find commonly used … | FREE | Guides, MicroStation, OpenBuildings Designer | guides microstation obd |
 | Practical Architectural Modelling with OpenBuildings Designer training course | Creating 3d models using OpenBuildings Designer can help improve the production of documentation as well … | £2,200.00 | Bentley Training, Training Course | bentley-training training-course |
| Practical Architectural Modelling with Revit training course | This course covers the workflow principles and skills required for a user to produce models … | £2,200.00 | Autodesk Training, Training Course | autodesk-training training-course |
| Practical Structural Modelling with OpenBuildings Designer training course | Creating 3d models using OpenBuildings Designer can help improve the production of documentation as well … | £2,200.00 | Bentley Training, Training Course | bentley-training training-course |
| Practical Structural Modelling with Revit training course | This course covers the workflow principles and skills required for a user to produce models … | £2,200.00 | Autodesk Training, Training Course | autodesk-training training-course |
| PRIORITISING TRANSPARENCY IN MICROSTATION | While very useful, transparency is not always the best option for certain situations. There are … | FREE | Guides, MicroStation, OpenBuildings Designer | guides microstation obd |
 | PROJECT EXCHANGE INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS TEMPLATE | EIR Template The Exchange Information Requirements (EIR) is defined in ISO19650 as the document that … | £1,250.00 | BIM Templates | bim-templates |
 | PROJECT MASTER INFORMATION DELIVERY PLAN (MIDP) TEMPLATE | The Master Information Delivery Plan is a compiled list of all project deliverables organised in … | FREE | BIM Templates | bim-templates |
 | Remote Working Model Healthcheck | Our unique productivity service available to any project anywhere in the world This last week … | £300.00 | Services | services |
| REVIT 2016 REVISION PREFIXES & BS1192 | A common argument when adopting the British BIM standards in Revit is that “Revit can’t … | FREE | Guides, Revit | guides revit |
| REVIT CENTRAL FILE MAINTENANCE | The purpose of this guide is to deliver a maintenance framework for keeping Revit Central … | FREE | Guides, Revit | guides revit |
| REVIT CREATING AREA OPTIONS | It is not possible to create Areas in Revit’s Design Options. They are created in … | FREE | Guides, Revit | guides revit |
| REVIT MASSING | There are two ways to create masses using Revit: In-place masses These are typically used … | FREE | Guides, Revit | guides revit |
| REVIT PARAMETER TYPES | This guide explains the different types of parameters used in Revit. There are four types … | FREE | Guides, Revit | guides revit |
| REVIT PROJECT COORDINATES | In order to ensure that all information is authored in the correct geographical location but … | FREE | Guides, Revit | guides revit |
| REVIT PROJECT COORDINATES | In order to ensure that all information is authored in the correct geographical location but … | FREE | Guides, Revit | guides revit |
| REVIT TOPOGRAPHY AND BUILDING PADS | This guide explains how to use the 3D topography tools in Revit and the associated … | FREE | Guides, Revit | guides revit |
| REVIT VIEW DEPTHS | Each view in Revit has a view range controlled by 4 different properties. Adjusting the … | FREE | Guides, Revit | guides revit |
| Revit: Corrupt Families | LOCATING AND REMOVING CORRUPT FAMILIES It is good practice to audit RVT files periodically as … | FREE | Guides, Revit | guides revit |
| SETTING UP IFC EXPORT FROM REVIT | The correct IFC Export settings are critical to ensure that the necessary information is included … | FREE | Guides, Revit | guides revit |
 | Solibri classroom training courses (26-27/10/2021 & 09-10/11/2021) | Join us for these OFFICIAL Solibri training courses running through October and November 2021. You … | £450.00 – £900.00 | Solibri Training, Training Course | solibri-training training-course |
| Solibri Rules Workshop (19/10/2021 & 20/10/2021) | Evolve’s online training is aimed at improving your productivity when remote working. We are offering … | £480.00 | Solibri Training, Training Course | solibri-training training-course |
| SOLIBRI: CUSTOM RELATIONS | From time to time, it may be necessary to reorganise the elements within Solibri, for … | FREE | Guides, Solibri | guides solibri |
| SOLIBRI: MODEL CATEGORIES | New to Solibri Model Checker v9.8 is the ability to categorise your models as you … | FREE | Guides, Solibri | guides solibri |
| SOLIBRI: SAVING RULESETS FROM SMC FILES | Rules are stored in an SMC file once an IFC is opened in Solibri. It … | FREE | Guides, Solibri | guides solibri |
 | THE 10 STEPS TO ISO 19650 | Download a PDF copy of Nigel’s UK Construction Week 2019 presentation on how to cope … | FREE | Presentations | presentations |
| THE DRAWING ENVIRONMENT IN AUTOCAD | We explain in this post the AutoCAD interface and its different menus and options before … | FREE | AutoCAD, Guides | autocad guides |
| THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT IN AUTOCAD | This post explains the AutoCAD interface and its different menus and options prior to using … | FREE | AutoCAD, Guides | autocad guides |
 | UK BIM FRAMEWORK HEALTHCHECK | UK BIM FRAMEWORK COMPLIANCE ASSESSMENT Evolve can now provide full UK BIM Framework compliance analysis … | £1,965.00 | Services | services |
| USING IFCExportAs IN REVIT | Most of the components built in Revit are exported to the correct IFC Class via … | FREE | Guides, Revit | guides revit |
| VISUALISATION WITH ENSCAPE IN REVIT | Enscape is a paid integrated real-time render for Revit and can be used for quick … | FREE | Guides, Revit | guides revit |
 | WEBINAR PRESENTATION – SOLIBRI: CONFIGURING & CHECKING COBie | This webinar looked at how easy it is to generate COBie and how you can … | FREE | Presentations | presentations |
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