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Lachmi Khemlani of AECbytes describes e-SPECS as
a highlight of the AIA 2006 National Convention and Expo
June 29th, 2006 - Excerpts from her feature story: "BIM
Applications and Supporting Technologies":
While BIM may seem the main focus of AEC technology at the moment,
it is, in reality, only just the beginning. BIM is going to spawn
a whole new generation of what I refer to as "supporting technologies,"
which will extend its capabilities to cover many different aspects
of building planning, design, and construction. There were already
a number of such technologies on display at this year's convention
- a noticeable first - and we should continue to see more of these
every year.
Specifications is one aspect of the design process that can be
readily automated with BIM, and the lead on this has been taken
by InterSpec with its e-SPECS product, which now automates the preparation
of project specifications from all the three Revit BIM applications-Revit
Building, Revit Structure, and Revit Systems - and also supports
the latest release of Autodesk Architectural Desktop (ADT), version
2007. e-SPECS automatically creates project specifications based
on MASTERSPEC from the walls, doors, windows, and other building
objects in the model created in any of these applications, ensuring
their coordination and accuracy. Any changes made to the design
are automatically incorporated into the specification manual. Other
features include the ability to review the history of the specification
section to see why a specific product was included in the project,
collaboration on the specification documents by the extended project
team using markup tools or by publishing to Autodesk Buzzsaw, and
a built-in browser for researching available products from suppliers
that meet the specifications. A new version of e-SPECSs, version
3.1, was released in May, and it features more detailed MASTERSPEC
library integration as well as various enhancements to the e-SPECS
Specification Editor, including improved headers and footers, print
preview, auto save, global search and replace, and new error and
warning messages to guide spec writers. It would be good to see
similar applications being developed for other BIM applications
as well.
Read
the entire article here.
About Lachmi Khemlani
Lachmi Khemlani is founder and editor of AECbytes. She has a
Ph.D. in Architecture from UC Berkeley, specializing in intelligent
building modeling, and consults and writes on AEC technology. She
can be reached at lachmi@aecbytes.com.
About InterSpec
InterSpec provides construction document management solutions and
services built on its patented e-SPECS® specification management
technology. e-SPECS software automates the specification process by
extracting the product and material requirements directly from the
project drawings. e-SPECS integrates directly with Autodesk's AutoCAD®,
Autodesk Building Systems, Autodesk® Architectural Desktop and all
Autodesk Revit-based BIM products, and supports all libraries of MASTERSPEC®.
For architects and engineers who spend many hours on every project
preparing construction specifications, e-SPECS software saves time
and money while ensuring that the construction drawings are coordinated
with the specifications. For more information visit www.e-SPECS.com
or contact sales at +1-207-772-6135 or email to sales@e-SPECS.com.
e-SPECS is a registered trademark of InterSpec. Autodesk, AutoCAD
and Revit are registered trademarks of Autodesk, Inc. MASTERSPEC is
a registered trademark of The American Institute of Architects. ©
Copyright 2006 InterSpec, Inc. All rights reserved.
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