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Knowledge Case studies Updates Reports Building Safety Act White Paper Sustainable Futures UK Report 2024 Digital Construction Report Resources Sample Specifications Financial Summary Sustainable Specification Guides Whitepaper

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Enhanced NBS digital tools for Autodesk Revit

Download our free BIM tools to see how NBS helps integrate the specification with design models and supports interoperable data.

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Sample BIM tools

The enhanced functionality in the NBS plug-in for Autodesk® Revit® enables the synchronization of crucial information from NBS Chorus to modelled objects. We have put together a range of supporting files to allow embedded specification data in the model to be exported in the open standard file format known as IFC. Complete the form to access them now.

What’s included?

  1. Model and specification integration
    Sample NBS annotation tags for Autodesk® Revit®, for specifications based on Uniclass classification:
    • Multicategory.
    • Multicategory for Systems.
    • Material.

    If you would like to read more on this product development, please visit the technical article:
    Model and specification integration.


  2. Exporting NBS interoperable data
    Sample files to allow the export of custom IFC property sets from Autodesk® Revit®, including Uniclass classification in modelled objects:
    • Revit® accessible WC model.
    • Configured IFC Exporter JSON file1.
    • Revit® to IFC user-defined mapping file.
    • Output IFC file.

    NOTE 1: External mapping file and classification settings only.

    If you would like to read more on how NBS supports interoperability, please visit the technical article:
    Exporting NBS interoperable data.