Common Tools

A Builders Work tool that enables BIM workflow with architects and structural engineers. It ensures the needed communication for provisions for ducts, pipes, cable trays or any other containment that passes through a wall, roof, slab or similar. The automatic provision for voids' tool creates provisions based on the project settings.

In addition, the tool enables communication with structural engineers about the coordination, verification and acceptance of the voids. Reports produced by structural engineers when verifying the provisions with Tekla Structures can be imported to MagiCAD with all the relevant information whether the provision has been accepted or should be modified.

Enables creating section views from the model and adding annotations. It also makes possible to add other relevant information to the section views. Separate section views can easily be kept up-to-date with the latest changes in the model.

Provides an easy and efficient way to number all your components and equipment with unique configurable numbering formats.  The purpose of the running indexes (RI) is to set a unique number ID to the parts that are placed in e.g. a system of data sockets. The running index tool can create, remove, renumber, remove gaps and duplicates - all according to the needs and your definition. The Running Index numbers can later on be tagged or used in Object ID strings that can be configured in MagiCAD project settings.

Enables the user to replace a specific product with another similar product without any disconnects or position changes. The replaced product also inherits all the given information from the originally installed product.

Enables collaboration in a BIM project. Consider that you are responsible for design coordination in a large and complex project. Once the issues are document and actions decided, the problematic part is finding all the issues afterwards in your project file. By exporting and importing BCF (Building Collaboration Format) files in addition to the traditional meeting minutes, the BCF tool automatically zooms and finds the problematic situation in your BIM model. All meeting notes and agreed action are of course conveniently available to read at the same time.

Exports files according to IFC 2x3 v.2 or IFC 4. Files can be exported one by one or by using the IFC batch export configuration tool.

IFC Export & Property Set Manager is a reliable, easy configurable and highly automated tool for exporting IFC files with properly configured information sets. This is invaluable at a time when the delivery of information rich IFC models have become a standard demand for BIM projects in many market areas.

It automatically creates legends according to your configuration. The configuration can be made for the information included in the legend, 2D symbols or 3D models, headers, range selection, all used products or all products in a project and more.

Legends are placed directly to the drawing and update functionality in MagiCAD makes sure that the legends are always correct during the whole project lifecycle.

Automate the maintenance of your BIM model.

Let MagiCAD Batch Manager take care of the maintenance work for your BIM model.

Save combinations of selected functions as batch processes. Based on your saved configurations the Batch Manager runs a batch of tasks in the desired order.

The batch itself can be activated on demand or set as a reactive process that is automatically activated when you select Print, Save, Save as or Export to IFC. All configurations can be saved, reused and combined.

If you want to ensure a maintenance task is done before saving – for example, updating and merging specific parameters – it can be done automatically. All you need to do is define what processes should be run, how and when.

A new tool for live or on-demand clash detection in your entire Revit project

The new MagiCAD Clash Detection tool makes coordination between the different design disciplines easier, faster and more reliable. You can select one of two approaches for detecting clashes: real-time detection while you carry out modelling or on-demand detection. MagiCAD Clash Detection detects two types of clashes: hard clashes where the elements physically collide and soft clashes where the clash occurs between the clearance zones defined for the objects. The colours signifying hard clashes and soft clashes can be defined by the user.

The Clash Detection tool creates a clash report in the BCF Manager. In the BCF Manager, you can carry out coordination using MagiCAD’s editing features, create and add images to illustrate problem spots, as well as add comments to the topics included in the clash report. The clash reports can be exported and imported, enabling easy sharing of the report and the attached images and comments with project partners.

MagiCAD’s Builders Work Openings toolset enables a BIM workflow with other parties.

The Provision for Builderswork Openings tool in MagiCAD and the free Revit add-in Builders Work Openings ensure the needed communication with architects and structural engineers for provisions and voids for ducts, pipes, cable trays or any other containment that passes through a wall, roof, slab or similar.

The first step in the workflow is to run the automatic Provision for Builderswork Openings tool in MagiCAD that creates provisions based on the MEP project settings. When the provisions have been created, architects and structural engineers can run the free-of-charge Builders Work Openings tool to communicate with MEP designers and to approve or deny the provisions. The Builders Work Openings tool collects all information in a small xml file that can easily be sent back and forth between the stakeholders. When everything has been checked, the tool cuts the holes. In addition, the Builders Work Openings tool automatically alerts the user whenever the size or position of a provision is changed, or if a provision is deleted.

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