BoQ Exporter - Help & Documentation
Welcome to the help section for the TiMBIM Revit BoQ Exporter Plugin. This guide will walk you through installation, setup, and usage.
1. Installation
- To Be Defined
2. Unit Settings
- Launch Revit and go to the “TiMBIM” tab
- The first time you launch the plugin, go to Unit Settings to configure the units for each measurement type:
- Display Unit: Select the preferred unit (e.g., m, m², kg) from the dropdown menu for each measurement type.
- Rounding Increment: Set the increment to which values should be rounded. For example, a value of 0.01 rounds results to the nearest hundredth, while 1 rounds to the nearest whole number.
- When closing the window you get the request to save or not
3. Initial Setup
- Start with adding a chapter
- Double click the chapter in the tree to rename the chapter
- There is no limit to subchapter levels that can be added
- Numbering is done automatically
- Chapters can be moved holding the left mouse button and dragging the chapter to the desired location
- Chapters can be copied holding the left mouse button + “ctrl” and dragging the chapter to the desired location
- To retrieve the needed data from the model to add to the BoQ
- double click the chapter in the tree
- select the desired measurement output type
- create measurement groups. These groups contain elements that
- that use the same filters
- from which the measurement can be retrieved using the same parameter
- that can use the same parameter for grouping
- f.e. in this case there are 2 groups. one for ducts and one for duct fittings because they can not be retrieved using the same filters and it was also requested to multiply the length of the duct fittings by 1.5x (see factor)
- per measurement group define
- measurement parameter: parameter from which the quantity is derived
- grouping parameter: parameter used for grouping in the BoQ export, in this case the output will be grouped by size. When no grouping parameter is used the output is not grouped
- Factor: factor by which the quantity is multiplied
- Filters: filters to retrieve the needed elements
- EXTRA:
- The Length of fittings is calculated by the plugin when using “Length” as measurement parameter for Round Duct Fittings and Pipe Fittings, the biggest diameter is returned as size
- The Area of rectangular duct fittings is calculated by the plugin when using “Area” as measurement parameter for Rectangular Duct Fittings
- When closing the main window you get the request to save or not
4. Exporting a BoQ
a preview of the BoQ is shown
it is possible to view the included elements of a result by double clicking it
- The result can be exported as Excel (.xlsx), Json (.json) or CSV file (.csv)
5. License Management
To be defined
6. Troubleshooting
If issues persist, contact us at support@timbim.eu with a brief description and any screenshots if applicable.
7. Known Issues
- at the moment it is only possible to choose metric units, imperial units will be implemented soon
8. COMING SOON!
- Boq based on:
- Selection
- Active window
- Possibility to define multiple BoQ setups to be able to use multiple classifications f.e. project specific, client specific,…
- Use of GUID for shared parameters or BuiltInParameter Id for BuiltInParameters
- Custom numbering
- Excel layout
- …