Great news, we have an update to the COBie exporters for Navisworks now released. One of the biggest requests we had was to support colours from the COBie spreadsheets this is now available.

To learn more about the tool, look at our original article announcing the launch of the COBie for Navisworks tool. Links to the latest installers to download are available below, or in the previous blog.

CobieExtensionSetup_Manage2016.zip

CobieExtensionSetup_Simulate2016.zip

CobieExtensionSetup_Manage2017.zip

CobieExtensionSetup_Simulate2017.zip

CobieExtensionSetup_Manage2018.zip

CobieExtensionSetup_Simulate2018.zip

Sample_Data_Files.zip

Videos of key workflows

We have also got some online videos of key workflows to supplement the Autodesk COBie Extension Quick Start guide which is avaialble in the zip file with the installers, this video playlist shows the following workflows

• Creating templates for ArchiCAD and Revit files
• Configuring Data Drops
• Export to Excel (SQL in the same menu)
• Filtering Values
• Highlighting Objects
• Import Supplier information
• Add data back to the model using iConstruct or DataTools   
• 
  

Feedback

What do you think? Is it missing a vital piece of functionality? Or do you just want to give us positive feedback? Let us know on Navisworks-COBie@autodesk.com