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BIM and Construction Specifications
for the 21st Century
Who is BSD?
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Building Systems Design, Inc. (BSD) is a software company specializing in
applications for the architecture/engineering/construction market
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The company was founded in 1983
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Headquarters are in Atlanta
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Staff comprises 43 employees, including architects, engineers, spec writers and
software programmers, plus outside consultants
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Major products are:
– BSD SpecLink®-E
– BSD LinkMan™-E
– BSD CostLink®/AE
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Our customers include thousands of firms and individual users in all 50 states
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Last year BSD SpecLink software was used to prepare specs for 20,000 projects
What is BSD LinkMan-E?
It’s the most innovative communications and coordination tool
available for linking BIM to construction specifications;
it provides interoperability between BSD SpecLink-E & Autodesk’s Revit.
What is BSD LinkMan-E?
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It’s an interoperability manager (LinkManager) that initially connects
Revit and BSD SpecLink-E
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It’s a client-server application using SQL Server, but it can also run
alone on a single computer
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It provides “dashboard” views of a project to show status of project
data in each linked application― highlighting discrepancies for
corrective action
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It has a built-in database of thousands of assemblies and building
products that are pre-linked to BSD SpecLink-E and Autodesk’s Revit
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It allows specifications to be automatically edited and updated with data
from BIM
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It permits linkage between customized objects in Revit and
specification text in BSD SpecLink-E
BSD LinkMan-E – An Overview
BSD LinkMan-E Architecture
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A Client-Server Application Using SQL Server
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Multiple Components:
– Client Software Runs on User’s Computer
– Server Software and Database Run on WAN or LAN
– All Components Can Run on Standalone Computer
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Uses a Revit Add-in to Communicate
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SQL Server-Based Master and Projects Databases
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MS SQL Server Built Into BSD Server Install
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No Separate License; No Database Administrator
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Independent of BSD SpecLink-E; Available as an Add-On Application
BSD LinkMan-E Architecture
LinkMan-E includes
a database
comprising a
taxonomy of
assemblies and
products that is
mapped to objects
in each of the
linked applications
Assembly objects
show in Revit View
Product objects
show in SLE View
The dashboard
views display the
status of objects
across applications
– allowing the user
to confirm
correlations and
correct discrepancies between the
data in SLE and the
data in Revit
How Does LinkMan-E Work?
Each of the main
views is
accessible via its
own tab. Here is
the Revit Project
view, which
displays the status
of assemblies in
Revit
Data from Revit
includes quantities
and number of
instances
Ribbon Bar
shows
Applications Tab
LME imports data
about Revit
objects that are
present
and active
in a Revit project
The lighter background color
and green status box highlight
objects that are present and
active in the Revit project
Checkmark shows the
Revit object has been
linked to an assembly
object in LinkMan
How Does LinkMan-E Work?
Text shown on a light
background is actual text
currently selected in
SpecLink for the project
The SpecLink
Project view
displays the
current status of
products in the
specifications
Applications Tab
expands or
collapses view to
show all or only
active products
The SpecLink tree
shows which
sections are
currently active in
the SpecLink-E
project
Checkmark shows the SpecLink
object has been linked to a
Product object in LinkMan-E
The lighter background color
and green status box
highlight products that are
specified in the SpecLink project
How Does LinkMan-E Work?
Lighter color in LME column
indicates assemblies that are
active in one or more of the
linked applications
The Assemblies
Dashboard shows
the status of
assemblies in
each of the linked
applications,
allowing project
manager to see
correlations and
mismatches
For a given
assembly,
LME shows which
products are
included and their
status in each
linked application
Products missing from the
specifications can be
“turned on” in SpecLink-E
by clicking here, under
“Select”
Yellow status box in the
SpecLink-E column indicates
only some of the products
comprising the assembly are
currently active in SpecLink-E
How Does LinkMan-E Work?
The Products
Dashboard View
shows the status
of LinkMan–E
products in all
linked applications
-- and can be
collapsed to
clearly show
conflicts among
active products
The lighter color
across all three
columns indicates
appropriate
correlations, while
gray on one side
or the other shows
discrepancies
“Auto Select Specs” command allows
automatic selection in SpecLink-E
of any products missing from the
specifications, based on data
from the Revit project
If “Auto Select Specs” is not activated,
the project manager can manually “turn
on” any individual products missing
from the specifications by clicking in the
“Select” column, thereby
automatically selecting appropriate
section and product text in SpecLink-E
The project manager can use this view to determine
whether corrections must be made in Revit and/or in
SpecLink-E
Assemblies that include the
highlighted product are shown
below, with current status of each
assembly in each application
How Does LinkMan-E Work?
Although many Revit
elements have been
pre-linked to
LinkMan-E, users
may create or import
their own objects
into Revit and link to
LME, then link to the
appropriate sections
and specific
products in BSD
SpecLink-E
By opening the
Revit Project and
Assemblies
Dashboard in the
same window,
users can drag and
drop elements to
create links to LME
The links created by this drag-and-drop process
persist from one project to the next, so it is a
simple matter to create an “office master” of
linked objects
How Does LinkMan-E Work?
BSD also provides
several hundred
Revit objects that
have been prelinked to LME and
are therefore
connected to BSD
SpecLink-E.
For example, there
are more than 200
intelligent wall types
that can be sorted
and selected by
attributes such as
overall thickness,
fire rating, and
sound rating
Thank you for your interest!
We hope this brief introduction to BSD’s innovative
interoperability product has intrigued you enough
to ask for more information about LinkMan-E. Or
let us give you a one-on-one demo of the product.
Call us toll-free at
888-BSD-SOFT
(888-273-7638)
or
visit our website at
www.bsdsoftlink.com