Hey,
So I’ve been thinking about this mad rush to BIM programs like Revit and others and all I really need to make AutoCAD work flow better is just a great way to produce all the kinds of schedules that are typical for residential design: Door/window, Elect /Plumb Fixture, Room finishes, and perhaps Area calcs. It would be awesome to generate some basic material takeoffs using areas of walls and roofs tagged with descriptions [attributes], but that might be getting too close to BIM and all the challenges that come with learning that approach to design.
Sure, we can all do these things manually but is anyone aware of an add-on or lisp routine or some other functioning tool which can create, automate and keep updated Schedules via block w/ attributes which are linked to the schedule? I've not explored the excel linkage with AutoCAD, but perhaps that’s the intended purpose??
Anyone?
Thanks, daniel