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Asset packs

Nova Labs asset packs are downloadable guides, checklists, registers and Excel workbooks for BIM standards and CAD-to-Revit work. There is nothing to install. You open the files on your own computer.

Four families of packs. Detail migration: CAD-to-Revit Kickoff Checklist, Detail Migration Playbook, Layer Mapping Workbook, Detail Library QA Checklist, and a Starter Kit bundling three of them. BIM standards: Revit Naming Standards Kit, View Template and Sheet Guide, LOD/LOI Responsibility Matrix, Revit Model Health Audit Kit, Small-Firm BEP Template. Practice and business: BIM Practice Startup Roadmap, BIM Manager Onboarding, BIM Fee and Proposal Estimator. BIM strategy tiers: Foundation, Practice and Portfolio.
Find your pack, then open its family page for a three-step quick start.
Family Quick start
Detail migration Detail migration packs
BIM standards BIM standards packs
Practice and business Practice and business packs
BIM strategy tiers Strategy tiers

Packs that are currently for sale, and their prices, are listed on the Nova Labs products page. This help describes the version 1.0 contents of each pack.

Open your pack

Five steps. 1 Download: use the link in your receipt and save the ZIP. 2 Unzip: extract to a project or standards folder. 3 Read first: README.txt lists the files and LICENSE.txt sets your terms. 4 Visual Atlas: open the HTML file in a browser for an overview. 5 Work: copy the editable files and start at step 1. Keep the original ZIP and work on copies.
The same five steps for every pack.
  1. Download the ZIP from the link in your receipt.
  2. Unzip it. On Windows, right-click the ZIP and choose Extract All.
  3. Read README.txt (what is inside) and LICENSE.txt (who may use it).
  4. Open Visual-Atlas.html in your browser for an illustrated overview.
  5. Work on copies. Keep the original ZIP so you can always start again.

File types

Five file types. PDF: guide or checklist, open in any PDF reader, read and print; paid PDFs may carry your license details. MD: editable copy of the guide, open in any text editor. CSV: register or worksheet, open in Excel or any spreadsheet, replace the synthetic example rows and save as CSV. XLSX: checking workbook for Microsoft Excel, no macros, start on the Start Here tab. HTML: Visual Atlas, offline illustrations in any web browser.
README.txt lists exactly which of these your pack contains.

Excel workbooks

Tab order for five workbooks. Layer Mapping: Start Here, Layer Inventory, Standards, Layer Map, Exceptions and QA, then the optional Codex Export. Naming Validator: Start Here, Codes, Rules, Name Check, Summary. LOD/LOI Matrix: Start Here, Levels, Stages and Roles, Matrix, Information, Summary. Model Health Audit: Start Here, Settings, Audit, Scores, Metrics Log. Fee Estimator: Start Here, Rates, Factors, Estimate, Summary, Scope Language.
Set up the lists on the left first. The tabs on the right check against them.

Questions

Packs describe general methods. They are not professional architectural or engineering advice. Confirm software behavior in your own Revit version. Autodesk and Revit are registered trademarks of Autodesk, Inc.; Nova Labs is not affiliated with or endorsed by Autodesk.