VE Tech Tips - Master Template Wizard

Master Templates can support increased modelling productivity in the VE, allowing users to import and merge VE model data from a source master template into their current projects. This Tech Tip looks at using the Master Template Wizard to share data between VE projects.

This VE Tech Tip explains:

• How to create templates for groups of data within a project, for example:
  • Thermal Templates for different space types (including assigned systems, internal conditions and gains, and all associated profiles)
  • Construction Templates
  • MacroFlo Openings Templates
• How to export data using the Master Template Wizard
• How to share data between projects which have a lot in common, using Master Templates either at the start of a new project, or to update an existing one, through three main routes:
  • Using the ‘Import Data’ function to simply import selected data, which can then be assigned manually
  • Using ‘Import and Assign Data’ to choose criteria to match the data from the template to the spaces in your model. This data will then be imported and automatically assigned
  • Using Import Data (Advanced) to choose exactly what you want to import: data, geometry, or both. This can be a useful part of a BIM workflow with multiple iterations

Watch the video on the Master Template Wizard below to see how to do this to speed up your workflow for multiple projects.

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