You could have no windows shown in the model and RS Means will include windows in the budget. RS Means just puts in a number of windows based on the total square footage. In a 1-3 story apartment (the closest thing to a house) it does not make any difference how many windows you have in the Revit model. It appears that RS Means actually pulls very little information from the building model. (Low-income, spec., middle income, Hollywood) But you could have categories to make this work. Why don’t they have a residential component to RS Means? I have heard the argument that residential prices vary too much for it to work. I don’t know about the rest of you but I don’t design a lot of bowling alleys or aircraft hangers. Unfortunately I have not found the cost estimating portion of the program to be particularly useful. How many people use the RS Means cost estimate feature in Revit? Being able to create quick and fairly accurate cost estimates for my clients was a big selling point for me when purchasing Revit.
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