NBS Building - Editing Support

A guide to getting started with Tommy Hodgson, one of our NBS Trainers. He gives a general guide to the NBS Building user interface, the main functions, and some useful hints and tips along the way.

In this article we provide guidelines on how you can reduce the length of your NBS Building or NBS Landscape specification, making it more concise, clear, and easier for your clients to read.

A quick guide to help save time and create consistency in the specifications produced in your practice by introducing and explaining what Office Standards are, how to create them and how to use them in NBS Building, NBS Landscape and NBS Engineering Services.

A guide on using NBS Building and NBS Landscape with Autodesk® Revit®, including how to associate objects in your model with your specification and how to verify these associations.

A guide to adding sections from the references panel which can be used after you have initially brought in sections from the create new window. In this video, we show you how to easily add sections to your job after you have already started editing - this includes further NBS sections, office standards, and clauses from a manufacturer's specification. This feature helps in sharing files between suppliers and specifiers. 

A guide on how to create a section revision stamp in your job to log what changes have been made at what stage for NBS Building, NBS Landscape and NBS Engineering Services.

A guide on how to make the most out of the software by using Guidance to help you make informed decisions, NBS Plus to add specific manufacturer content and User Guidance to add your own clause information to what you are viewing.

The NBSLink Plugin for Graphisoft ArchiCAD (Windows) allows you to link your NBS Specification* with your ArchiCAD model.

A guide to help you quickly find where your file is saved for NBS Building, NBS Landscape and NBS Engineering Services.

A guide to help you copy clauses within each section of your specification. We show you how to copy or duplicate the clause, how to edit the copied clauses, and how to remove parts or sections of the clause to make them more suitable to your project.

A guide on how to create custom sections for your NBS Building, NBS Landscape or NBS Engineering Services specification.

A guide on how to create a new specification and discussing the options within the 'create new' window, including permissions and adding sections.