NBS Building - Editing Support

This article describes some of the differences of clauses & sections between different worksections.

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 and NBS Landscape.

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 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.

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 and NBS Landscape.

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. 

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

A guide on how to start filling in the clauses within each section. This includes how the Guidance panel works and a brief look at the NBS Plus panel, adding specific manufacturer products straight into your specification.

A guide to help save time when editing your NBS Building or NBS Landscape specification by excluding multiple clauses you do not need in one go.

A guide of the search and preview clause tool, which helps you find clauses quickly and add them to your job in NBS Building and NBS Landscape.