The Software

dRofus gives you the ability to structure the planned rooms in a project in a a clear, organized manner. All rooms are assigned with a unique room function number, programmed area and other project defined parameters. dRofus enables all involved parties to access room and area overviews.

• Unique numbering of all rooms
• Apply project defined parameters to rooms
• Organize rooms into project defined groups such as zones, room categories, user groups, etc.
• Import programs/rooms from Excel, Revit, Archicad or IFC
• Synchronize room data with Revit or ArchiCAD using bi-directional plug-ins
• Import designed models in IFC format, visualize and see the rooms' actual locations
• Check and synchronize data via IFC
  
  

dRofus Web: Room overview connected to an Architectural IFC model for navigation and validation of design

Room overview with Department structure to the left and associated rooms with room core exposed to the right

All rooms can be assigned a Room Data Sheet (RDS). The RDS contains the project requirements and/or other information specified for the rooms. The information can either come from project defined room templates or be completely unique. dRofus comes with a built-in RDS setup, but users are free to define which fields to be included, or to simply make a customized RDS from scratch. RDS can be reported/exported to PDF, Excel, xml, IFC or synchronized as room parameters directly to design models using plug-ins.  

• Assign project-related requirements to rooms
• Rooms can inherit requirements from templates, room groups or be allocated unique requirements
• Validate program requirements in RDS against planned and designed equipment (Items)
• Present RDS data in Revit or ArchiCAD using bi-directional plug-ins
• Print RDS reports with images, key plans or other graphic elements 
• Augment  IFC model with requirements from dRofus
  
  

Room Data Sheet setup can be customized to your project needs. Use dRofus’ built in editor to make it exactly how you want

Example of a PDF output of the RDS. dRofus provides both built-in and customizable reports

Register and manage all room contents and building elements such as furniture, fixtures and equipment in the dRofus Item module. dRofus is delivered with a built-in register of Items, but it is also very easy to customize the register to fit the project needs. Organize Items in project defined groups and create items directly in dRofus or create BIM objects as Items through plug-ins.

An Item can be attached to a room template or a unique room in the room list. This forms the basis for quantity take-off, costing and procurement calculation for the equipment in the project. Existing Items are recorded in a separate register and linked to the rooms, automatically calculating the net item quantities to be procured.

• Create and assign Items to responsibility groups, budget groups and tender groups
• Describe and specify Items in a project defined form
• Create Item lists for the rooms via templates or unique Item lists
• Check and synchronize Item quantities in rooms with Revit or ArchiCAD using bi-directional plug-ins
• Synchronize Family/Object parameters with dRofus Items 
• Check and manage Item specifications with room requirements in RDS
• Register existing Items and link to the planned rooms for net quantity calculation
• Check Items and quantities against IFC model
  
  

dRofus Web: Item Overview connected to IFC model for navigation and validation of types and quantities

Items organized in Item groups. Customize views by adding columns to the list

In dRofus, you can assign finishes to rooms via either room templates or to individual rooms directly. Finishes are first established in the Items module and then added to rooms in project defined categories. Examples of categories are Floors, Walls, Columns and Ceiling. Finishes can easily be reported in various reports, quantified and linked to BIM objects such as Revit materials.

• Organize finishes in project defined categories
• Add project defined parameters to finishes
• Generate Finishes schedules and specifications reports
• Synchronize finishes as room parameters or connect them to Revit Materials
  
  

Attach finishes to project defined categories. Schedule quantities and link with Revit materials

Systems can be created in dRofus or imported from Revit using plug-ins. Organize and maintain all data on systems and associated components in a structured environment. Attach Products and Documents to assemble as-built documentation for handover to facility management. Systems in dRofus support the use of multiple classifications and provide multiple field edit functions for fast data entry. dRofus helps manage all systems and components inside and outside the BIM.

• Organize Systems and Components in a user friendly environment
• Manage systems and components across domains, disciplines and models
• Attach products, documents and images to systems and components
• Attach classifications and other parametric data to systems and components
• Synchronize with Revit and export to IFC, Excel, PDF, XML or COBie
  
  

dRofus Web: Systems Overview connected to mechanical IFC file. Visualize through systems and components for total overview

System Module manages all systems and associated components with data and documents, with bi-directional sync with Revit

In the Function program, you can define and register early phase requirements of a project, department or sub-departments, even before you have a confirmed list of rooms. Without dRofus, these requirements are typically scattered in various documents and worksheets. With dRofus, various sets of requirements can be specified in a centralized location in a consistent and structured manner for the project. This makes it easy for designers and the project team to find the relevant information efficiently at any time.

• Collect and manage project, department and sub-department requirements in one centralized location
• Export function program to Word, Excel or standardized PDF reports
• Create project defined requirements and other relevant information
• Retrieve and possible reuse of data from previous projects
• Export function program to IFC for reading in BIM
• Add images and documents as attachments
  
  

Graphical Function Planner with adjacency requirements between Departments and Rooms

The Procurement module can be used to manage the planned Items through all steps in the procurement process.

During the entire procurement process, the users can control which Items are to be purchased, and in which rooms the Items are to be located, whether they are in tender, offer, agreement or order status.

• Assign planned Items into suitable tender groups
• Transfer descriptions, specifications and quantities from planning to the procurement module
• Export reports to tender documents
• Monitor and manage Item expenditure
• Maintain vendor registry

Orders created in the Procurement module can be transferred to the Delivery module.

In the Delivery module, the Items can be split into individual instances for attaching unique data such as registration and serial numbers.

• Provide control of the overall delivery schedule as well as monitoring individual deliveries
• Assign order information and project defined order status for all Items or individual Items
• Allocate unique registration and serial numbers to Items
• Connect directly to a label printer for marking of Items with unique serial numbers

dRofus Web supports full multi-model visualisation! This opens a whole new world of sharing all your core building data, program and equipment validations and design models among all your stakeholders – purely web based.