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The data produced during this macro stage can be incorporated into the planning and design phase. Data can be exported via IFC (industry foundation classes) file to many of the leading design applications. As for estimating, the data currently exports to Sage Timberline Estimating, www.sagetimberlineoffice.com, Beaverton, Ore. Plans in the coming year involve creating exports to U.S. COST, www.uscost.com, Atlanta, Ga., and MC2, www.mc2-ice.com, Memphis, Tenn. Beck announced a development partnership with the Innovaya Visual Estimating product from Innovaya, www.innovaya.com, Portland, Ore., which performs intelligent cost estimating by delivering objects from Autodesk Revit to Sage Timberline. This allows Sage Timberline Office users to work with intelligent cost-estimating data in the conceptual phase as well as downstream during the actual design and construction phases. Appealing to green construction, users can run an energy

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