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Estimate Construction Costs from Revit/IFC Models with GPT-4 and Claude

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Estimate material price and total cost for grouped BIM/CAD elements using an LLM-driven analysis. The workflow accepts an existing XLSX (from your model) or, if missing, can trigger a local RvtExporter.exe to generate one. It enriches each element group with quantities, pricing, confidence, and produces a multi-sheet Excel report plus a polished HTML executive report. What it does - Reads grouped element data (from XLSX or extracted via RvtExporter.exe). - Builds enhanced prompts with clear rule

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Estimate Construction Costs from Revit/IFC Models with GPT-4 and Claude is a ready-made n8n workflow you import as a workflow JSON file — no build required. It connects agent, code, executeCommand, if. It's free to download. Follow the 5-step import below to go live in minutes.

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n8n
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agent, code, executeCommand, if, lmChatAnthropic, lmChatOpenAi
Modules
47
Price
Free
Version
v1.0
Estimate Construction Costs from Revit/IFC Models with GPT-4 and Claude workflow diagram

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Estimate material price and total cost for grouped BIM/CAD elements using an LLM-driven analysis. The workflow accepts an existing XLSX (from your model) or, if missing, can trigger a local RvtExporter.exe to generate one. It enriches each element group with quantities, pricing, confidence, and produces a multi-sheet Excel report plus a polished HTML executive report. What it does - Reads grouped element data (from XLSX or extracted via RvtExporter.exe). - Builds enhanced prompts with clear rules (volumes/areas are already aggregated per group). - Calls your selected LLM (OpenAI/Anthropic/etc.) to identify materials, pick the pricing unit, and estimate price per unit and total cost. - Parses AI output, adds per-group KPIs (cost %, rank), and aggregates project totals (by material, by category). - Exports a multi-sheet XLSX and an HTML executive report (charts, KPIs, top groups). Prerequisites - LLM credentials for your chosen provider (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic). Enable exactly one chat node and connect credentials. - Windows host only if you want to auto-extract from .rvt/.ifc via RvtExporter.exe. If you already have an XLSX, Windows is not required. - Optional: Internet access on the LLM side for price lookups (model/tooling dependent). How to use 1. Import this JSON into n8n. 2. Open the Setup node(s) and set: - projectfile — path to your .rvt/.ifc or to an existing grouped rvt.xlsx - pathtoconverter — C:\\DDCConverterRevit\\datadrivenlibs\\RvtExporter.exe (optional) - country — used to guide price sources/standards (e.g., Germany) 3. In the canvas, enable one LLM node (e.g., OpenAI or Anthropic) and connect credentials; keep others disabled. 4. Execute workflow (Manual Trigger). It will detect/build the XLSX, run analysis, then write the Excel and open the HTML report. Outputs - Excel: PriceEstimationReportYYYY-MM-DD.xlsx with sheets: - Summary, Detailed Elements, Material Summary, Top 10 Groups - HTML: executive report with charts (project totals, top materials, top groups). - Per-group fields include: Material (EU/DE/US), Quantity & Unit, Price per Unit (EUR), Total Cost (EUR), Assumptions, Confidence. Notes & tips - Quantities in the input are already aggregated per group — do not multiply by element count. - If you prefer XLSX-only extraction, run your converter with a -no-collada flag upstream. - Keep ASCII-safe paths and ensure write permissions to the output folder. Categories Data Extraction · Files & Storage · ETL · CAD/BIM · Cost Estimation Tags cad-bim, price-estimation, cost, revit, ifc, xlsx, html-report, llm, materials, qto Author DataDrivenConstruction.io info@datadrivenconstruction.io Consulting and Training We work with leading construction, engineering, consulting agencies and technology firms around the world to help them implement open data principles, automate CAD/BIM processing and build robust ETL pipelines. If you would like to test this solution with your own data, or are interested in adapting the workflow to real project tasks, feel free to contact us. Docs & Issues: Full Readme on GitHub

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    Select the downloaded JSON and import.

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    Set up credentials for each node that requires them.

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    Click Execute Workflow to test, then activate.

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