Import Assa Abloy 'Openings Studio' Files Directly into AVAproject

AVAproject users can now import files created by the Assa Abloy Openings Studio specification writing software, directly into their projects.

Assa Abloy owns many of the most popular and recognizable brands in the architectural hardware industry. Brands such as Sargent, Yale, Ceco, Curries, McKinney, Corbin-Russwin and so many others make up their rich product portfolio. AVAware proudly offers electronic versions of all these product price books for use with the AVAproject detailing and estimating system.

Like most major manufacturers, Assa Abloy maintains a team of specification writers in an effort to provide door and hardware specs to many of the industry's leading architects.

Users need only select the file provided by Assa Abloy, and AVAproject does the rest. Hardware sets, openings and other related information is brought into a standard project.

The following is a brief list of some of the special features of the import process:

• Hardware sets complete with product details and notes are brought into AVAproject as "Hardware Groups", and automatically linked to their associated openings in the Openings Schedules.
• Openings are brought in complete with individual leaf sizes and thicknesses, handing, opening numbers, "to & froms" and other miscellaneous data.
• A comprehensive Hardware List of the various hardware products used throughout the hardware sets is created, with "short codes" automatically assigned to them. A "Usage" column in the Hardware List provides an instant reference to which sets each item appears in.
• Product information such as dates, numbers, contacts and other miscellaneous details are harvested from the import file and placed into their corresponding AVAproject fields.

Absolutely no effort was spared in the creation of the import module. Every possible detail has been meticulously extracted from the Openings Studio file and preserved in its AVAproject counterpart.

The Openings Studio import will be a standard feature offered in AVAproject, commencing with the upcoming Autumn 2022 release. In the interim, AVAproject users in possession of Openings Studio export files can forward them to their AVAware support representatives to have them imported and returned in an AVAproject compatible format.