Thank you, Justin. Your estimates helped quite a bit. I completed my first test model with the trial version on a project I took through CA several years ago that was only core and shell office with not any interior finishes. The work flow is very intuitive if you know the assemblies and specs well but it still took a good amount of time. Luckily our BIM practices generally include the information in the assemblies (or at least we did in that project). The project I tested was fairly simple with few linked families but I did notice in my brief study that linked window families could present problems. Since I was just trying to get a feel for the software, I didn’t investigate if they reported properly.
Thanks so much for your advice and feedback. We will be moving forward with our pilot project for LBC certification and that will require several iterations for reduction comparisons. I’m sure I will have many more questions as we move along.