BIM Collaborate Pro Essential Training (2021)

Introduction

• Collaborating in the cloud with BIM Collaborate Pro
• Using the exercise files
• How to use this course

1. Join Your First BIM Collaborate Project

• Introduction to BIM Collaborate Pro
• Create an Autodesk account
• Open a cloud-based Revit model
• Installing Desktop Connector
• Exploring the Autodesk Construction Cloud web portal
• First-person viewing with Design Collaboration
• Section a model in the online viewer
• Markups
• Use issue tracking
• Install the Revit Issues add-in
• Using the Revit Issues add-in

2. Setting Up Autodesk Construction Cloud

• Requirements of managing your Autodesk Construction Cloud
• Create a new BIM Collaborate Pro account
• Adding account admin users
• Fine-tuning account settings
• Creating and archiving projects
• Adding and managing ACC members
• Adding and managing BIM 360 members
• Managing your company directory

3. Setting Up Design Collaboration

• Gaining access to the Design Collaboration module
• Assign a license to a member
• Creating teams in the ACC Design Collaboration module
• Creating teams in the BIM 360 Design Collaboration module
• Understanding and customizing roles
• Assigning permissions to teams

4. Using Revit in the Cloud

• Requirements for Revit in the cloud
• Save a Cloud Model
• Troubleshoot member access issues
• Creating a cloud-based workshared Revit model
• Revit file versions in the cloud
• Cloud upgrade models
• Convert a Cloud Model to Cloud Workshare Model

5. Revit Links in BIM Collaborate

• Direct linking
• Publish Cloud Models
• Schedule regular publishing
• The package/shared workflow
• Linking via Shared folder
• Create and share a new package
• Link via the Consumed folder
• Explore packages

6. Shared Coordinates and BIM Collaborate

• Establishing shared coordinates in BIM Collaborate Pro
• Modify shared coordinates in BIM Collaborate Pro: v2021 or later
• Modify shared coordinates in BIM Collaborate Pro: v2019–2020
• Working with multiple shared sites
• Use the Transform tool in Design Collaboration

7. Civil 3D and CAD Files

• Use Desktop Connector
• Upload Civil 3D files to the cloud
• Link to a Civil 3D file in Revit
• Open and edit Civil 3D files from the cloud
• Update architecture with Civil 3D edits
• Create and export topography surfaces in Civil 3D
• Link Civil 3D topography into Revit

8. Miscellaneous Management Tips

• Version history, restore files, and local copies
• Service degradations and outages
• Choosing between Autodesk Construction Cloud and BIM 360

Conclusion

• Next steps