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BIM 360 Part 4: Creating a Package

A BIM 360 Design Collaboration Package is an approved version of the active Revit model that has been released for consumption (use) by other Team members.

After reviewing your documents and model the next step is to create a Package to share. You can choose to share just the model or a published “set” from Revit which can contain sheets and views.

Choose and save your selection of Sets or Models.

The next step is to click “Share”. This will then make the model(s) and documents available to the other Teams.

BIM 360 Part 3: Managing Your Models on BIM 360

After publishing your Model from Revit to your BIM 360 project, the Models, Sheets, and Views will be available for your team to review before sharing with the other teams. When you are ready to share your models with the other teams you will need to create a Package. This gives you greater control over which version of the model you want to share.

To access the models, you will need to go to the Design Collaboration module within your BIM 360 project.

The Project Timeline shows you any Packages (Models, Sheets, and Views) that any Teams have shared. The timeline also shows the different version of the packages throughout the BIM 360 project history. Each Team can control which version they use as their link into their Revit models.

As shown, the Project Timeline allows you to see what the latest Model(s) you have shared are and whether the other teams are “Consuming” (using) your latest models. This is important for Teams coordinate effectively.

After you Publish the latest from Revit you will have the opportunity to review the documents and models before sharing with the other Teams.

BIM 360 Part 2: Publishing Updated Models from Revit

When the time comes to share any updates with the other teams, you will need to Publish the latest model and/or sheets. You will also be able to compare past models to the latest model to review the changes in the BIM 360 viewer.

Let’s begin in Revit with our Project Model open.

Go to the Publish Settings under the Collaborate Tab in Revit

You have the option to select existing sets or creates new ones to Publish. Sets are created to save a list of 2D/3D views and sheets. If you choose not to include any sets then only the model will be included with the update.

Once you saved your selection of sets to publish you will then need to select Manage Cloud Models and select the project you are working with.

The next step will be to decide to “Publish All” which will include links or just to upload one model at a time.

BIM 360 Part 1: Overview and Saving a File into BIM 360

It may be a little confusing at first to understand how BIM 360 Design > Design Collaboration manages the Models published from Revit, but I hope this article will shed some light on the different folders that are automatically created when we set up the different teams. This will also cover how models that have not been created in the BIM 360 design environment can still be linked into a BIM 360 Design Model via the cloud.

Let’s first discuss setting up the project teams. Each Team gets its own private folder for storing and sharing working Revit models. Access to the team folder is controlled by permissions and are established to limit access to only the team members. Non-Revit Teams will need to manually setup folders (i.e. Civil Teams).

Saving Revit Models to the BIM 360 Project

Once the Teams and folders are setup on BIM 360, we are ready to begin using Design Collaboration. The following steps describe the steps to begin saving your models to BIM 360.

To begin setting up your Revit model, with your project model open, select the Collaborate button under the Collaborate Tab.

Choose the “In BIM 360 Document Management” option.

You may be prompted to log in to your Autodesk account before proceeding.

Select your Hub if you are hosting the model. If you are working with another firm, you may be choosing a different Hub.

Then select the project you are working from the bottom list.

The model is now available for use by the Architectural Team only. The model will not be available to the other Teams until Architectural Team creates a Package to share. Instructions will be described below.