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Learn advanced skills that capitalize on the new Fabrication functionality in Revit 2018 software. Using Revit schedules, assemblies, tags, views, interference checking, and new features in Revit 2018, we can produce fabrication documentation inside the Revit software interface, which lets us fully coordinate with design consultants. We'll cover how to model using Fabrication Parts; how to convert a design model into Fabrication Parts; how to use assembly views to create spools sheets and details; how to annotate Fabrication Parts in plan view and 3D; how to coordinate with other consultants in Revit software; how new Revit 2018 features relate to Fabrication Parts; and how to import existing as-built conditions from Fabrication CADmep software into a new renovation project. This session will feature Revit and Fabrication CADmep.

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  • Understand how design-level models can save time during the fabrication process
  • Learn how to use Revit to model using ITM content from Fabrication CADmep
  • Learn how to work with schedules and other Revit tools for fabrication services
  • Learn how to save Revit content for use in other fabrication programs by Autodesk

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      SCOTT BUCHANAN: All right, everyone. Thanks for joining me today. My name is Scott Buchanan. I'm a senior solutions consultant for IMAGINiT Technologies, based out of our Indianapolis office. So we're going to be doing Revit tips for fabricators.

      So I think I can safely say at 2018 that we're getting to the point where we can efficiently start to build models with Fabrication parts inside of Revit. If we were having this discussion, which I had with many clients two years ago with 2016, eh, eh, you could use them. But as far as producing from them, we couldn't annotate them. So we couldn't do any type of documentation or anything like that. But fast forward to where we're at right now with 2018.2., we've seen a great change with the overall functionality of things.

      So Autodesk wanted us to use these slides to kind of break up the monotony of our topics. And this one kind of fit the bill with what they gave us, kind of like some skeletal muscle tissue or connectivity or something like that. So it kind of fit the mold with what I was going to discuss on this slide here, so the life of Revit for MEP.

      Just to kind of kick things off to let you know where we've kind of come from, so I've been with IMAGINiT for about 12 and a half years. And so it was a painful time in my life in 2006 when the first version of Revit for our side of things, on engineering and even thinking about Fabrication, kind of was released there. So calendar year was 2006. Does anybody know that's not in the Autodesk channel what that first version of the product was called? Anyone in the channel know what it was called?

      Glad I didn't buy that Starbucks gift card, wait in line for 40 minutes for it. So Revit Systems 1, Revit Systems 1 was released in 2006 for us. And that was taking the Revit building product, which was purely architectural, and finally giving us some actual tools.

      The problem with that very first version, just to talk about evolution of where we're at today compared to then, Revit Systems 1, there was not a pipe tool. So when I implemented this with clients, for one, I would print off to help file when I would go show up to them. We had to build our fittings from ductwork. So we took ductwork, round ductwork, turned it into pipe fittings, use tons of filters and things like that to actually deliver piping solutions in this Revit Systems application.

      Now six months later, Revit Systems 2 came out. And we did have pipe inside of there. And so we could model with it and things like that. So we've seen some growth throughout here.

      And 2012, in my opinion, that's when, which if you've used Revit, that's kind of when piping got revamped a bit. And one of the things that got added was the ability to create our own piping systems. And I'm kind of neutral on that because it's just a pipe system, you know? We need things beyond domestic, cold, hot, sanitary, storm, things like that. So that was a big change. They enhanced some slope piping functionality for that as well in that 2012 release. So Revit MEP at that time, as it was called, we started to see a bigger transition.

      And then speaking from my side, however, from a consultant standpoint, that 2010, '11, '12 time frame is when we really started to see more adoption of Revit on the engineering side of things. So fast forward to where we are at now, yes, we're getting a bit more happy.

      So 2018.2, we're getting new features added on a regular basis. And especially on the Fabrication side of things, there's a very aggressive growth path with that. And from the attendance of people sitting Indian style on the floor, we can see it's getting a lot of attention as well all day. And again, same thing happened yesterday in the MEP, the fabricators forum, so a lot of good attendance there.

      So 2018.2, we really got the evolvement of Fabrication parts inside of Revit. Yes, it was introduced 2016, as I mentioned. It was there. 2017 is a little bit better. 2018, now this is the time where, in my opinion, Revit and Fabrication parts can battle any other type of Fabrication solutions in a Revit environment. So we'll talk about some of those functions as we move forward.

      So learning objectives-- if you've been to any Fabrication sessions already, I'm sure you've seen, over and over and over again, the whole design to Fabrication. So we'll take a look at how we can convert a design level model, take that into a Fabrication level model, again, kind of keeping it a little bit basic, not going too in depth with that, but show that overall workflow, and then getting into, how do we model what these Fabrication parts?

      So in 2016, 2017, it was very different from native Revit behavior. But again, 2018, we're seeing more similarities to actually as if we were drawing Revit duct or pipe. So real quick, who of is-- who is CADmep users? Who are currently Revit users? OK. All right-- it's a good mix. Who is using Fabrication parts in Revit? All right. Pretty good. Pretty good.

      So then that means you've been kind of following this path pretty closely as well. So we'll see what those enhancements were, tips on how we can model inside of Revit with these Fabrication parts, some of the new functionality that was added, slope piping, the autofill tools, things like that, getting into it, and then some actual modified tools. So how do we modify those layouts? What are some best practices associated to that as well, sloping the pipe after the fact?

      So I'll do a lot of demonstrations during this as well, some live demonstrations. And I'm not scared to slope pipe in a presentation. I've failed many a times in Revit throughout these years. So I will do a live, show you how to slope it, basically try to tear this thing apart for you.

      After we move away from the modeling side of it, look at the detailing aspect of it to show you how to detail, put some annotation, dimensions, tags, those things that Revit is known for to be extremely powerful with, and then just some general visualization type tools to enhance that display of a fabrication model. If we're receiving engineer's model and we're going to use that one to build from, it's going to come with all their stuff. And it's going to have certain graphics associated to it that you may or may not want, so just some quick tips on how you can start to adjust what that display is.

      And then getting into the spooling side of it-- so if you have been using Revit on the fabrication side, you know there's not an actual Spool button anywhere that you can hit. So there is a work-around or workflow that we can go through to generate those. And I'll show you that as well.

      And then what is our availability to share these files? So sharing out through different file formats-- MAJ, we're familiar with that on the CAD side, RIF, if you're going from Revit to fab in the past, and then the newest one being a PCF file, so a piping component file, which is kind of opening up the door for additional isometrics and potential spooling functionality.

      All right. So this is probably the busiest slide I've ever made in my life as far as words go, but just to kind of summarize, why would we want to go into a Revit environment? So first off, we know it's big in the AEC market. So the engineers are using it. Of course, the architects were using it because they're the ones that pulled the engineers into it, right?

      So now we're looking at getting more and more access to these Revit models, to where you could start to leverage objects and the information from those on the fabrication side of things, again, coordination being part of it, so live coordination, all disciplines. That's always been in any type of 3D modeling application. We can do that in CADmep as well. I can send that model to Navisworks and clash with steel just as good as I could if it came from Revit.

      And then just from a fabrication standpoint, now we're starting to, in my opinion, open up the eyes on the design side of things. Because now they're getting hammered more with higher levels of detail, what they're delivering to us, as opposed to putting an elbow in there that you can't order from anywhere on the planet. Some of them are starting to use more content that's a little bit more realistic, but not always the case. But it really is kind of opening their eyes to that side of it as well, so just kind of making the transition a little bit easier.

      But in my opinion, I can kind of summarize all this up with just connectivity. Everything being connected and being able to pass along, that's what we're going to see through this. You know, I'm taking that design level model, taking it to fabrication level of detailing, and then just continue leveraging that model. And it doesn't just stop on the modeling side of it. Keep detailing that model, estimating that model, burning that model, or whatever it is I need to do to it, so from a connectivity standpoint.

      And it kind of follows the division that Autodesk has right now, this big push for connectivity and all the products starting to communicate with each other. We're surrounded with connectivity as it is-- sorry about that-- in day-to-day life. Perfect example, LinkedIn-- who's on LinkedIn right now? All right-- obviously a form of communication and all sorts of other interesting things.

      Who downloaded the AU mobile app? Again, that keeps us connected with our agendas, our classes, other people, socializing, things like that. And if you notice, when we logged in to the AU mobile, if you went to edit your profile from it, it wanted to pull your information from LinkedIn.

      So again, we're seeing that connectivity throughout. So that's what is an extremely powerful aspect of Revit in the Fabrication side of things. And that's what we'll see what the modeling tools and so on.

      Now from a connectivity standpoint in how it applies to projects, so each discipline is essentially responsible for their own model. At a bare minimum, we're going to have an architectural model, a structural model, and an MEP model. Yes, each one of those can be broken out into multiple ways and things like that. But bare bones, we're going to have at least that in that full-service project. So why not leverage those models and move it from a design model or an engineering model or conceptual model, whatever you want to call it, and pull it over and start to either begin to model from what they had, whether you're tracing over the top of it, whether you're blowing away what they've got. Or we are using the actual conversion tools.

      So first thing I like to show, converting design models from Level of Detail 23. That's what I feel like a lot of times when I see these models. So that wasn't a typo. So again, we know that LOD that we're getting from an engineering standpoint is all across the board. Some of them are going to put in real victaulic fittings. Others are going to put in the generic bend that comes with the software. And then how can we take that to the next level and actually turn that into a fabrication level model, where everyone now is wanting more and more and more information attached to it, or a generally higher level of detail?

      So the goal is taking the design model, which is on the left hand side there. Obviously, no standard links are in there. We can't see anything about joints, the transitions. I don't even know what degree that transition is, things like that, bends, take-offs. We have no idea what's being used from that engineering model. So the goal would be take it to fabrication. And we've got a tool inside of Revit that's going to let us do that. And it actually is called Design to Fabrication.

      What it's going to do is look to replace out those pieces of content for our ITM Fabrication content. So for that to happen, here's some things that need to take place. For one, you need a fabrication software package, whether that is CADmep for most that already have it, or it's just ESTmep, or CAMduct.

      Why do we need those? Because we need access to the database. We need access to that configuration, so we can manipulate it to put services inside of it.

      Or the database that you have currently may not work optimally with Revit when you first try it out. You may have to go in there and kind of adjust some things and get it set up. So we do need that fabrication software to gain access to that database. Revit does not have the ability to edit fabrication parts.

      Now if you were unaware, in September, with the AEC collection, as it's called now, it includes Fabrication CADmep. So it was kind of its own thing, sitting out, that you had to purchase. Now it's being roped in with the AEC collection. So you potentially have access to it and don't even know it right now.

      So from that service database, if you don't already have one in place, obviously, you need to get working on that and setting up things such as custom services. What materials do we want to use? What pipe specs do we want? What's our sheet metal standard, gauges, all that type of stuff getting incorporated inside of there?

      From that, one of the biggest pieces of it, button codes, button maps, or button mapping. I've talked to some people. And they kind of said, I was hoping when I went to Revit, I could lock button codes in the closet and shut the door, right, and kind of forget about them. Well, when it's taking that design level model and doing the whole swap out in the background, it's looking for those button codes to make that happen. So basically, it's automating what you may have seen going to CADmep in the years past.

      So we still do need button codes, button mappings. For those that are completely unfamiliar-- let me get that. Anyone brand new to Fabrication, CADmep? OK. OK. So button codes-- write it down, circle it. I apologize now. But it doesn't have to get as intense. That's a good thing about it.

      All right. Another quick note-- when we're doing that Design to Fabrication and converting things over, if I've got a pipe run with valves or I've got to run of duct and I've got dampers inside of there, when I do that conversion, those components, right out of the box or right out off the fly, are not going to convert for you. Fittings, straights will convert. But again, inline parts like valves, dampers, and those types of things, they take some extra work and the button mappings to make that happen.

      There were a lot of great classes yesterday that really went into detail with that, setting those up. Basically, it's telling a gate valve of a certain size to equal this fabrication part. That's not something we had to do in CADmep. But if you want that conversion to happen in Revit, you've got to do that extra aspect of it.

      My opinion with that really, when they put in the valves, kind of like a lot of other things, the valves probably are not right. And they're probably not in the right location. So for me personally, when it doesn't convert the valves, I really don't care. I'm not going to spend the extra time and go through and map all those things. I'm going to blow away their valve. Heck, I may even leave it in there if I really wanted to initially and then come back through and drop in some actual fabrication parts or inline valves that I need.

      So for me, that's not really a deal breaker. I would like to see things like strainers and those get picked up, but valves, not so much. A lot of [INAUDIBLE] I see, I'd been lucky to get strainers in there.

      So let's see that Design to Fabrication and what it looks like. First thing you need to do is get pointing to a Fabrication database. So when I come in here, I can launch my Fabrication part tool. And if you just have Revit, if you don't have Fabrication installed also, you will have access to two sample databases, the Revit MEP Imperial and the Revit MEP Metric database. It's just a stripped down version of the full-blown one that comes with CADmep.

      So we'll need to get pointed to an actual configuration I'm set to this Imperial content one. So everything essentially I'm doing is like 98% out of the box. I adjusted very few things just to show you how it's going to come and arrive. So I'm going to load in a couple services that I want to be able to switch to or model with.

      Now a couple things about this-- if I load in services, they will travel with the project. So once I'm accepting this right here, it's basically like they're kind of embedding them inside of this project file. So if I send this project file to someone else or someone else and the office opens it up, it's going to have those same services.

      Now if they don't have the same pathings and registry settings and things like that, they won't be able to load in new services. There's some behind-the-scenes things that have to be done if they don't have that access, which a lot of times is a good thing, right? We want to kind of control what's getting lowered into this model.

      I don't want anyone going in there just on a regular basis and grabbing everything and pulling it over. Or maybe they're grabbing a service from an old job and trying to bring it over as well. So we do want to kind of protect that.

      So first thing I'm going to look at converting would just be a run of duct. Now if you've ever done any form of Revit training with-- a Revit MEP training-- with IMAGINiT, this building will look extremely familiar to you. I basically stripped out a lot of stuff and just left a couple things behind.

      So when I'm coming into this, right now, this is normal Revit duct. So that is a system family of a straight piece of rectangular duct. And that is an RFA file just of a radius bend. So our goal is to be able to convert this to something more realistic.

      Now it's going to vary completely whether I can do this or not, obviously. It depends upon how well that model was put together, right, or if it's even something I want to use. It may be faster for you to blow it away and come back and just draw right over the top of it.

      So what I'm able to do is run through my tab keys and select that run of duct. Once I've got that selected, as of 2017, we could run this Design to Fabrication tool. So if you're still in 2016, I'm sorry, for one. Two, you will not have Design To Fabrication.

      So once I do that, it's going to look for available services for me to go ahead and grab from and pull across. So once I do that, it's essentially looking at that coding and swapping out those fittings that were in there for whatever it is that I had loaded inside of here, right? So as opposed to this being a Revit family, that radius bin that's in there, now it's actually a fabrication part instead. Same thing-- whatever transition was set, whatever type of take-off, bell mouth, if it included a damper on it by default, that type of stuff is going to come across with it as well. But we can see that conversion.

      Now at this point, these are kind of long segments of duct. I'm going to show another tool here in a few minutes that will clean that up. But it looks for a one-to-one swap. There was a long piece of duct that was in there-- 10, 12, 13 feet. It just swapped it out for another piece at that same length, but it's fabrication content.

      So that gets converted. You may get notifications about open ends and things like that. You can just kind of ignore those.

      Yeah, I had something really simplistic right here that I wanted to show, because a couple of things happen when I run Design to Fabrication on a run like this. First of all, I mentioned the valve is not going to get converted. And two, this connection into the pump-- Revit content, Revit Families, can allow fabrication parts to snap to them. I can draw a pipe right off of it. I can draw duct right off of it. It reads those connectors.

      However, Revit knows nothing about a connection type. So it does not know that's a flange connection. Or doesn't know something else is a welded connection. It's not even a possibility in Revit to do that. OK? We can set up pipe types to drop in flanges. But it's not going to recognize that.

      So one of the first things we're going to notice is that the valve doesn't convert. And it's not going to mate up the way that it should if we were truly doing this for fabrication. So as I run that same tool, now I've got a couple other options. I'm going to go with that chilled water supply. Those using CADmep, extremely familiar with that weld bin content, I'm sure.

      So based upon that conversion, leaves behind that Revit valve. I can see it there. It's still an RFA file. But we can see everything else has now been converted. So we've got the pipe there all the way down to, of course, welds that are being included with it as well.

      So again, I know there's some additional sessions that were available yesterday. I don't know what the rest of the week looks like for those types of classes. But they do go a little bit more in depth about how I can convert that. But again, nice thing-- I could just get rid of that, clean this thing up, and manually drop in my valve. And I got my straight back in there to start working from it. So again, a lot of times, they just put things to look, we'll say pretty or nice and a good location, but not actually where it's going to get installed.

      So Design to Fabrication running there-- just real quick, see the same thing on just a cold water line. Just cause it's a little bit of a bigger system here, I wanted to show. So looking at this, same thing-- it's got a ball valve in there.

      I'm just going to tab kind of blindly for this one. This is a pretty big system, kind of connected. It is feeding down those hallways and things like that. I did not build this Revit model initially, so not extremely familiar with where it ties in and that type of thing. But I have this thing selected right now. And I'm just going to jump to a 3D view.

      And just as a tip, we can always come in here and isolate things so I've got a temporary isolate. I'm just going to isolate the elements. And it remembered my selection right there. So when I'm working split screens, things like that, you can go between the views. It's not like CAD, where it keeps routing from one point to the other. But it does remember selections and so on.

      So now that's been isolated. I can see it a little bit more clearer when I go ahead and run this Design to Fab, send it to the cold water. And this will just end up using some copper NIBCO, that standard cold water service that comes with the software.

      Now obviously, the larger the run is that I'm trying to do, the slower it is. I know the Comfort System, the guys-- your presentation yesterday, you window-selected that whole model. I was, like, screaming in my head that it was scary. So the bigger that you do, you know, a little bit slower that it's going to take.

      And this is going to be the type of scenario where, you know, I look at this and say, OK, well, I am going to convert at one-to-one. But I can already see things that I want to change. You're going to have that happen all the time. Or one of the nice things about this is it will convert everything that it can.

      So if it runs into any type of issue about a fitting, if there wasn't enough room for something or anything like that, it's not like it just cancels a process or terminates it. It converts every single individual piece until it just stops at a certain component. So if that T didn't have enough room for whatever reason or that elbow was too close, the pipes around it, the drop, the other horizontal pipe, that would all convert. But just there wouldn't be a T there. So it doesn't crash just because some parts didn't make it across.

      So Design to Fab taking it over, letting me switch that stuff to fabrication content. And again, we saw the valves didn't convert. We could go back and add them manually after the fact.

      So modeling with fabrication parts, this is where things have really started to evolve with it. So with 2018, if we're on this, we're going to have pretty much every option available to us for drawing this stuff, right? So we have the traditional method, which is kind of a piece-by-piece assembly of things. That will be the closest to attach your method inside of CADmep, right, so just going piece by piece by piece and getting it in there.

      Then we've got rout and fill, which was added in the 2017 version. That was kind of the segue way to some automatic routing, being able to pick between some points and get some solutions to come in and connect. So we got introduced to that. And really, that's like fill between two ends, so again, similar functionality to what we were seeing in the CAD side of things as well.

      And then the other method, stretching ends-- the comparison of that was stretching ends or stretching grips in CAD, so being able to grab a piece and just stretch it sometimes is faster than trying to draw it and getting it put in there. So finally, what kind of most people were waiting for was the ability to just pick on the screen, A to B to C to D, and have this thing fill in with pipe or duct. And it does-- or cable tray. We can do cable tray.

      So they added this multipoint fill for 2018 and gives us that ability, which is, I'm going to say, is similar to design line, just in the fact that it autofills. That's where it kind of stops. Those of you who have harsh feeling towards the design line, it's much, much, much more simple. It is more of assembly process of things. We're not having to code things to make this multipoint fill actually work inside of there.

      So this really behaves like Revit duct, pipe, cable tray, conduit, if I went that far with it. And they do give us some exclusion tools as well, so down in that lower left corner there, being able to say, hey, I don't want to use a short radius on this or I don't want to use a long radius on this. Basically, it's like the exclude from fill in CADmep as well.

      And then another list item that we've got, and I'll demonstrate these as well, being able to model with slope piping, right? So in 2017, we had to draw with normal Revit pipe. So I could grab one of those pipe types, draw with it, get it put in there, and then run the Design to Fabrication and kind of hope that things can work properly and I don't get crazy jogs and fittings, which would happen.

      So what got added 2018 for us, basically, the same way that we could do things with Revit pipe-- and I am emphasizing pipe, because this does not work on duct. So it kind of teases you. If you select a run of duct, fabrication parts, and this ductwork, it will give you the slope button. But it just doesn't work. I think it does give you an error, or says it doesn't work on these objects, or something like that. So at this point, just slow pipe-- which, hey, it's a good start to get us kind of moving down that way.

      It's going to behave the similar methods or putting it in there. So we'll be able to slope it as we're drawing it or sloping it after the fact, so being able to go in and model it all out and give a direction for and giving it a slope right there. So it's kind of like doing it after the fact and kind of like the drainage tool in CADmep, similar feature there.

      So to do some modeling, let's say I go back to where I originally started. Now I had already deleted out the Revit ductwork that was in here. But that may be a case. I look at this stuff. And it's all over. And it's jogging around some strange ways. And I don't want to deal with it.

      Or maybe we've actually got an updated structural model and see where the steel is at, so we have a better coordinated model. We're going to start working off of that, so kind of seeing each method that's available to us. So a tip would be coming over, getting started with my straights, and assembling this thing piece by piece.

      So I didn't do anything besides touch that connection point. And again, that's a Revit equipment Family right there. It's going to auto size. And it's going to grab that elevation point for me as well. There's some other little tools that are going to pop up in the tool tips for us.

      So rotating it around, not that it's extremely relevant for this rectangular piece, but if we were doing a fitting, we could spin that thing around, or switching between the connector side of it. Again, not as big of a deal for this piece of duct, but if I had a piece of pipe and I had different end conditions on the pipe, maybe I want to insert it based upon one of the other ends. And just using the up arrow would do that for me.

      So touching on that end is going to let me start piecing this together-- again, as I mentioned, similar to an attacher type of workflow in there, and then choosing whatever square bend or bend in general. This is where a spacebar would come into play. Now as I start to place this stuff and I'm hitting that spacebar, I can see it's rotating in, in this case, 90 degree increments because it's square. It's rectangular. Round is going to give you some other increments that we'll see pop up for that as well.

      You'll also see some familiar colors possibly from CADmep. So we still have our green indication telling me this thing is dropping down. We've got the up blue coming up. And actually, in the settings, when we point to the configuration, if you really wanted to, you could change those colors, but not a huge need for it, so putting it in and then just, again, choosing whatever pieces that I want, and getting them placed.

      Now the other alternative would be, hey, I've got this in there. I'm tired of doing it one by one by one. I can grab this point, stretch it. And that at least gets that run of duct in there. Little difference between this and CADmep, because CADmep would have broke it out, right-- 56 and 1/4 or whatever my links were that I had set up, 4-11. But again, we'll see a tool soon that will come back and take care of that.

      So I get this placed in there. And for doing branches and that type of thing, if I go to my service or my parts here, depending upon what I want to place in there, you get some different options available. Like if I grabbed this squared around-- now squared around is not set as a transition in the database. So Revit looks at this as like a normal transition going down in size, size and shape. So that would just kind of stick to end there.

      If you wanted to use something as an actual tap, there is a connect as tap option that you can activate in the ribbon. And then you can see-- it looks to snap. And the spacebar rotates that thing around-- again, not what I'm going to do for this scenario, but to just to show, if it's not a tap, you do have a little bit of flexibility, kind of force something in there.

      Now if I did go in round to choose that, these are automatically going to come in. So as I choose a shoe, you can see connect as tap is already set. It's ready to go right inside of there.

      Now I will need to set my size. Those are six-inch [? defusers, ?] I think. And again, when I touch on this, it's going to give me that spacebar option to flip this thing around. And it's going to track off of the Revit connectors as well. So that's telling me I am in alignment with that going across. So I could put that piece in there and start to work it this way.

      Now at some point, I'm getting tired of drawing this piece by piece by piece. And I want to just connect it, all right? Now if I did a selection on this, we have what's called round fill. Or I can do round fill off of the ribbon-- same exact thing.

      And basically, it's looking for another connection point. So in this case, if I find this connection point, assuming there's enough room and things like that based upon that service, it's going to look to autofill in it. So this was kind of a baby step into giving me some type of auto routing inside of there.

      And it's giving me a couple different solutions that I can cycle through as well. These are going to be more relevant when you get into kind of more complex points between what you're connecting to on, like, a pipe run or something like that and kind of auto filling. But a straight snare like this, I'm just going to accept it as is.

      Now here's where Revit starts to differ as well. So if I want to use that and basically copy it around, I can't do traditional copying, because Revit gets angry about things being connected if you don't copy it in a certain way. So if I were to window select this and just do a normal copy-- say I want to take it from endpoint the endpoint-- those are perfectly lined up.

      But if I hover over this and I tab, tab starts selecting what's connected to this. So tabbing is not picking up that other piece. So Revit does not like copying it kind of blindly like that. What it will let you do is take everything but the final connections. So basically, if I wanted to come in here and kind of exclude that, I could copy this, use that same point to least get it in place.

      Now if I try to connect straight into this by dragging it, and a lot of times, if I just try to do a route and fill from that point, it's going to look at that shortened space and not give me what I want. So if I did route and fill, I need to choose cut into that way to put it in a T-tap, things like that. But what it's going to look at is, hey, you only had this much distance.

      So one of the things that I don't like about the Fab parts in Revit yet is they don't back off at all. They hold their ground and the exact location. And they only propose a solution that is from that exact location to tie in, whereas normal Revit duct or pipe, there's some flexibility. So Revit pipe or duct would have slid back a little bit and potentially gave me a different fitting there.

      So in that scenario, if we do the route and fill again, connect into, I can see in this scenario, it said, hey, you only have one solution. So this isn't one of those cases where I just cycle through it, all right? I've got to get out of this thing to be able to fix it.

      So if I pull it back some, now I can use route and fill, cut it into it. Yes, I see that joint there for now. But that's just temporary. Once I accept that, it goes in. I can come back and get rid of that. And it just heals it up.

      So a bit of a work around-- if you want to use that multiple copy around through there, you could never take that final tie-in point. And technically, it's not connected at the diffuser right now. But that's not as big of an issue at this point. I would rather be connected up here because if I don't have this stuff connected and I use move, we could see everything stretched with it. Or I use the arrow keys.

      So we're getting kind of that Design Line functionality without some of the nuances of Design Line. But it still does have some of it's own little behavior. And that's just Revit.

      So that's making connections, just rounding it in there. Now let's say I wanted to run some pipe down here. You're not going to get route and fill or the multipoint options on any of the right click menus if you're coming purely off of a piece of Revit content. You do have to start up the actual tool itself.

      So if I were to switch to a chilled water run, I've got multipoint routing here. I also have multipoint routing here as well. So based upon whatever that service is, if I come straight down, I want to do this intentionally to kind of show, even when I'm drawing with fabrication parts, it still did not put any type of flange in there. So for you to make that type of connection, you do have to manually place some of these components in there, so if I just wanted to do a weld neck to be easy.

      Here's a good case for that up arrow. I'm touching on that. That's not where I want that flange to go. Just using the up arrow key, it toggles where that connection is at for me. So I can literally go through, kind of drop those in. And now I can shortcut since that is a fab part and now do multipoint routing. And this thing's ready to start modeling. And I'm just escaping out, going back snapping into it.

      And again, however that service is set up, like that thing's set to use, these guys. Yeah, they're stuck in there. So that's why it's using those [INAUDIBLE].

      So if I ran this and I looked at it in CADmep, if I wanted to use a long radius bend right there. If I want to swap that thing out-- so first of all, we've got to activate design line. So don't accidentally double-click the pipe you're trying to get into. So we're going to launch Design Line. And we've got to go click on it. And we've got to put it in as a node override, and of course, make sure that our button codes are different between the two.

      In Revit, this behaves like normal Revit content, where we just swap things out on the fly. So I'm able to select on this. And Revit knows that, hey, there are additional items loaded in there that would match. So I could switch to that long radius. And that's a whole lot quicker than having to deal with the design line aspect of it, and bringing nodes in there, and remembering you put a node override and all that fun stuff.

      So we could do that multipoint routing, get it put in there. Again, talked about it didn't convert valves. We're going to have placement options the same way with valves as well, coming in, choosing what I want. Based upon that service, the only unique thing is telling it to insert its part, kind of like take off it's cut-in-- so insert part, snapping where I want this thing to go. And spacebar is going to rotate it around.

      Now that one gives you trouble seeing which way it's pointing. But I found it goes counterclockwise. So if you can remember that, then you'll typically get it the right way. Otherwise, if you had to adjust it after the fact, we can click on this. And we can rotate it afterwards as well. And it'll give you a default 45 there.

      I could flatten it out really quick. I could go 90s to turn it back on its side. I could do a lot of different things with it if I wanted to. And I Definitely don't want that hitting the wall.

      Slope piping-- so let's say I wanted to go into my plan here. And I want to run some sanitary pipe coming off of these and show what this new slope tool will do for us. This is a very friendly restroom with no walls or partitions in it. But we'll get by. So hey, buddy-- high-five.

      So switch to my correct service-- I could have swore they were in there earlier, but, oh well. So switch to my service that I've got, and I'm ready to start drawing. Now you're going to find that there's a lot of different ways to do this multipoint fill.

      If you're newer to Revit, you're just getting into it, it's got a different feel when you're kind of laying things. There's a behavior to it that you're going to have to learn. Again, I've used Revit since that first version. So I kind of learned direction and things like that with it. So there are some rules that it likes to follow and whatnot as it's modeling things. But there are certainly a lot of different ways you can put it together as well.

      So if I wanted to start drawing, whether I wanted to come off the back of that and drop down, if I want to come out here and set a point, I'll just drop it down two foot over here. And I'm not going to slope it to start. I do have my slope tools up here. So these are the new options for us. But I'm just going to come over.

      Oh, I know why. I was in the plumbing plan, not the sanitary plan. See, I knew there was partitions in there. So I was in a plumbing plan that had the sanitary piping turned off. Now we're good. And we don't have the little awkward scenarios there.

      So we've got our sanitary pipe placed in there. It's at minus two foot right now, no slope whatsoever. So as far as how I want to model this thing, again, it's up to me. But again, if you are new to Revit, sections are your best friend when drawing pipe or duct.

      In Revit, it is painful to draw in 3D. I can tell you that right now. So if you've been trying to draw on 3D and you're new to it and you wonder why it feels so bad, it's not you. It just, it's tough. I've used it forever. Now I'll have one open all the time, swap stuff and do things like that. But to try to line up planes and connect, it's a nightmare. So cutting sections is something that you will do on a regular basis. So as I cut a section here, looking through, I'm just going to focus on this first one.

      And we're on level two. So this stuff is a little bit below level two. So right there, we are perfectly located on that cold water line that I converted earlier-- just keeping it real here. So we've got that in there, which OK, so that's not a bad example. I think that is a little [INAUDIBLE] that'll yell at me.

      But I could come over to the offset of that. This is kind of blindly changing it. There's like a little dip over there. So I figured it would break. So technically, we could move that if we had enough room to force it.

      So I'm going to multipoint route out of this thing, picks up the connection for me. And a lot of different ways that I could go about this-- like I could draw it down, over. I could have drawn it from here over. I could have started it in the plan view. I just want to show you guys a couple different ways. I could have started it here with the multi-point bill. It automatically lined up with the connector, got it set that way.

      Revit's not really picky in a lot of these scenarios. And normal Revit editing tools work on this stuff as well, like trim extend to corner. For those new to Revit, that's like fill it in the AutoCAD world, so being able to have these things clean up pretty quickly, trim extend to corner as long as there is a click. Oh, not enough room there. There we go.

      Let's bring you up a little bit. So that's one of those situations. It will only replace exactly what's there. So I was a little bit too close. So if I do it now, there we go. So again, Revit is just trying to be too smart sometimes instead of just kind of backing off a little bit and knowing that I wanted an elbow right there instead.

      So getting that in-- so vent piping, letting this do some auto connecting. There's some things that haven't translated over from Revit piping yet to automatically turn elbows into Ts and that type of thing. But quick enough, I could just get rid of the elbow, kind of continue that up, and actually use my extend tools to project this over.

      If I didn't like that combo that I put in there, so let's go to a sanitary T, or T sanitary, as they call it in this list, right? So that's a quick way to swap it out. Again, no node overrides like we would have in CAD-- there's that, as Revit or Autodesk calls it, the change management system in Revit being really powerful.

      So that gives me that initial layout that I've got going there. But that same concept kind of exists that we saw earlier about this stuff not allowing me to copy, copy, copy, and get it placed in there. So again, a couple of things I could do-- if I didn't care about these, the best solution would be to copy all of this with the fix your backup to the other locations.

      Now I've turned off the architectural ones. These are the fixtures that are actually in the MEP model. But a little cheat that I could do, I use detail lines like construction lines. So I can come in. And instead of manually sketching these, I can use a little pick lines tool and just go through and pick right here.

      So why in the world am I doing that? That way, when I delete these things out, I've got an easy snap point. I didn't have to mess with those snaps. So grab it all and take this with it. So now when I copy this, make sure your multiple checkbox is selected and bring it back.

      Now another thing that would get me would be this is too short. So it would try to put in a sanitary T right there for me. If that was fine, which I'm just going to let it put a sanitary T just for time, but I could back these pieces, reconnect, and give myself some more space for it. But I can use that same extend tool but. We have a multiple version of it that we can run and basically do multiples at once.

      So again, could have backed them up got the same layout-- but at this point, we have piping in there. It's not sloped at all. So if we were to cut a section looking the other way just to kind of validate that, we should be just below level two. So right there, we are, so right now, everything being flat.

      So what's new and available for us I want to slope this thing, I'm going to Tab Select to get it all. Now it's going to yell at me a little bit because of the risers that are in there. It's going to say, hey, we can't slope these things because we're going vertical. We just keep going there.

      There's things called errors in Revit. And there's things called warnings. Warnings, we can keep going. Errors, we got to stop and perform an action. Usually we got to delete something, cancel something, and back ourselves out of it.

      So now I'm going to go back, assign that slope. And what it needs for me is a direction. So am I sloping this way? Or am I sloping the other way? And that's all by this slope control point right here. So by me switching that, it's going to put that control point down at the other end, assign my slope value. Those come from the mechanical settings in your Revit project. So you can have additional ones in there. Finish it.

      Here's that notification. Hey, we couldn't apply the slope to some of the pipe. Check to make sure it's what you want. But if we go back and look at what we're after, we've got our slope pipe. Or again, if we want to see that connected system, tab enough times, go to that 3D plumbing. And instead now, there's what we generated.

      So slope piping is possible now. We could have drawn with slope right from the get-go and then came back, used our route and fill tools, and tied things in. Or we can come back and do it after the fact, like I did right there.

      All right. So some modified tools, modifying fabrication-- so here is a tool I was talking about. So if we're stretching a pipe run too long or you're doing that conversion, it doesn't put in the standard lengths that are set up in your database. But we have a tool called Optimize Lengths. So if I've got sticks of 10-foot pipe, 20 foot, 21 foot, whatever my duct lengths are, when I run that Optimize Lengths, it's going to go ahead and look at that database configuration and switch them out for me. So it's kind of a cleanup tool I can do after the fact.

      There's also a tool-- when I demonstrate this, I'm going to show-- that deals with the little, small piece, any leftover piece that you have, how we can kind of control it a little bit. Then the modify-- we've got editing parts. So if we need to edit a connection point or edit a connector on a piece of pipe or duct that we've got in there, we can override that if we need to, so just quickly to see that lengths, go back to that duct work I originally converted.

      So Tab Select it. Then I'm going up, choosing my Optimize Lengths. Once I run that Optimized Lengths, it is going to go ahead and break it out to whatever I need. Now in the event that I have something-- let's say I want this short piece on the other side. Not a good scenario for it, but that's what I'm after right now.

      So if I select on a piece, you do have this reposition part icon. And when you click on that, it will swap it down to the other side. So it just goes the opposite into the [INAUDIBLE].

      Where that extra piece goes is always on the side of connector two. So depending on the direction that you've drawn it, it always goes with the connector two side instead of connector one. So if you wanted to know a reasoning behind it, that's why.

      So the Optimized Lengths, that's the cleanup there. We would see it on the plumbing plane a little bit as well. It would be able to run there. I'd have to deselect any valves that are in the run. So I'm not going to go through that. But those pipes, again, whatever those standard lengths, those are going to get converted for us as well.

      So detailing-- a couple of these are just going to be some talking points. So obviously, we have some dimension tools that we can leverage inside of here, going ahead and snapping to send the center line of pipe or to a piece of equipment or the length of a run. We can dimension to those. They are smart dimensions that auto adjust once we modify that piece of pipe or duct.

      One of the things that is a little different about Revit dimensions versus the AutoCAD dimensions is going to be the fact that we can click on the dimension-- or I'm sorry, click on the object that's being dimensioned, change the dimension value and it moves the object. Revit does not give you the ability to override dimensions. So if I wanted to round something down by a quarter inch or whatever because I didn't like that length, I can't just fudge in that dimension. You actually have to physically move that object. So we use dimensions, not only for annotation purposes, but we also use them for modifying objects and things that we've got laid out inside of there as well.

      The other aspect of detailing with Revit is going to be setting up custom tags. So tags are what gives us the ability to extract information out about that particular object. So if we're talking about pipe size, duct elevation, duct size, duct length, those are all parameters now, thankfully, that were added last year that we can pull into a custom tag. So a tag in the Revit world is like ctext, level blocks, that type of stuff, labels, in CADmep, except for these are going to be a lot more user friendly, in my opinion.

      So we can customize them, symbol shapes. There's not as many rules. We don't have to keystroke things in. We're just going to place them where we want them to go in there.

      Then from a visual standpoint, if there's one thing that you must start adding inside of your Revit projects if you haven't done so already is going to be filters. So filters are what allow us to control objects that are in the same category differently. So when it comes to fabrication pipe and duct, we have two categories. We've got fabrication pipe work and fabrication duct work.

      So that means if I try to change the color of that category, every piece of duct or pipe would get it, regardless of the service. So color, that type of thing, does not come over from CAD and your database. That's all set up inside of Revit.

      So I can build a filter that looks at that service information. And based upon that service information, it's going to allow me to either maybe isolate that service or turn it off or have that visual color assigned to a different line type if I wanted to take it that far inside of it.

      But that is one of those cases where we must use filters. There's really no way around it because the simple fact of we have so many piping services, especially on the piping side, that I can't show all of them in a floor plan. So I need something, a mechanism, that allows me to turn off those different services.

      So if I've got med gas, and I've got chilled water, and I've got sanitary, I don't want those all shown on the same plan. I set up a filter that actually goes down and looks at that service name or an available parameter that's on there. Once it finds that bit of information, then it's going to allow me to control it separately. This is all something that you can set up in your template that you can use on projects.

      The interesting aspect of doing the whole Design to Fabrication is we are working inside of those engineer models. They probably have tons and tons of filters inside of there and their own configurations. You can still build all of these in your own template and actually transfer them into that project.

      I know there is a session about templates for fabrication. I think either today or tomorrow. It's the other Scott that's bald that does fabrication. [LAUGHS] Yeah. Yeah. He's doing a template fabrication. So it's probably going to have filters and things like that inside of there.

      But that's the ultimate goal. Those are all three the exact same category. But having the ability to give something a different color assignment to it, that is only accomplished-- well, I shouldn't say only. The most effective way to accomplish that is through a filter. The other way would be manual overrides of every duct run that you have, which wouldn't be fun. And that would be per view. So we can build these filters and actually put them inside of templates, view templates, and things like that, to go ahead and apply.

      Spooling-- so we said earlier, there's not an actual tool or a button that says spool with Revit. So the work-around if we want to stay in Revit is to use assemblies. So assemblies were set up on the architectural side. Basically let them split out different components, things like that. But we're able to leverage that and associate almost like a group and have it generate some views and schedules for us automatically.

      Now my biggest pain point for it is tagging. So we can tag the smart information out of it, but it is a little bit tedious. And typically, tagging in Revit is not tedious. That's like the complete opposite of the Revit world. But it's because of the fact of having to drill down and tab and get to the weld if I want to tag that weld and really get in it.

      Sure, we have a Tag All button. But then we've got to go out and pull them and clean them up and things like that. So that is a bit of a tedious aspect of it.

      We still have the ability to go out to an MAJ file, which to date, is still my preference. If you're using CADmep, you probably have a strong spool template already set up. Your table's laid out and all that fun stuff. So you could continue to leverage that until magically, a spool functionality arrives for us from Autodesk that may be floating around already.

      So we've got that ability to, generate those spools. It's going to allow us to put those on the sheets, an ortho view, plan view, section view. Depending upon how you like to display your outputs, you can go ahead and configure them that way and then also generate schedules as well.

      Now schedules in Revit are not as robust as reports. We don't get all the same ability for some of the filtering mechanisms that are available to us. For example, CID pattern is not a field that shows up in Revit for us. So that kind of kills us on some of the grouping of things and filtering out some of the results from there.

      For example, if I included length on that spool right there, it would give me the length of my welds. But then if I added a quantity to it and it told me I had 20 of those, it's going to do 20 times 1/8 inch or whatever. So it's going to tell me I've got a weld that's-- I'm off on the math right now-- but a couple inches for a weld. So there's some little things like that from a Revit scheduling standpoint that aren't as powerful from the pure reports inside of Fabrication, at least for going onto a sheet for us.

      Now same concept as earlier-- creating custom tags, getting those set up and put inside of your project as well, that would allow us to extract something out, like item number, as we did in CADmep-- again, just a custom tag family. If a parameter does not exist on that category, you can create your own custom parameter to extract from it as well, so if there's additional information not there.

      And then fabrication parts as far as exporting them or getting them out-- at least wanted to get to a couple of these before I ran out of time there. So the ones that have existed for quite some time, if we are wanting to share that job file, that MAJ file, with CAMduct, with ESTmep, with CADmep, we can do that with a Revit extension. So we can use that export functionality, save out that MAJ file, and go about our business from there, again, depending upon what we're wanting to do with it.

      If I send it out and I were to make changes to it and want to bring that back into Revit, Revit doesn't accept MAJs after fabrication parts have been drawn. You would have to bring them into a new project. You go through the joy of linking and binding, ignoring all the level notifications and things. Or you could do some copy to clipboard and pasting it in as well.

      The other alternative would be if we're wanting to get the heck out of Revit and get back to CADmep as fast as possible, we could still take that Revit model and use the RME to TAB Extension and get a RIF file and send it out.

      And kind of the newest and one of the final things that I had was with 2018, it gives the ability to export to a PCF file. Now right now, it's driven by a macro that you can add into your macro manager. In the handout, it has all this information, thorough detail and things like that, screenshots, et cetera, talks about it.

      If you were to Google isometrics in Revit, you would get an Autodesk development network or an Autodesk help file that would tell you there's a Revit MEP fabrication or a Revit MEP isometric plug-in. It'll tell you how to use it, how to manage your ISOs. But apparently, that's not available to you right now.

      So that was supposed to have been removed at some point in time from the help file. But it has not. So it is public knowledge. So I'm not saying anything top secret, that there is potentially a spooling functionality available and more available that's going to be coming as well.

      So right now, we can run this macro, choose our piping runs that we want to send out. It's going to generate a PCF file, which AutoCAD Plant 3D can read and import to run an isometric from. Other isometric engines that I'm not going to give airtime to can also accept PCF files as well.

      The key to that which-- and I was speaking to someone before class. They're already doing that from CADmep, because we could do that in CADmep. As long as you get your SKEYs in place on your items, you could generate that file and send it out.

      And this is essentially the output and the workflow. So coming from that Revit piping model, going into Plant 3D, again, the goal is to not have to go to plant 3D to run an isometric from there. I will say back in 2012, there was a cloud-based isometric engine from Autodesk. But it's since been removed. But that's the output we're getting.

      So auto dimensions, getting that created, build materials-- there are isometric styles in Plant 3D that can be configured. If you're familiar with that software, you're ahead of the curve. I've been using that one since it was created as well. So you can do some configuration and get an output that you'd like.

      Couple things in closing here-- so just everything kind of evolving and moving forward with Fabrication. Everything's updating really quickly. We're at 0.2 right now. Are we going to be at 0.3 and 0.4? I don't know. We've never had that many releases. But the way things are changing, possibly, especially with that notion of getting a fabrication tool.

      And then as far as taking this into production for you guys on the Revit side of it, picking the right project to try to tackle, get these fabrication parts used and inside of there, and actually apply them to a more smaller scale project as opposed to the larger sized project as well. And something I did that was a little personal on my side of things, so I went ahead and built this fabrication model in Revit with fabrication parts. Anybody have a guess, besides someone sitting in the second row, what this is? OK.

      AUDIENCE: [INAUDIBLE].

      SCOTT BUCHANAN: It's a maze, modeled from PVC piping in Revit, generated, my drawings, my cut lists, my build materials, tell me how to best cut my PVC pipe with a linear nest reporting, which reporting, full-blown reporting, is available in Revit 2018.2 now. So you can access your fabrication reports.

      And what in the world that I do this for? My 10-year-old's Halloween party-- so I built a Halloween maze from fabrication. So again, it's kind of showing that whole concept of-- and there it is with wrapping and things like that-- but showing that whole aspect of connectivity, being able to leverage things and see them all the way through. And really, that's what the fabrication side of things is now for Revit, so thank you, everyone.

      [APPLAUSE]

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      We use Wistia to collect data about your behavior on our sites. This may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, your IP address or device ID, and your Autodesk ID. We use this data to measure our site performance and evaluate the ease of your online experience, so we can enhance our features. We also use advanced analytics methods to optimize your experience with email, customer support, and sales. Wistia Privacy Policy
      Tealium
      We use Tealium to collect data about your behavior on our sites. This may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. We use this data to measure our site performance and evaluate the ease of your online experience, so we can enhance our features. We also use advanced analytics methods to optimize your experience with email, customer support, and sales. Tealium Privacy Policy
      Upsellit
      We use Upsellit to collect data about your behavior on our sites. This may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. We use this data to measure our site performance and evaluate the ease of your online experience, so we can enhance our features. We also use advanced analytics methods to optimize your experience with email, customer support, and sales. Upsellit Privacy Policy
      CJ Affiliates
      We use CJ Affiliates to collect data about your behavior on our sites. This may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. We use this data to measure our site performance and evaluate the ease of your online experience, so we can enhance our features. We also use advanced analytics methods to optimize your experience with email, customer support, and sales. CJ Affiliates Privacy Policy
      Commission Factory
      We use Commission Factory to collect data about your behavior on our sites. This may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. We use this data to measure our site performance and evaluate the ease of your online experience, so we can enhance our features. We also use advanced analytics methods to optimize your experience with email, customer support, and sales. Commission Factory Privacy Policy
      Google Analytics (Strictly Necessary)
      We use Google Analytics (Strictly Necessary) to collect data about your behavior on our sites. This may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, your IP address or device ID, and your Autodesk ID. We use this data to measure our site performance and evaluate the ease of your online experience, so we can enhance our features. We also use advanced analytics methods to optimize your experience with email, customer support, and sales. Google Analytics (Strictly Necessary) Privacy Policy
      Typepad Stats
      We use Typepad Stats to collect data about your behaviour on our sites. This may include pages you’ve visited. We use this data to measure our site performance and evaluate the ease of your online experience, so we can enhance our platform to provide the most relevant content. This allows us to enhance your overall user experience. Typepad Stats Privacy Policy
      Geo Targetly
      We use Geo Targetly to direct website visitors to the most appropriate web page and/or serve tailored content based on their location. Geo Targetly uses the IP address of a website visitor to determine the approximate location of the visitor’s device. This helps ensure that the visitor views content in their (most likely) local language.Geo Targetly Privacy Policy
      SpeedCurve
      We use SpeedCurve to monitor and measure the performance of your website experience by measuring web page load times as well as the responsiveness of subsequent elements such as images, scripts, and text.SpeedCurve Privacy Policy
      Qualified
      Qualified is the Autodesk Live Chat agent platform. This platform provides services to allow our customers to communicate in real-time with Autodesk support. We may collect unique ID for specific browser sessions during a chat. Qualified Privacy Policy

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      Google Optimize
      We use Google Optimize to test new features on our sites and customize your experience of these features. To do this, we collect behavioral data while you’re on our sites. This data may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, your IP address or device ID, your Autodesk ID, and others. You may experience a different version of our sites based on feature testing, or view personalized content based on your visitor attributes. Google Optimize Privacy Policy
      ClickTale
      We use ClickTale to better understand where you may encounter difficulties with our sites. We use session recording to help us see how you interact with our sites, including any elements on our pages. Your Personally Identifiable Information is masked and is not collected. ClickTale Privacy Policy
      OneSignal
      We use OneSignal to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by OneSignal. Ads are based on both OneSignal data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that OneSignal has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to OneSignal to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. OneSignal Privacy Policy
      Optimizely
      We use Optimizely to test new features on our sites and customize your experience of these features. To do this, we collect behavioral data while you’re on our sites. This data may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, your IP address or device ID, your Autodesk ID, and others. You may experience a different version of our sites based on feature testing, or view personalized content based on your visitor attributes. Optimizely Privacy Policy
      Amplitude
      We use Amplitude to test new features on our sites and customize your experience of these features. To do this, we collect behavioral data while you’re on our sites. This data may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, your IP address or device ID, your Autodesk ID, and others. You may experience a different version of our sites based on feature testing, or view personalized content based on your visitor attributes. Amplitude Privacy Policy
      Snowplow
      We use Snowplow to collect data about your behavior on our sites. This may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, your IP address or device ID, and your Autodesk ID. We use this data to measure our site performance and evaluate the ease of your online experience, so we can enhance our features. We also use advanced analytics methods to optimize your experience with email, customer support, and sales. Snowplow Privacy Policy
      UserVoice
      We use UserVoice to collect data about your behaviour on our sites. This may include pages you’ve visited. We use this data to measure our site performance and evaluate the ease of your online experience, so we can enhance our platform to provide the most relevant content. This allows us to enhance your overall user experience. UserVoice Privacy Policy
      Clearbit
      Clearbit allows real-time data enrichment to provide a personalized and relevant experience to our customers. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID.Clearbit Privacy Policy
      YouTube
      YouTube is a video sharing platform which allows users to view and share embedded videos on our websites. YouTube provides viewership metrics on video performance. YouTube Privacy Policy

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      Adobe Analytics
      We use Adobe Analytics to collect data about your behavior on our sites. This may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, your IP address or device ID, and your Autodesk ID. We use this data to measure our site performance and evaluate the ease of your online experience, so we can enhance our features. We also use advanced analytics methods to optimize your experience with email, customer support, and sales. Adobe Analytics Privacy Policy
      Google Analytics (Web Analytics)
      We use Google Analytics (Web Analytics) to collect data about your behavior on our sites. This may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. We use this data to measure our site performance and evaluate the ease of your online experience, so we can enhance our features. We also use advanced analytics methods to optimize your experience with email, customer support, and sales. Google Analytics (Web Analytics) Privacy Policy
      AdWords
      We use AdWords to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by AdWords. Ads are based on both AdWords data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that AdWords has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to AdWords to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. AdWords Privacy Policy
      Marketo
      We use Marketo to send you more timely and relevant email content. To do this, we collect data about your online behavior and your interaction with the emails we send. Data collected may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, your IP address or device ID, email open rates, links clicked, and others. We may combine this data with data collected from other sources to offer you improved sales or customer service experiences, as well as more relevant content based on advanced analytics processing. Marketo Privacy Policy
      Doubleclick
      We use Doubleclick to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by Doubleclick. Ads are based on both Doubleclick data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that Doubleclick has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to Doubleclick to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. Doubleclick Privacy Policy
      HubSpot
      We use HubSpot to send you more timely and relevant email content. To do this, we collect data about your online behavior and your interaction with the emails we send. Data collected may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, your IP address or device ID, email open rates, links clicked, and others. HubSpot Privacy Policy
      Twitter
      We use Twitter to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by Twitter. Ads are based on both Twitter data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that Twitter has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to Twitter to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. Twitter Privacy Policy
      Facebook
      We use Facebook to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by Facebook. Ads are based on both Facebook data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that Facebook has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to Facebook to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. Facebook Privacy Policy
      LinkedIn
      We use LinkedIn to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by LinkedIn. Ads are based on both LinkedIn data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that LinkedIn has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to LinkedIn to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. LinkedIn Privacy Policy
      Yahoo! Japan
      We use Yahoo! Japan to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by Yahoo! Japan. Ads are based on both Yahoo! Japan data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that Yahoo! Japan has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to Yahoo! Japan to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. Yahoo! Japan Privacy Policy
      Naver
      We use Naver to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by Naver. Ads are based on both Naver data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that Naver has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to Naver to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. Naver Privacy Policy
      Quantcast
      We use Quantcast to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by Quantcast. Ads are based on both Quantcast data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that Quantcast has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to Quantcast to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. Quantcast Privacy Policy
      Call Tracking
      We use Call Tracking to provide customized phone numbers for our campaigns. This gives you faster access to our agents and helps us more accurately evaluate our performance. We may collect data about your behavior on our sites based on the phone number provided. Call Tracking Privacy Policy
      Wunderkind
      We use Wunderkind to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by Wunderkind. Ads are based on both Wunderkind data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that Wunderkind has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to Wunderkind to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. Wunderkind Privacy Policy
      ADC Media
      We use ADC Media to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by ADC Media. Ads are based on both ADC Media data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that ADC Media has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to ADC Media to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. ADC Media Privacy Policy
      AgrantSEM
      We use AgrantSEM to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by AgrantSEM. Ads are based on both AgrantSEM data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that AgrantSEM has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to AgrantSEM to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. AgrantSEM Privacy Policy
      Bidtellect
      We use Bidtellect to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by Bidtellect. Ads are based on both Bidtellect data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that Bidtellect has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to Bidtellect to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. Bidtellect Privacy Policy
      Bing
      We use Bing to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by Bing. Ads are based on both Bing data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that Bing has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to Bing to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. Bing Privacy Policy
      G2Crowd
      We use G2Crowd to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by G2Crowd. Ads are based on both G2Crowd data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that G2Crowd has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to G2Crowd to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. G2Crowd Privacy Policy
      NMPI Display
      We use NMPI Display to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by NMPI Display. Ads are based on both NMPI Display data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that NMPI Display has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to NMPI Display to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. NMPI Display Privacy Policy
      VK
      We use VK to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by VK. Ads are based on both VK data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that VK has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to VK to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. VK Privacy Policy
      Adobe Target
      We use Adobe Target to test new features on our sites and customize your experience of these features. To do this, we collect behavioral data while you’re on our sites. This data may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, your IP address or device ID, your Autodesk ID, and others. You may experience a different version of our sites based on feature testing, or view personalized content based on your visitor attributes. Adobe Target Privacy Policy
      Google Analytics (Advertising)
      We use Google Analytics (Advertising) to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by Google Analytics (Advertising). Ads are based on both Google Analytics (Advertising) data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that Google Analytics (Advertising) has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to Google Analytics (Advertising) to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. Google Analytics (Advertising) Privacy Policy
      Trendkite
      We use Trendkite to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by Trendkite. Ads are based on both Trendkite data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that Trendkite has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to Trendkite to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. Trendkite Privacy Policy
      Hotjar
      We use Hotjar to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by Hotjar. Ads are based on both Hotjar data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that Hotjar has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to Hotjar to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. Hotjar Privacy Policy
      6 Sense
      We use 6 Sense to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by 6 Sense. Ads are based on both 6 Sense data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that 6 Sense has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to 6 Sense to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. 6 Sense Privacy Policy
      Terminus
      We use Terminus to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by Terminus. Ads are based on both Terminus data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that Terminus has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to Terminus to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. Terminus Privacy Policy
      StackAdapt
      We use StackAdapt to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by StackAdapt. Ads are based on both StackAdapt data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that StackAdapt has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to StackAdapt to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. StackAdapt Privacy Policy
      The Trade Desk
      We use The Trade Desk to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by The Trade Desk. Ads are based on both The Trade Desk data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that The Trade Desk has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to The Trade Desk to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. The Trade Desk Privacy Policy
      RollWorks
      We use RollWorks to deploy digital advertising on sites supported by RollWorks. Ads are based on both RollWorks data and behavioral data that we collect while you’re on our sites. The data we collect may include pages you’ve visited, trials you’ve initiated, videos you’ve played, purchases you’ve made, and your IP address or device ID. This information may be combined with data that RollWorks has collected from you. We use the data that we provide to RollWorks to better customize your digital advertising experience and present you with more relevant ads. RollWorks Privacy Policy

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