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Transcript
00:00
[MUSIC PLAYING]
00:11
BRYSON ANDERSON: Autodesk accelerators
00:12
are designed to help your team stay ahead
00:14
of the curve with the latest workflows.
00:16
These include on demand courses, pre-recorded coaching,
00:19
as well as live coaching.
00:20
To see the full list of topics, visit the Customer Success Hub.
00:26
Take a moment to read over the safe harbor statement.
00:28
This is a reminder that we may make statements
00:30
about future developments.
00:31
These are not intended to be a guarantee,
00:33
but reflect our current expectations and assumptions.
00:38
Before we get started, let me introduce myself.
00:40
My name is Bryson Anderson.
00:41
I'm based out of Utah.
00:43
Been in the IT industry for about 14 years now,
00:45
the last 10 years in the AEC Marketplace,
00:48
working with firms in all aspects of their IT,
00:50
including data management and collaboration for Autodesk
00:53
workflows.
00:56
Welcome to the Autodesk Accelerator.
00:58
Upload and share project models using Autodesk BIM Collaborate
01:00
and BIM Collaborate Pro.
01:03
The objectives for the session are
01:05
learn how to create packages and design collaboration,
01:08
understand how to view other teams packages,
01:10
learn how to consume a package in design collaboration.
01:13
The workflow we're going to follow
01:14
is navigate to design collaboration, create
01:16
a new package on the exchange timeline,
01:18
select sets, models and documents
01:20
to include in the package, click Share,
01:23
view other teams packages, and then consume
01:26
another team's package.
01:28
We'll start by looking at creating a new package.
01:31
This will be the first step in our workflow.
01:35
In Autodesk Docs, use the app switcher
01:37
to change to design collaboration.
01:39
On the Home tab, we're going to hit this little arrow--
01:43
it'll be a down arrow--
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to expand the timeline view out, so
01:46
that we can see all of our different teams
01:49
packages on the exchange timeline.
01:51
To create a new package, we simply
01:54
click the plus sign to create a new package.
01:58
This is the package creation window.
01:59
In the content browser, we can select the sets, models
02:02
and documents we want included to share out in the package.
02:05
The package will have a default name.
02:07
We can click this little pencil icon here
02:09
to change the name of the package.
02:10
Once we've added everything that we want to share out,
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we can click Save down here, and the changes will be saved.
02:16
This hasn't shared the package out yet.
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It's just saved our changes.
02:21
You can use the change visualizations
02:22
tool to visually see changes since the last package was
02:25
shared.
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If this is the first time you've shared a package out,
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there won't be anything to compare it to.
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But as you create subsequent packages
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you can compare and see how this version compares
02:34
to the last version that you shared out.
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Once you're satisfied with the package
02:38
that you've put together, you can
02:39
click the Share button that will then share the package out.
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The share package when will pop up,
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giving you one last time to change the package
02:46
name if you'd like, as well as give the package description.
02:49
When we click that Share button, all data
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that we included within that package
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will be copied to the shared folder location for your team.
02:57
Let's dive into the demonstration
02:58
on creating a package.
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With constant development of BIM projects
03:03
spanning multiple teams, notifying teams
03:05
of critical changes is key for effective collaboration.
03:08
Creating and sharing packages and design collaboration
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allows you to communicate change and exchange information
03:13
at the right time.
03:15
What we're looking at here is the Home tab of the design
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collaboration tool.
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And up here we have what's called the exchange timeline.
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Now, I have it pulled all the way out.
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When you first get to this page, it
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can look like this, completely collapsed, in a semi collapsed
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mode, or brought all the way down.
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In a semi collapsed mode it's going
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to show you your timeline for your team,
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and then the shared timeline for all other combined teams.
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Or you can drop this down and see all teams separately.
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So to create our package we click this plus sign
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on our timeline here.
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And it's going to start gathering up
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all of the files, models, documents, things that
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are inside of our team folder.
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So if we look under sets, under models, under documents,
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it's going to list out everything
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that's in those team folders.
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For this shared package we're going
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to go ahead and share out our main structural Revit model.
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So we'll go ahead and select that we want that model,
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and we'll click Save.
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This tells the package we only want to include this one
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file in this shared package.
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We need to also set a name for our shared
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here, for our shared package.
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We'll change it from structure one
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to something like structure first share, since this
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is our first package share.
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We'll name it whatever we want to name it there.
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Now, we do have an issues tab here.
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So this is more important once we're
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viewing an already created package,
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but it is available when you're creating the package.
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You can see issues here as well.
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Now, one other tool we have is this change visualization tool.
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The change visualization tool gives us
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the ability to compare the current version
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of a model or a file against an older version.
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If we click Show changes, it'll bring us
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into that change visualization.
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In this model, there are not any changes
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since this is our first share.
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So we don't see anything here.
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We can exit out of our changes and go back
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to our content browser.
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If we need to include any other documents,
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or if we want to include any of the models that
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are found in our team folder, we can do that.
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Once we're satisfied with what's included,
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we can go ahead and hit share.
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This gives us one more opportunity
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to change that package name or to add a package description,
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and we can go ahead and click Share,
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and it will finish sharing out our package.
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Now, this is going to do a couple of things.
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If we go look at our timeline here,
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we'll see that new package shared out here.
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But also, if we were to switch back over to Docs,
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and go to our file folder structure, part of the setup
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is selecting where are shared folder is.
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This shared folder, every time a package is shared,
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the contents of that shared folder
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is pushed out to this folder.
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So for example, if we go to the structural shared folder here,
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we'll see here is that structural Revit model.
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And it is in version one, because this is the first time
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we've shared that package out.
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So this is a copy of the structural model
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that is here in version three.
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So this is a shared version.
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So in Revit, if we were linking this file,
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it would stay at this version until another package
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was shared.
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This would become version two.
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We could then reload our links and get those changes.
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Jumping back over to the design collaboration--
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Once we have sufficient changes or we
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need to add more things to our shared folder,
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we can go ahead and create a new package.
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In that new package, if we include that structural model
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Revit model again, it'll be updated to version two.
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If we were to include a new file that
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was not in the first share, it would be at version one.
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So as we create packages and we add things,
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it will add them to that shared folder.
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It will increment their versions as we create new shared folder
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versions.
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So creating a package is that easy.
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Click the plus sign, add what you want to it,
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and go ahead and share it out to your team.
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So now that we have a package shared,
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let's go ahead and look at how we consume those.
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Let's take a look at the next step, view other teams
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packages.
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This will be the second step in our workflow.
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We're going to head back to the design collaboration
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module, the Home tab, looking again at the design
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collaboration timeline.
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We can click this arrow to expand out to the window
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like we see here.
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The exchange timeline visually shows
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us information about different teams and the packages
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they've shared.
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You'll notice that these icons look a little bit different.
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An empty circle, like this one here,
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is a package that's been shared out,
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but your team has not consumed it.
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A filled circle, like this one here,
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means the packages have been shared,
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and your team has consumed it.
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And a square means a model was published to the team folder.
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You may also see an empty circle that's dotted
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around the outside.
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That's a package for your team that has been created,
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but not yet been shared out.
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Hovering over any one of those symbols
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will give some information, including the title
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and the date it was shared.
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If you see a red number, like you see here,
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it indicates that there's more items there.
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If you click on it, it will then zoom in
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and show a closer up view, so you
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can see all the items there.
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To view any of the packages just simply click on it.
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Here, we've clicked on an architectural package,
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and we'll see the contents of it below.
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Just like when we are creating a package,
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we can use the change visualization tool
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to see what's changed since the last time the package was
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published.
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You can also view any of the files that
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have been included in the package,
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and browse through any sheets or views that
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are included in that file.
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You can also set changes to watch on the watch changes tab.
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If you click on the watch changes tab, brings up
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the selection window, you can create a new watch group
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to watch for changes to certain models or parts of the model.
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When viewing changes, you can specifically view changes
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that you're watching for.
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Use the content browser to switch
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between models and other documents that
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are included in the package.
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Once we've taken a look at what's inside the package,
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we can then look at consuming another team's package.
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This will be the final step in our workflow.
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Just like we did when we were viewing the package,
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we'll use the exchange timeline to pick the package
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that we want to view.
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We'll click on it, and come into the package,
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and explore the contents like we did in the last section.
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Once we've decided we want to consume
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the contents of the package, we simply
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click the consume button.
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You'll be given a message that's letting
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you know that you're about to consume the package
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and the contents of it will be moved into your team space.
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If you're Revit links are referencing
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your consumed folder, those Revit links
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will update with the changes from this package.
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Once the package has been consumed,
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the contents of the package are copied
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to the teams consumed folder.
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Any files that already existed will be versioned.
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So for example, if you had a Revit model
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that you were linking to in a consumed folder,
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and you consumed a package, that Revit model would be versioned
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and the links inside your Revit model would be updated.
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Let's take a look at viewing and consuming
09:50
packages in the demonstration.
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Knowing when and what has changed across teams
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is key to effective collaboration.
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Once a team has created and shared a package,
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it appears on the exchange timeline.
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This allows collaborating teams visibility to what has changed
10:03
and to consume those changes.
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So we are in the design collaboration
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module on the Home tab.
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Across the top here, we see our exchange timeline with our team
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and different things that have happened on our timeline,
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as well as the MEP team and the architectural team.
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You'll notice a couple different symbols here.
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This square represents a model that was published.
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So when we published Revit to our team folder,
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we get this little square here.
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The circle is a package.
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So anytime we see a circle, we can tell that's a package.
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Now, you'll notice that there is a solid circle as well
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as these empty circles.
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So what those mean is, if we look at, say, the MEP team
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here, we see a package with an empty circle.
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That empty circle is telling us that we have not
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consumed that package.
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That it's shared out, MEP team has shared that package,
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but the empty circle is telling us that we as a structural team
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have not consumed that package.
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Once you do consume it, it will turn to solid.
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You'll notice on our team, all of our teams
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are solid already, because that's our team folder.
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It's always consumed by us because it's
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in our team folder.
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But our other teams will see that unfilled circle
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until we go ahead and consume the package.
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You'll also see this one here has a number over it.
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When there is a number on it, it means that there's
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multiple items there.
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If you click on it, it will then zoom in.
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We can see zoomed in here.
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Across a few minutes here we had two different publishes.
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When we're zoomed in, if we want to scroll back out,
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we can use this little scroll here
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to change the amount of time that's shown.
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That's back to the view that we were in.
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So we can either click, and it will zoom in,
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or we can manually zoom in and out with this little slide tool
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here at the bottom.
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Let's take a look at one of these packages.
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We'll go with the latest here of the architectural shared
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package.
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We can tell that it is an unfilled circle,
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so we have not yet consumed this package.
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We'll go ahead and click on it.
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Once we click on it, it's going to display
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some of the information below, the sets, model's, issues,
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documents that are related with this specific package,
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as well as the package description.
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We can click Explore to then dive in and start
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looking at what's inside this.
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Over here on the content browser we
12:17
can drill and look at different models or documents on this.
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In this package there is just The one model.
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We've got it here, and we are viewing it.
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A really good way to visualize the change that's
12:26
happened since the last version is to hit this show changes.
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And what it's going to do is it's
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going to compare the model from the last time it was shared
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to this current shared package.
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And it's going to list out some details here.
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It'll show us the number of things that were added,
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things that were moved, things that were modified.
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And it colors them, so that as we scroll into the model here
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we can see there's the item that was removed.
12:50
The yellow is all the objects that were modified.
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The green is ones were added.
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And then we can actually even drill down even further
12:55
and see which disciplines were affected.
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And go ahead and hide out different disciplines.
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We can come down here to our results as flat results
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or as a tree and really visualize
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what's changed in this model.
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This is one of the best ways to quickly dive
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into a model inside of a shared package
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and see what's changed since the last time
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that package was shared.
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When we're done looking at those comparisons,
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we can go ahead and hit exit changes.
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And it will take us back to the model view.
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Now, here in the model view, we have our navigation tools
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across the bottom--
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orbit, pan, fit to view, first person walk through tools,
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zoom, some measure tools.
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We can even do a little bit of sectional analysis,
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so we can cut some sections really easy,
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as well as openness properties window, where
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as we click on elements we can see property
13:41
details for those elements.
13:43
We can also, on our markups tools
13:45
here, we can create an issue.
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So we could drop an issue here and fill those issue details
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out.
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But we can create issues right here
13:54
on a package to help facilitate some of that communication.
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Let's go ahead and close that out.
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If we click on the Issues tab over here,
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it's going to show us that issue we just created.
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This is going to be a list of all the issues
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that were created on this model here inside this package.
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When we're finished viewing, we can
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go ahead and close this out, come back here
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to our main window.
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When we're comfortable with those changes
14:19
and we want to go ahead and consume that package,
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we just click the consume button here.
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It's going to give a message about what's
14:25
going to happen when we consume this package.
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Basically, it's going to copy the contents of this package
14:30
into your consumed folder inside your team space.
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If you're linking to that consumed folder,
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it'll go ahead and update your links.
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So we'll go ahead and click consume.
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If we drop down our exchange timeline here,
14:47
we will see that is now a filled in circle, showing us
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that we consume that package.
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We'll notice right here on the MEP team,
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we've got another package that has not yet been consumed
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that we can go take a look at.
14:58
But let's jump over to docs, and take a look
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at that folder structure.
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So when we consumed that package,
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the consumed folder within our team space
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will be updated with that model.
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And we do see here under consumed
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is an architecture folder with that architectural model,
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and is now in our consumed folder.
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So as we share out packages, they show up here
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in this shared space.
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Then as we consume packages, files
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from those show up in our teams consumed folder.
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Let's jump back to design collaboration.
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Now that we've created, viewed, and consume packages
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in design collaboration, you should
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have a better understanding of how
15:41
to control the exchange of data for better collaboration.
15:44
And with that, thank you for joining us
15:46
at Autodesk Accelerator.
15:47
There's some additional resources available to you.
15:49
On the Customer Success Hub, customersuccess.autodesk.com,
15:53
there's more courses, learning paths,
15:55
recorded coaching sessions, some more live coaching topics.
15:58
There's similar topics to this, as well as
16:00
topics across the entire Autodesk platform.
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That's all available to you on the Customer Success Hub.
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So go check it out.
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And with that, thanks for joining the session
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and have a fantastic day.
Video transcript
00:00
[MUSIC PLAYING]
00:11
BRYSON ANDERSON: Autodesk accelerators
00:12
are designed to help your team stay ahead
00:14
of the curve with the latest workflows.
00:16
These include on demand courses, pre-recorded coaching,
00:19
as well as live coaching.
00:20
To see the full list of topics, visit the Customer Success Hub.
00:26
Take a moment to read over the safe harbor statement.
00:28
This is a reminder that we may make statements
00:30
about future developments.
00:31
These are not intended to be a guarantee,
00:33
but reflect our current expectations and assumptions.
00:38
Before we get started, let me introduce myself.
00:40
My name is Bryson Anderson.
00:41
I'm based out of Utah.
00:43
Been in the IT industry for about 14 years now,
00:45
the last 10 years in the AEC Marketplace,
00:48
working with firms in all aspects of their IT,
00:50
including data management and collaboration for Autodesk
00:53
workflows.
00:56
Welcome to the Autodesk Accelerator.
00:58
Upload and share project models using Autodesk BIM Collaborate
01:00
and BIM Collaborate Pro.
01:03
The objectives for the session are
01:05
learn how to create packages and design collaboration,
01:08
understand how to view other teams packages,
01:10
learn how to consume a package in design collaboration.
01:13
The workflow we're going to follow
01:14
is navigate to design collaboration, create
01:16
a new package on the exchange timeline,
01:18
select sets, models and documents
01:20
to include in the package, click Share,
01:23
view other teams packages, and then consume
01:26
another team's package.
01:28
We'll start by looking at creating a new package.
01:31
This will be the first step in our workflow.
01:35
In Autodesk Docs, use the app switcher
01:37
to change to design collaboration.
01:39
On the Home tab, we're going to hit this little arrow--
01:43
it'll be a down arrow--
01:44
to expand the timeline view out, so
01:46
that we can see all of our different teams
01:49
packages on the exchange timeline.
01:51
To create a new package, we simply
01:54
click the plus sign to create a new package.
01:58
This is the package creation window.
01:59
In the content browser, we can select the sets, models
02:02
and documents we want included to share out in the package.
02:05
The package will have a default name.
02:07
We can click this little pencil icon here
02:09
to change the name of the package.
02:10
Once we've added everything that we want to share out,
02:13
we can click Save down here, and the changes will be saved.
02:16
This hasn't shared the package out yet.
02:18
It's just saved our changes.
02:21
You can use the change visualizations
02:22
tool to visually see changes since the last package was
02:25
shared.
02:26
If this is the first time you've shared a package out,
02:28
there won't be anything to compare it to.
02:30
But as you create subsequent packages
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you can compare and see how this version compares
02:34
to the last version that you shared out.
02:36
Once you're satisfied with the package
02:38
that you've put together, you can
02:39
click the Share button that will then share the package out.
02:42
The share package when will pop up,
02:44
giving you one last time to change the package
02:46
name if you'd like, as well as give the package description.
02:49
When we click that Share button, all data
02:52
that we included within that package
02:54
will be copied to the shared folder location for your team.
02:57
Let's dive into the demonstration
02:58
on creating a package.
03:01
With constant development of BIM projects
03:03
spanning multiple teams, notifying teams
03:05
of critical changes is key for effective collaboration.
03:08
Creating and sharing packages and design collaboration
03:11
allows you to communicate change and exchange information
03:13
at the right time.
03:15
What we're looking at here is the Home tab of the design
03:17
collaboration tool.
03:18
And up here we have what's called the exchange timeline.
03:21
Now, I have it pulled all the way out.
03:23
When you first get to this page, it
03:25
can look like this, completely collapsed, in a semi collapsed
03:29
mode, or brought all the way down.
03:31
In a semi collapsed mode it's going
03:33
to show you your timeline for your team,
03:36
and then the shared timeline for all other combined teams.
03:39
Or you can drop this down and see all teams separately.
03:42
So to create our package we click this plus sign
03:45
on our timeline here.
03:51
And it's going to start gathering up
03:54
all of the files, models, documents, things that
03:57
are inside of our team folder.
03:60
So if we look under sets, under models, under documents,
04:03
it's going to list out everything
04:04
that's in those team folders.
04:08
For this shared package we're going
04:10
to go ahead and share out our main structural Revit model.
04:13
So we'll go ahead and select that we want that model,
04:15
and we'll click Save.
04:17
This tells the package we only want to include this one
04:20
file in this shared package.
04:24
We need to also set a name for our shared
04:27
here, for our shared package.
04:29
We'll change it from structure one
04:36
to something like structure first share, since this
04:38
is our first package share.
04:40
We'll name it whatever we want to name it there.
04:45
Now, we do have an issues tab here.
04:47
So this is more important once we're
04:49
viewing an already created package,
04:51
but it is available when you're creating the package.
04:53
You can see issues here as well.
04:56
Now, one other tool we have is this change visualization tool.
04:60
The change visualization tool gives us
05:02
the ability to compare the current version
05:04
of a model or a file against an older version.
05:07
If we click Show changes, it'll bring us
05:10
into that change visualization.
05:12
In this model, there are not any changes
05:14
since this is our first share.
05:15
So we don't see anything here.
05:17
We can exit out of our changes and go back
05:19
to our content browser.
05:21
If we need to include any other documents,
05:23
or if we want to include any of the models that
05:25
are found in our team folder, we can do that.
05:27
Once we're satisfied with what's included,
05:29
we can go ahead and hit share.
05:31
This gives us one more opportunity
05:33
to change that package name or to add a package description,
05:36
and we can go ahead and click Share,
05:38
and it will finish sharing out our package.
05:42
Now, this is going to do a couple of things.
05:43
If we go look at our timeline here,
05:45
we'll see that new package shared out here.
05:48
But also, if we were to switch back over to Docs,
05:52
and go to our file folder structure, part of the setup
05:56
is selecting where are shared folder is.
05:58
This shared folder, every time a package is shared,
06:00
the contents of that shared folder
06:02
is pushed out to this folder.
06:04
So for example, if we go to the structural shared folder here,
06:08
we'll see here is that structural Revit model.
06:11
And it is in version one, because this is the first time
06:13
we've shared that package out.
06:15
So this is a copy of the structural model
06:18
that is here in version three.
06:20
So this is a shared version.
06:22
So in Revit, if we were linking this file,
06:25
it would stay at this version until another package
06:28
was shared.
06:29
This would become version two.
06:30
We could then reload our links and get those changes.
06:33
Jumping back over to the design collaboration--
06:37
Once we have sufficient changes or we
06:38
need to add more things to our shared folder,
06:40
we can go ahead and create a new package.
06:43
In that new package, if we include that structural model
06:46
Revit model again, it'll be updated to version two.
06:48
If we were to include a new file that
06:50
was not in the first share, it would be at version one.
06:53
So as we create packages and we add things,
06:56
it will add them to that shared folder.
06:58
It will increment their versions as we create new shared folder
07:01
versions.
07:02
So creating a package is that easy.
07:04
Click the plus sign, add what you want to it,
07:07
and go ahead and share it out to your team.
07:09
So now that we have a package shared,
07:11
let's go ahead and look at how we consume those.
07:15
Let's take a look at the next step, view other teams
07:17
packages.
07:19
This will be the second step in our workflow.
07:21
We're going to head back to the design collaboration
07:23
module, the Home tab, looking again at the design
07:26
collaboration timeline.
07:27
We can click this arrow to expand out to the window
07:30
like we see here.
07:31
The exchange timeline visually shows
07:33
us information about different teams and the packages
07:36
they've shared.
07:37
You'll notice that these icons look a little bit different.
07:40
An empty circle, like this one here,
07:42
is a package that's been shared out,
07:43
but your team has not consumed it.
07:45
A filled circle, like this one here,
07:47
means the packages have been shared,
07:49
and your team has consumed it.
07:50
And a square means a model was published to the team folder.
07:53
You may also see an empty circle that's dotted
07:56
around the outside.
07:57
That's a package for your team that has been created,
07:60
but not yet been shared out.
08:02
Hovering over any one of those symbols
08:04
will give some information, including the title
08:06
and the date it was shared.
08:07
If you see a red number, like you see here,
08:10
it indicates that there's more items there.
08:11
If you click on it, it will then zoom in
08:14
and show a closer up view, so you
08:16
can see all the items there.
08:18
To view any of the packages just simply click on it.
08:20
Here, we've clicked on an architectural package,
08:23
and we'll see the contents of it below.
08:25
Just like when we are creating a package,
08:27
we can use the change visualization tool
08:29
to see what's changed since the last time the package was
08:31
published.
08:32
You can also view any of the files that
08:33
have been included in the package,
08:35
and browse through any sheets or views that
08:37
are included in that file.
08:38
You can also set changes to watch on the watch changes tab.
08:41
If you click on the watch changes tab, brings up
08:43
the selection window, you can create a new watch group
08:45
to watch for changes to certain models or parts of the model.
08:48
When viewing changes, you can specifically view changes
08:50
that you're watching for.
08:52
Use the content browser to switch
08:53
between models and other documents that
08:55
are included in the package.
08:56
Once we've taken a look at what's inside the package,
08:58
we can then look at consuming another team's package.
09:00
This will be the final step in our workflow.
09:02
Just like we did when we were viewing the package,
09:04
we'll use the exchange timeline to pick the package
09:07
that we want to view.
09:08
We'll click on it, and come into the package,
09:11
and explore the contents like we did in the last section.
09:14
Once we've decided we want to consume
09:15
the contents of the package, we simply
09:17
click the consume button.
09:18
You'll be given a message that's letting
09:20
you know that you're about to consume the package
09:22
and the contents of it will be moved into your team space.
09:25
If you're Revit links are referencing
09:26
your consumed folder, those Revit links
09:28
will update with the changes from this package.
09:31
Once the package has been consumed,
09:33
the contents of the package are copied
09:34
to the teams consumed folder.
09:37
Any files that already existed will be versioned.
09:39
So for example, if you had a Revit model
09:41
that you were linking to in a consumed folder,
09:43
and you consumed a package, that Revit model would be versioned
09:46
and the links inside your Revit model would be updated.
09:49
Let's take a look at viewing and consuming
09:50
packages in the demonstration.
09:53
Knowing when and what has changed across teams
09:55
is key to effective collaboration.
09:57
Once a team has created and shared a package,
09:59
it appears on the exchange timeline.
10:00
This allows collaborating teams visibility to what has changed
10:03
and to consume those changes.
10:06
So we are in the design collaboration
10:07
module on the Home tab.
10:09
Across the top here, we see our exchange timeline with our team
10:14
and different things that have happened on our timeline,
10:16
as well as the MEP team and the architectural team.
10:19
You'll notice a couple different symbols here.
10:21
This square represents a model that was published.
10:25
So when we published Revit to our team folder,
10:28
we get this little square here.
10:32
The circle is a package.
10:34
So anytime we see a circle, we can tell that's a package.
10:37
Now, you'll notice that there is a solid circle as well
10:40
as these empty circles.
10:42
So what those mean is, if we look at, say, the MEP team
10:46
here, we see a package with an empty circle.
10:48
That empty circle is telling us that we have not
10:50
consumed that package.
10:52
That it's shared out, MEP team has shared that package,
10:56
but the empty circle is telling us that we as a structural team
10:59
have not consumed that package.
11:02
Once you do consume it, it will turn to solid.
11:04
You'll notice on our team, all of our teams
11:07
are solid already, because that's our team folder.
11:10
It's always consumed by us because it's
11:11
in our team folder.
11:13
But our other teams will see that unfilled circle
11:16
until we go ahead and consume the package.
11:19
You'll also see this one here has a number over it.
11:21
When there is a number on it, it means that there's
11:23
multiple items there.
11:25
If you click on it, it will then zoom in.
11:27
We can see zoomed in here.
11:29
Across a few minutes here we had two different publishes.
11:32
When we're zoomed in, if we want to scroll back out,
11:35
we can use this little scroll here
11:38
to change the amount of time that's shown.
11:40
That's back to the view that we were in.
11:42
So we can either click, and it will zoom in,
11:45
or we can manually zoom in and out with this little slide tool
11:48
here at the bottom.
11:49
Let's take a look at one of these packages.
11:51
We'll go with the latest here of the architectural shared
11:53
package.
11:54
We can tell that it is an unfilled circle,
11:56
so we have not yet consumed this package.
11:58
We'll go ahead and click on it.
11:59
Once we click on it, it's going to display
12:01
some of the information below, the sets, model's, issues,
12:04
documents that are related with this specific package,
12:07
as well as the package description.
12:09
We can click Explore to then dive in and start
12:12
looking at what's inside this.
12:15
Over here on the content browser we
12:17
can drill and look at different models or documents on this.
12:20
In this package there is just The one model.
12:22
We've got it here, and we are viewing it.
12:24
A really good way to visualize the change that's
12:26
happened since the last version is to hit this show changes.
12:30
And what it's going to do is it's
12:32
going to compare the model from the last time it was shared
12:35
to this current shared package.
12:37
And it's going to list out some details here.
12:40
It'll show us the number of things that were added,
12:41
things that were moved, things that were modified.
12:44
And it colors them, so that as we scroll into the model here
12:47
we can see there's the item that was removed.
12:50
The yellow is all the objects that were modified.
12:52
The green is ones were added.
12:53
And then we can actually even drill down even further
12:55
and see which disciplines were affected.
12:57
And go ahead and hide out different disciplines.
13:00
We can come down here to our results as flat results
13:03
or as a tree and really visualize
13:06
what's changed in this model.
13:07
This is one of the best ways to quickly dive
13:09
into a model inside of a shared package
13:11
and see what's changed since the last time
13:13
that package was shared.
13:14
When we're done looking at those comparisons,
13:17
we can go ahead and hit exit changes.
13:19
And it will take us back to the model view.
13:21
Now, here in the model view, we have our navigation tools
13:24
across the bottom--
13:26
orbit, pan, fit to view, first person walk through tools,
13:30
zoom, some measure tools.
13:32
We can even do a little bit of sectional analysis,
13:34
so we can cut some sections really easy,
13:36
as well as openness properties window, where
13:39
as we click on elements we can see property
13:41
details for those elements.
13:43
We can also, on our markups tools
13:45
here, we can create an issue.
13:47
So we could drop an issue here and fill those issue details
13:51
out.
13:52
But we can create issues right here
13:54
on a package to help facilitate some of that communication.
13:58
Let's go ahead and close that out.
14:01
If we click on the Issues tab over here,
14:03
it's going to show us that issue we just created.
14:06
This is going to be a list of all the issues
14:08
that were created on this model here inside this package.
14:12
When we're finished viewing, we can
14:13
go ahead and close this out, come back here
14:16
to our main window.
14:18
When we're comfortable with those changes
14:19
and we want to go ahead and consume that package,
14:21
we just click the consume button here.
14:23
It's going to give a message about what's
14:25
going to happen when we consume this package.
14:27
Basically, it's going to copy the contents of this package
14:30
into your consumed folder inside your team space.
14:34
If you're linking to that consumed folder,
14:36
it'll go ahead and update your links.
14:38
So we'll go ahead and click consume.
14:44
If we drop down our exchange timeline here,
14:47
we will see that is now a filled in circle, showing us
14:50
that we consume that package.
14:52
We'll notice right here on the MEP team,
14:53
we've got another package that has not yet been consumed
14:57
that we can go take a look at.
14:58
But let's jump over to docs, and take a look
15:02
at that folder structure.
15:05
So when we consumed that package,
15:07
the consumed folder within our team space
15:10
will be updated with that model.
15:11
And we do see here under consumed
15:13
is an architecture folder with that architectural model,
15:17
and is now in our consumed folder.
15:19
So as we share out packages, they show up here
15:22
in this shared space.
15:23
Then as we consume packages, files
15:26
from those show up in our teams consumed folder.
15:30
Let's jump back to design collaboration.
15:35
Now that we've created, viewed, and consume packages
15:38
in design collaboration, you should
15:40
have a better understanding of how
15:41
to control the exchange of data for better collaboration.
15:44
And with that, thank you for joining us
15:46
at Autodesk Accelerator.
15:47
There's some additional resources available to you.
15:49
On the Customer Success Hub, customersuccess.autodesk.com,
15:53
there's more courses, learning paths,
15:55
recorded coaching sessions, some more live coaching topics.
15:58
There's similar topics to this, as well as
16:00
topics across the entire Autodesk platform.
16:03
That's all available to you on the Customer Success Hub.
16:05
So go check it out.
16:06
And with that, thanks for joining the session
16:08
and have a fantastic day.
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