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Identify the benefits of using a data exchange over a file exchange for more security and control over the shared data.
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00:03
A data exchange enables you to connect multiple applications together via Autodesk Construction Cloud
00:09
and provides you with more security and control over the shared data,
00:12
as compared to a file exchange.
00:15
With a file exchange, such as sharing a Revit model,
00:19
the shared information also contains your sheets and families within the model,
00:23
even if they are not being used.
00:26
While you could purge the information by deleting all the sheets before sharing,
00:29
this just adds additional steps and room for error when sharing with external parties.
00:35
It becomes difficult to control exactly what is being shared.
00:39
With a data exchange, you can be specific about what you are sharing,
00:44
such as geometry or parts of the geometry.
00:48
This enables you to decide and control which stakeholders will receive which pieces of information.
00:54
For instance, if you want to focus on data about doors and sending this information to Power BI,
01:00
you can extract only doors via your data exchange and send it to a stakeholder.
01:05
Using that data within Power BI, you can extract pieces of your model by creating views
01:11
that show specific geometry and send that to another Revit, Inventor, or AutoCAD user,
01:17
or to any other platform that currently supports Autodesk data exchanges.
01:22
In addition to having control over exactly what is being shared and with whom,
01:26
the security that can be applied to data exchanges is much more advanced
01:30
than the security within a normal file exchange.
01:34
Using a data exchange also removes the need for creating different file formats.
01:39
This is because every time you publish an updated version of your model,
01:43
both the data exchange and the shared data can be updated.
00:03
A data exchange enables you to connect multiple applications together via Autodesk Construction Cloud
00:09
and provides you with more security and control over the shared data,
00:12
as compared to a file exchange.
00:15
With a file exchange, such as sharing a Revit model,
00:19
the shared information also contains your sheets and families within the model,
00:23
even if they are not being used.
00:26
While you could purge the information by deleting all the sheets before sharing,
00:29
this just adds additional steps and room for error when sharing with external parties.
00:35
It becomes difficult to control exactly what is being shared.
00:39
With a data exchange, you can be specific about what you are sharing,
00:44
such as geometry or parts of the geometry.
00:48
This enables you to decide and control which stakeholders will receive which pieces of information.
00:54
For instance, if you want to focus on data about doors and sending this information to Power BI,
01:00
you can extract only doors via your data exchange and send it to a stakeholder.
01:05
Using that data within Power BI, you can extract pieces of your model by creating views
01:11
that show specific geometry and send that to another Revit, Inventor, or AutoCAD user,
01:17
or to any other platform that currently supports Autodesk data exchanges.
01:22
In addition to having control over exactly what is being shared and with whom,
01:26
the security that can be applied to data exchanges is much more advanced
01:30
than the security within a normal file exchange.
01:34
Using a data exchange also removes the need for creating different file formats.
01:39
This is because every time you publish an updated version of your model,
01:43
both the data exchange and the shared data can be updated.