BIM 360 Field IDEA Subject: Autodesk BIM 360 Field - Bar Codes / duplicate field fix The feature that I am proposing has come a result of the feature not currently being available within BIM 360 Field (this was also checked by contacting AutoDesk help desk) and is due to a problem that I have found when transferring/mapping data to BIM 360 Field (via BIM Glue). The problem Please see the screenshot below which shows 2 barcodes; one is linked to a model and the other isn’t. The one which ISN’T linked to a model has data/information inside it and the other one that IS linked to a model is blank and has no information inside it. Transfer To Unique ID option.PNG In order to fix the problem and merge the information from one to the other, the only option that I can see is to download the instance which has data to the desktop pc (or server) and then to re-upload it to the instance that is linked to the model (not sure that is possible to download and transfer everything using this method – things such as checklists and activity log). I could then go through and delete the barcode which the data was originally in so to remove all duplicates. The problem with this method is that it would be tedious task to do it for each instance (as there are many instances of duplicate barcodes) and not sure how accurate it will be in terms of what gets transferred over and if it will be comprehensive and include checklists etc. I was hoping for a simpler fix and Autodesk don’t have one and have suggested an idea be submitted and got the following response from the helpdesk: “With regards to your request for a “quick/efficient” way to merge/transfer/duplicate information from one bar-code to another; this is not an available action at this time.” - Autodesk The Fix I believe this has happened as a result of some geometry (GUID) being changed and once re uploaded, rather than overwrite the existing (because it hasn’t recognised it), it has made a duplicate barcode (and I don’t recall an option or popup to indicate or give the option to link to an existing instance/field within BIM 360 Fields database – I believe that this maybe the simpler fix Ideas for a future Interface I believe an extra option in the “More actions” drop down list could have a “toggle transfer information” button in order to show a check box next to the particular field that is selected with an option to select the field or the barcode/unique id etc in order to transfer information over. A drop down menu which would allow a setting to be toggled on and off would be useful in the case where two identical barcodes exist (due to model’s being deleted and the barcode being uploaded again and not been recognised by GUID). Toggle bim field idea.PNG When this toggle feature is switched ON, the checklist should allow the user to either “transfer all” or “transfer specific” by selecting different radio buttons or checklist buttons to select images, checklist, documents, etc, and then to have a drop down to select the other field to which you want to transfer the data/information to (in which this case it would be the linked model fields from the duplications) Even a duplicate field (barcode) feature which highlights any fields which in essence should be unique such as barcodes To put it simply a toggle switch to allow transferring or copying information from one field to another would be useful e.g Select the item you want to transfer or copy from then click on the field want to move to(or select the unique ID/barcode) then select which information is to be copied(copy) or completely transferred over (cut and paste) I hope this description has been thorough and that it’s comprehendible/intelligible. Kind Regards Onkarr Singh
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