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Auto-generate forms for forms that are assigned to an asset category

Auto-generate forms for forms that are assigned to an asset category

In the Asset Category you can assign forms to it, which makes it easier to find and select them. I think it would be even better if these forms automatically were created once I assign the asset to an asset category. You still have the ability to create forms that correspond to multiple assets and if you change the asset category after it's been created then keep the forms already attached to the asset (don't delete them).

 

Another method is to add an import functionality where we can list the form names like this "Form 1 | Form 2 | Form 3"...and so on. That way when you import it automatically generates those forms and attaches it to the asset. See my attachment below of an example. We have our asset spreadsheet that we've been using to import into Autodesk Build. If there was an additional column like 'Form Types' then we could just import as text the forms we need to generate and then Autodesk Build will create them.

 

If you can get this to work with Forms, then it would be cool to also do a Placements where you can list which Sheets to reference and stuff like that.

 
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ryan_fieldsTLLPE
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I've been having the same question on a project that has several hundred of the same type of asset. It is a big time suck to manually add the five different forms to each asset. 

 

I would add that if the forms are automatically created with the asset creation, the name or description of the form should indicate the asset it is attached to, i.e. Asset Name - Form 1, Asset Name - Form 2, etc.

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