View linked files and their design options in the BIM 360 web viewer

[paulaASG]

I have a project with design options uploaded to the cloud, i've already made a set in which there are 3D views with the different design options, but when i upload that to the cloud i don't see the links. On the other hand, i was able to upload linked models but the links also have their own design options, and in the web viewer i can only see the primary option for all of the files.

Is there a way in which i can do both within the same viewer? I want other people who don't use revit to be able to open the model and see the different options with their respective MEPF and structural models.

Thanks!

[paulaASG]

I have a project with design options uploaded to the cloud, i've already made a set in which there are 3D views with the different design options, but when i upload that to the cloud i don't see the links. On the other hand, i was able to upload linked models but the links also have their own design options, and in the web viewer i can only see the primary option for all of the files.

Is there a way in which i can do both within the same viewer? I want other people who don't use revit to be able to open the model and see the different options with their respective MEPF and structural models.

Thanks!

[iainsavage]

I posted this on the BIM 360 forum recently.

As you can see I got no useful response.

We ended up splitting the model into two models instead of using the Design Options.

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/bim-360-support/display-of-design-options-in-bim-360-aggregated-model...

[iainsavage]

I posted this on the BIM 360 forum recently.

As you can see I got no useful response.

We ended up splitting the model into two models instead of using the Design Options.

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/bim-360-support/display-of-design-options-in-bim-360-aggregated-model...

[paulaASG · Accepted solution]

Thank you!

Unfortunately that wasn't an option for me, since i've at least 4 design option sets with 3 to 4 options each.

Anyways, I think I found a solution so I'll leave it here in case anyone needs it. What i'm doing now is this:

1_ Create a 3D view for each design option (using templates) in every model and name it accordingly. 

2_ Then in the Collaborate tab go to publish settings and add the extra 3D Views to the set that gets published to BIM 360. (otherwise it would only show a default 3D view and all 2D views)

3_ Once it's published, in BIM 360 you can go to model coordination and choose which view of each model you want to see together. This creates a BIM 360 Coordination View which you can save for others to see, the most usefull part is that it'll detect clashes, which you then can assign as issues to the corresponding party

So now i'll choose, for example, all views that end in D.O.1 (design option 1) and i'll end up with a coordination view containing these views:
ARCH_D.O.1

STR_D.O.1

ELEC_D.O.1

MECH_D.O.1

PLUM_D.O.1

FIRE_D.O.1

Hope this helps!!

[paulaASG · Accepted solution]

Thank you!

Unfortunately that wasn't an option for me, since i've at least 4 design option sets with 3 to 4 options each.

Anyways, I think I found a solution so I'll leave it here in case anyone needs it. What i'm doing now is this:

1_ Create a 3D view for each design option (using templates) in every model and name it accordingly. 

2_ Then in the Collaborate tab go to publish settings and add the extra 3D Views to the set that gets published to BIM 360. (otherwise it would only show a default 3D view and all 2D views)

3_ Once it's published, in BIM 360 you can go to model coordination and choose which view of each model you want to see together. This creates a BIM 360 Coordination View which you can save for others to see, the most usefull part is that it'll detect clashes, which you then can assign as issues to the corresponding party

So now i'll choose, for example, all views that end in D.O.1 (design option 1) and i'll end up with a coordination view containing these views:
ARCH_D.O.1

STR_D.O.1

ELEC_D.O.1

MECH_D.O.1

PLUM_D.O.1

FIRE_D.O.1

Hope this helps!!

[iainsavage]

You should probably mark that as the solution - its better than anything that I found despite an exhaustive search and my post on the BIM 360 forum.

[iainsavage]

You should probably mark that as the solution - its better than anything that I found despite an exhaustive search and my post on the BIM 360 forum.

[Anonymous]

Nice one, thank you for sharing

[Anonymous]

Nice one, thank you for sharing