Welcome back.
This is the last session in my series on concrete design and
detailing with BIM.
Let's talk about collaboration and the review
and approval process using Autodesk Docs.
A recent addition to the AEC collection.
Using Autodesk Docs,
you can simplify collaboration and data management.
Docs allows you to organize, distribute,
and share files with a cloud-based common data environment
on the Autodesk construction cloud platform.
Docs is a centralized document management solution that
spans the entire project life cycle.
It can reduce rework and constructability issues,
lower costs and shorten project schedules.
With Docs,
you can leverage a single
connected document management platform
to standardize document control and approval of workflows.
Streamline the process for distributing drawings, models,
and documents,
and simplifying collaboration across project teams.
As an example,
I would like to talk about the design to fabrication for
structural precast workflow.
Here, we have three personas.
A structural engineer,
A precast detailer and a project lead.
In this workflow,
the structural engineer communicates design intent to the detailer.
The detailer works on a detailed precast model and drawings
and sends his work to the project lead for review.
The project lead sends his feedback to the detailer and
this back and forth process might be turned in.
AutoCAD, Revit, and Docs,
are the AEC collection products
used in this particular workload.
Okay, let's see it in action.
I have been talking about Revit as a BIM centric solution
for the reinforced concrete industry,
showing you some cast-in-place concrete examples.
Now I’s like to highlight some pre-cast functionalities that
you can find in Revit.
In this workflow example,
a structural engineer or a structural precast detailer works
in CAD has an existing library of AutoCAD details that he
would like to leverage on a project that requires Revit.
Using Autodesk Docs,
He can collaborate with Revit users, on precast designs and
communicate all necessarily precast connections in the DWG
file format.
The AutoCAD designs can be leveraged
by Revit users
when modeling LOD 350 or 400 in the BIM environment.
These details can be attached
to the final documentation tool.
The precast stop in Revit supports for multiple stages of
the precast workflow.
It offers advanced tools that automate the process of
generating precast assemblies,
shop drawings,
and files for computer edit manufacturing CAM files.
Using this solution, precast dealers can
perform segmentation for slabs and walls according to
customized-predefined roles.
These tools have both fabricators and precast detailers
reduce the time spent on modeling,
generating shop drawings,
and producing pre-cast planner elements.
Offering a streamlined model-based fabrication processes.
The structural pre-cast detailer can use the published
settings tool in Revit to select views
and sheets of the model
and publish them to the cloud. All at once.
All 3d pre-cast designs and drawings have been created,
the structural detailer can share them with the project lead
via Docs.
Docs integrates the entire project workflow from design
through construction, across one common data platform.
Once all published views and sheets had been posted to Docs,
they are ready to be reviewed by the project lead to ensure
that any errors found in the review process address
a trackable issue
complete with a detailed description of the problem
and a recommended completion date can be assigned
to a specific project member.
In this case, it is the structural detailer.
Let's look at a few example issues here.
First, reinforcements around the door opening
need to have a greater diameter.
As you can see, Docs allows you to select any objects
and see its properties.
The second issue points out that there are missing route
tubes in the pre-cast wall.
This issue can be also easily reported.
The third issue identifies missing reinforcements
around the opening.
Markups can also be created on the sheets.
Markups allow you to create visual instructions,
to illustrate ideas that would be difficult to convey
by other means.
When markups are created, they're only visible to you.
They are private.
To make them visible for other members,
you need to, simply need to publish them.
Here, we can see all issues that have been created
by the project lead
and have been assigned to the pre-cast detailer.
And this example of scenario, a pre-cast detailer has been
notified by the project lead
about the issues to be addressed.
He will fix them in Revit and communicate back his updates.
Once the changes have been copied, completed in Revit,
the structural detailer can respond to the project lead
using the same tracking tool and thereby maintaining
a complete and current record of the issues' progress.
Confirmation of the issues' resolution
can be attained using the compare feature in Docs.
Docs offers integrated change visualization feature that
lets users convert the changes between two selected versions
of the project to see exactly what has been added,
deleted, or modified.
At this point,
the issue can be closed and its history will be maintained
in the Docs environment where everyone on the product team
will be able to see how it was resolved and who was involved
in the process.
Today, owners expect design
in construction to be fast,
collaborative and well-coordinated.
Taking advantage of the
latest developments in BIM and intelligent
3D modeling for your reinforced concrete detailing,
is a smart way to please your clients and
remain competitive.
Using Revit for rebound design and detailing,
every structural member can be modeled,
documented, tracked and controlled.
Design changes can be coordinated easily
and managed accurately.
Maintaining up to date and coordinated
structure analysis results, rebound models,
engineering design reports, bargaining details,
bar schedules, and shop drawings will ultimately lead you to
deliver your project successfully.
Don't wait to move to BIM.
The right time is now.