Work with Issues in the Navisworks Coordination Issues Add-In

Work with issues on models from Model Coordination using the Navisworks Coordination Issues Add-in.

Issues are used by teams to identify and communicate areas of concern or improvement with a model. You can create an issue in Navisworks, or in Model Coordination (in BIM 360 or the Autodesk Construction Cloud platform), and synchronize the issue data between the two programs, to enable effective collaboration across your team.

View Issues

1. Click the Coordination tab > Issues panel > Manage Issues to open the Issues panel.

   Issues are displayed on the model as pushpins, and listed in the panel.

   Tip: From the drop-down menu, click Refresh in the panel to load any changes to issue data, and sync between BIM 360 or Autodesk Docs, and Navisworks.

   Model courtesy of DesignGroup and the National Audubon Society

2. To apply a filter to display a subset of issues, click Filter, select one or more filter criteria, and then click Apply.

   Tip: You can filter issues by type, status, location, owner, assignee, due date, root cause, issue creator, and creation date, and any custom attribute filters that have been set up.

3. To sort how the list of issues is ordered, click Sort.

   Tip: You can sort issues by status (Open to Closed, or Closed to Open), ID (ascending or descending), and due date (old to new, or new to old).

4. Select or search for an issue on the panel, or click a pushpin on the model.

   The view orientates to the issue on the model, and the panel displays issue details and the activity log.

Respond to or Edit Issues

1. In the Issues panel, open an issue as described above.

   

   Note: Only issue creators, owners, and BIM 360 or Autodesk Docs project administrators can set an issue to Closed. Use @ to mention a project member in a comment.

2. Use the Details, Attachments, and Activity log tabs to review the issue details, view any attached files or photos, and see the recent activity on the issue.

3. From the drop-down menu, click Refresh to sync the issue edits between Navisworks, and BIM 360 or Autodesk Docs.

4. Close the issue to return to the issue list.

Tip: The issue navigation arrows can be used to navigate between issues without the need to close individual issues. The issue camera icon can be used to take and append new images to issues without the need to screenshot, save, and upload to issues manually.

Create Issues

Create an issue directly on a model, or create issues from clashes generated by the Clash Detective.

You can assign issues to members, roles, or companies. Assignees will receive an email notification with a link to the issue. Locations are added to projects by BIM 360 or Autodesk Docs project administrators. See the BIM 360 help or Autodesk Docs help to learn more.

Learn more about issues in the Autodesk Docs issues or BIM 360 issues help.

Create issues on models

1. Open the model you want to create an issue for.

2. In the Issues panel, click Create issue.

3. Click on the model to place the issue pushpin and create the issue.

   The new issue is displayed in the panel:

   Model courtesy of DesignGroup and the National Audubon Society

4. Use the Details tab to edit the issue details. The fields displayed depend on the issue type selected.

   Tip: By default, the Title is prefilled based on the model element selected, but can be edited.

5. From the drop-down menu, click Refresh to sync the new issue between Navisworks and BIM 360 or Autodesk Docs.

The new issue can be viewed and edited in Model Coordination:

Any changes made in Model Coordination will be reflected back in Navisworks.

Create issues from clash tests

1. Open the models you want to check for clashes and create issues for.

2. Use the Clash Detective to run clash tests.

3. If necessary, use the Coordination tab > Clashes panel > Create Groups option to group clashes.

4. In the Clash Detective window > Results tab, select the clashes you want to create issues from. You can select a single clash or clash group, or use Ctrl + click to select multiple clashes and create an issue for each.

5. Right-click on your clash selection to display the context menu, and then select Actions > Create issues.

   

6. Use the Issues panel to specify the issue details. The fields displayed depend on the number of clashes that you are creating the issue from, and the issue type selected.

   If you are creating issues from multiple clashes, the details you specify here are common to all the issues. But each issue will have an individual thumbnail image included and be positioned according to the location of the clash.

   Tip: By default, for single clashes, the Title field is prefilled using the name of the test and clash, but can be edited. For multiple clashes, the titles are automatically generated using the name of the test and clash, but you can add an optional prefix.

7. Click Create at the bottom of the panel to create the issues.

8. If you've created issues from multiple clashes, the first issue is selected, and the Issues panel > Details tab is displayed again. Here you can edit the details for this specific issue.

9. Click the X icon to return to the list of issues, and select each of the issues in turn to edit its details.

10. When you've finished editing issue details, from the drop-down menu, click Refresh to sync the issues between Navisworks and BIM 360 or Autodesk Docs.

The new issues can be viewed and edited in Model Coordination:

Any changes made in Model Coordination will be reflected back in Navisworks.