What Is Autodesk® BIM 360™?

Autodesk® BIM 360™ is a cloud-based construction management platform that improves project delivery and outcomes. BIM 360 supports informed decision-making throughout the project lifecycle for project, design, and construction teams.

BIM 360 connects your teams and data in real-time, empowering project members to anticipate, optimize, and manage all aspects of project performance.

The BIM 360 name represents a number of product offerings:

BIM 360 Docs
BIM 360 Build
BIM 360 Design
BIM 360 Coordinate
BIM 360 Layout
BIM 360 Plan
BIM 360 Ops

Tip: You can monitor the health of the Autodesk Cloud Services on the Health Dashboard page.

Refer to https://bim360.autodesk.com/ for a high-level overview of capabilities for each of these products.

This help system focuses on the Built with Forge, Next Generation BIM 360 platform. Links to help for other BIM 360 products are listed at the bottom of this page. The Next Generation products include the following modules, apps, and tools:

Account Administration: Manage account level details, projects, companies involved, and member permissions.
Project Administration: Manage project-specific details, including services, companies, and members.
Document Management: Store and collaborate on all the necessary files related to a project.
Insight: View account and project analytics to assess risk, quality, and safety metrics.
Project Home: View important, relevant, and actionable information from across the BIM 360 services.
Design Collaboration: Use project timelines, packages, and changes to keep up to date with other teams and companies.
Field Management: Manage on-site communication of checklists, issues, and daily logs.
Model Coordination: Publish, review, and run clash detection on your latest set of project models.
Project Management: Collaborate with your project team using RFIs and submittals.
Cost Management: Track cost and budget changes, coordinate change orders, and understand the impact of each change.
Mobile Apps: Access Document Management, Field Management, and Project Management on the go.
Desktop Connector - Docs Connector: Sync documents locally to your computer automatically.

Help for other BIM 360 products can be found here:

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