This section is intended to help you get up and running with BIM Collaborate Pro. It includes information on purchase, account setup, and project setup and activation.
Note: These help topics focus on projects on the BIM 360 platform. For projects on the Autodesk Construction Cloud platform, the details are very similar. Autodesk Construction Cloud-specific getting started topics can be found here.
Note: Customers who previously subscribed to BIM 360 Design will see the name change to BIM Collaborate Pro in Autodesk Account, which additionally includes access to Model Coordination, Insight, Glue, and the Autodesk Construction Cloud platform.
BIM Collaborate Pro provides access to functionality from BIM 360, Revit, Civil 3D, and Plant 3D.
In Civil 3D, this includes access to the Autodesk Collaboration for Civil 3D entitlement. This entitlement allows project teams to collaborate on Civil 3D data shortcut projects in BIM 360. Refer to the Collaboration for Civil 3D help for more.
In Plant 3D, this includes access to the Autodesk Collaboration for AutoCAD Plant 3D entitlement. This entitlement allows project teams to collaborate on Plant 3D projects in BIM 360. Refer to the Collaboration for AutoCAD Plant 3D help for more.
In BIM 360, this includes access to the Design Collaboration, Document Management, Account Admin, and Project Admin modules.
In Design Collaboration, teams work in their own space and can collaborate with complete control over how other project teams see the state of their work.
Teams manage their Revit data in Design Collaboration while Civil 3D and Plant 3D data is managed through Document Management and Desktop Connector.
BIM Collaborate Pro access, including access to the Revit Cloud Worksharing, Collaboration for Civil 3D, and Collaboration for AutoCAD Plant 3D entitlements, is provided to individual users by a Contract Manager or Software Coordinator from the Autodesk Account.
Note: The BIM Collaborate Pro entitlement is only available in the Classic View of the Autodesk Account. See the Assign Products and Services to Users in the Classic View topic to learn more about managing entitlements in the classic view.
Important:
The Revit Cloud Worksharing, Collaboration for Civil 3D, and Collaboration for AutoCAD Plant 3D entitlements must be assigned separately in the Autodesk Account. See the Provide Access to Revit Cloud Worksharing topic for more. The same procedure applies for Collaboration for Civil 3D and Collaboration for AutoCAD Plant 3D.
Administration
BIM 360 has two levels of administration: account and project.
Account administrators:
Set up the account profile
Create projects and activate services
Assign project administrators
Add third-party app integrations
These actions are carried out within the Account Admin module.
Project administrators:
Invite, edit, and remove project members
Edit the project profile
Control project permissions
These actions are carried out within the Project Admin module.
Activate BIM 360
When a BIM 360 subscription is created, the first account administrator receives a welcome email that is required to activate BIM 360. After BIM 360 is activated for your account, an account administrator can manage your account profile. This includes steps like customizing the account name and image and inviting additional account administrators.
Invited members receive a link to join the project. After clicking this link, members simply sign in using an Autodesk ID and password.
For Revit workflows, it is worth noting that there are two layers of team setup required. First, an administrator must provide members with access to Document Management, where the documents in the collaborative workflows are stored. Next, an administrator must provide members with access to Design Collaboration, and add them to a team so they can access the shared team folder.
Organize Folders for the Project
Every project starts with preconfigured, top-level folders to support a specific process or data type. These are called the Plans and Project Files folders. When project administrators set up teams for the Design Collaboration module (applicable to Revit workflows), new Shared and Consumed folders are created automatically in Document Management in the Project Files folder. This automated method of folder creation is recommended as all the required subfolders and permissions are created when a team is added.
Important:
The Design Collaboration module only supports documents inside the Project Files folder.
Manage Teams and Team Members
Note: This section is only applicable for Revit workflows that utilize the Design Collaboration module in BIM 360. This section is not applicable to Collaboration for Civil 3D. Refer to the Collaboration for Civil 3D help to complete the setup for Civil 3D workflows.
In the Design Collaboration module, a project administrator can manage teams and team members. After a team is created, a dedicated Team Space is added in the Design Collaboration module. The required folders for sharing and consuming packages are also created, as discussed above. The teams must be created before using Design Collaboration.
As an alternative, you can create your own folders in Document Management for the Shared and Consumed spaces. You can assign teams to these folders during the team setup.
Important:
The Shared and Consumed folders are required for the data exchange workflows using packages, the project timeline, and the change interface in Design Collaboration.
Design Collaboration
Note:
This section is only applicable for Revit workflows that utilize the Design Collaboration module in BIM 360. This section is not applicable to Collaboration for Civil 3D. Refer to the Collaboration for Civil 3D help to complete the setup for Civil 3D workflows.
The Design Collaboration module improves multi-firm project teams’ ability to meet the demands of a modern construction project. Enhanced permissions allow individual teams to work in their own space, and collaborate with complete control of how other project teams see the state of their work. The Design Collaboration module provides an experience catered to the way teams think about their project data.
A project timeline visually communicates the exchange of deliverables between teams.
An automated and always up-to-date viewing experience allows everybody on the project team, even those not working in Revit, to understand the current state of the design and see how it has changed over time.
A managed process of data exchange allows sharing teams to curate the information most relevant to their latest efforts. It also allows teams accepting incoming information to understand those updates in a visual and actionable way.
As you explore the data that has been exchanged between teams, you can compare the latest and previous versions to understand what was changed in the design.