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Project Model

The Project Model feature in the Home tool enables you to browse, compare, and analyze an aggregated view of the models in your team's selected content folders, with either the latest models consumed into your team space, or the contents of a package you are exploring.

The Project Model feature gives a holistic view of these models, displaying the master model from each team by default. All the available 3D models and referenced files can be turned on and off to customize the aggregated view as needed.

For teams who are collaborating on a single model, the Project Model feature also combines individual versions of models.

Note: When using Revit Cloud Worksharing to publish Revit models to Design Collaboration, the Project Model feature does not support linked Revit models that have been made into instances and copied to other locations in the main Revit model.

Open the Project Model from the Home tool

View an aggregation of your team's work-in-progress designs with the latest models consumed into your team space.

  1. In Design Collaboration, select the Home tool to open your team space.

    Tip: If you have access to multiple teams, ensure you've selected the right one from the timeline.

  2. Click Project Model:

    The models are opened in the viewer, with the Teams tab selected by default.

Open the Project Model while exploring a package

View an aggregation of an unconsumed package with the consumed and work-in-progress data from your team. This is useful to show changes between different packages before consuming them in to your team space.

  1. Expand the timeline and select a node that represents an unconsumed package.

  2. Click Explore.

    The package contents are opened in the Project Model view, with the Content Browser tab selected by default.

Data set courtesy of BNIM.

Tip: In addition to the aggregated project model, teams can view individual models uploaded to Docs using the timeline:

The panel on the left side of the viewer allows you to isolate and display the data using the following tabs and filters:

Teams: Filter the models based on the contributing project team.

By default, only the first model from each team is selected and displayed. When you select the models that you want to view, these settings are saved in your browser configuration. The same models are selected and displayed each time you return.

If specific 3D files and referenced models have also been uploaded to the project, and you have access to them, these can also be displayed in aggregate with the master model.

  • Team Theming: Highlight models in the corresponding team color:

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    Note: To avoid color clashes, Team Theming is not available when using Change visualization. Team colors can be adjusted by the project administrator. See Manage Teams to learn more.

Phases: Filter the model by project phases.

To filter by phases, ensure that the Revit model contains phases. See Project Phasing for more information.

Levels: Filter the models by floor levels.

To filter by levels, make sure that the Revit model includes levels and that the Building Story checkbox for the levels is turned on. To verify that the level is activated as a building story:

  1. Open an elevation view in Revit.

  2. From the elevation view, select a level.

  3. In the Properties window for the selected level, make sure that the Building Story checkbox is enabled.

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