Using BIM 360 in a Civil 3D Project
Collaboration for Civil 3D:
Autodesk Collaboration for Civil 3D allows project teams to collaborate on Civil 3D data shortcut projects in BIM 360. Securely collaborate on Civil 3D files, data shortcuts, and Xrefs in one location, with easy design review in a web browser.
Accessing drawings from Civil 3D:
- The Autodesk Desktop Connector allows you to access and create BIM 360 files and folders from Windows File Explorer. You can therefore open and save drawings from Civil 3D in the usual way.
- BIM 360 projects and folders can also be found in the start menu within Civil 3D. Files that are in use will appear as locked, with an indication of who is working with the drawing.
Sheet sets:
DST files containing sheet set data can be accessed and locked from a BIM 360 folder. Uploading a DST file to BIM 360 will upload the related drawings in the sheet set, and opening a DST file using Desktop Connector will sync them.
Collaboration:
BIM 360 makes the collaboration between team members or across different teams during a project seamless. Project members are added to the project and given permissions at a folder level.
Civil 3D drawings can be viewed on a web browser with full access to the properties of the objects, including property set data. Issues and markups with an optional deadline can be generated and assigned to a project member, who will receive an immediate notification via email.
Getting Started with Civil 3D Cloud Collaboration:
Historically, Civil 3D projects have been created and managed on a local server. This setup continues to work well for teams that are all working under one roof. If, however a project team includes stakeholders working in another office, or another state, or even from home, the local server restriction makes it challenging for these workers to access project files and ensure everyone on the team is working from the current design.
Today, using BIM 360, Civil 3D projects can be hosted in the cloud allowing distributed teams to easily access and edit live models. In addition, cloud based projects are managed virtually the same as traditional projects hosted on a local server making it easy for users to acclimate to the new system.
That being said, this is a brand-new collaboration method for Civil 3D with rapidly unfolding workflows and functionality. If you are interested, I’ve created a series of videos to help you evaluate the solution in its current form and identify the best way to leverage this technology on your projects.
Hope this is useful to get started with cloud for Civil 3D.
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