BIM 360 Field and Glue Equipment Tracking Guide
BIM 360 Field and Glue Equipment Tracking Guide
BIM 360 Glue and BIM 360 Field
administrators can share models between Glue and Field to facilitate efficient
collaboration among the extended project team.
Before the data can be shared, in BIM
360 Glue, a Glue administrator must set up a BIM model for sharing by creating
Equipment Sets for groups of model objects that share properties, such as a pipe
or duct type.
After the model is shared with Field, a
Field Administrator can then open the model in Field, and associate the
Equipment Sets data to Equipment Properties in the Field Project. See Managing
Equipment Sets.
After the equipment sets and Field
properties are mapped, the team in the field can update the model with
installation status and commissioning information. Team members using BIM 360
Glue can view equipment properties that have been added to the model in BIM 360
Field.” From Autodesk
Steps involved:
STEP 1: Determine what types of equipment sets need to be created in BIM 360 Glue (see
the available default equipment types in BIM 360 Field).
STEP 2: First, equipment sets need to be created in BIM 360 Glue merged model to be
integrated with BIM 360 Field. Create
equipment sets in BIM 360 Glue using:
Objects:
Properties:
When
equipment set is created from a property of an object, all objects matching the
same property in the merged model of BIM 360 Glue will be placed into the
equipment set.
Created
equipment sets can be seen here:
STEP 3: Now equipment sets has been created in BIM 360 Glue, manual mapping of the
particular model with the equipment sets to BIM 360 Field project is required
to enable data integration. To map,
model must be enabled to share with Field in BIM 360 Glue.
In
Glue:
In the Share with BIM 360 Field dialog, click Yes to
overwrite any existing versions of the model, or No to cancel sharing. A
message appears when the model has been shared with Field.
After sharing a model with BIM 360
Field, a notification will appear in Latest model activities on the Project
Dashboard. This indicates the version of the model that has been shared, and
whether it is currently in use by Field. An orange icon indicates that the
model is in use by Field, and includes version details. If the model is not in
use, the icon is grayed out.
Once the model is shared with Field,
the model must be mapped to the desired Field project
On the project page of BIM 360 Field
web version, click Setup
Click Equipment and choose the merged
model that was Shared with Field in BIM 360 Glue
STEP 4: Manage equipment sets:
After
you’ve added a Glue model to your Field project, you can map model object
properties. Use the Manage Equipment Mapping wizard to map the equipment sets
created in Glue to with corresponding Field properties. Only Field administrators
can manage equipment sets.
NOTE: In the Manage Equipment Mapping wizard, click ? (Help)
for quick tips to help you get started.
1. On the BIM 360 Field home page, in the
upper-right, click Setup.
2. In the navigation panel on the left,
click Equipment.
3. Click the Models tab.
4. Hover over a model's thumbnail and click Manage Equipment Mapping.
5. In the Manage Equipment Mapping wizard, the
first step is to select the equipment sets to map. You are informed if the
model doesn't have equipment sets.
NOTE: Equipment sets need to be created in BIM 360 Glue by a Glue
administrator.
6. For Select Sets, select one or more
Glue equipment sets to map and click Next. In the wizard, click Help to display
tips for each step.
7. (Optional) For Select Type, select an
equipment type and click Next.
7. The next step is to select the object
identifier (ID). For Select ID and Properties, select Standard to use the
default properties. This is recommended for most workflows. Select Advanced to
create a custom unique ID and model properties.
9. (Optional) If you selected Advanced,
for Select a Unique ID, make your selection and click Next. The next step is to
associate Model properties with Field Equipment Properties. Select a model
property on the left. Then select Choose Field to select an associated Field
equipment property on the right. When done, click Next.
10. For Select Equipment Fields, you can
optionally select equipment properties to add to the model. Any equipment
properties that you add can be viewed in the model's properties in BIM 360
Glue. Click Select Field and in the drop-down select fields to add. When done,
click Save Mapping.
11. In BIM 360 Glue, in the shared model,
equipment properties that have been added in Field can be reviewed. Select a
model object and right-click > View Properties. In the Properties dialog,
select the Equipment tab to view the Equipment properties that were added to
the model.
Below
is Autodesk’s resource on equipment sets using BIM 360 Glue and Field—includes
a short video:
http://help.autodesk.com/view/BIM360/ENU/?guid=GUID-55CEE35A-F24A-45A5-B6BF-B10F01E40DF6
Portion of Information in this except extracts
directly from Autodesk.