Joel A. Rosenbaum

1. “Supercharge Your Revit Workflow and Performance and Make Collaboration "Dynamic“ with ProjectWise” Joel A. Rosenbaum

2. Agenda ProjectWise Overview Overview – ProjectWise Integration for Revit Details – ProjectWise Integration for Revit

3. ProjectWise Overview Some background information

4. Infrastructure Project Information Needs Effectively utilize many large inter-related files, distributed among functions and locations using disparate software Designers Constructors Owners Inspectors Drawings Models Data

5. Is This Your Situation Today? FTP Site Network Drive Network Drive Network Drive Network Drive Share Point Site FTP Site Network Drive Network Drive

6. Is This Your Situation Today? Distributed Staff Travel Missing Information = Errors FTP Site Network Drive Network Drive Network Drive Broken References Time Wasted Searching Network Drive Share Point Site Inconsistent Standards FTP Site Different Apps and Devices for Viewing Network Drive Large File Transfer Paper-Based Review Lost Feedback Manual Design Review Network Drive

7. ProjectWise Core Capabilities Multi-Vendor Software Support • Accelerated Access for Distributed Teams ProjectWise V8i Engineering Project Collaboration Platform Business Collaboration Platform

8. Project Security and Permissions Login Based • Folders • Files Workflow Based

9. Project Security and Permissions Login Based • Folders • Files Workflow Based

10. Project Security and Permissions Login Based • Folders • Files Workflow Based

11. Project Security and Permissions Login Based • Folders • Files Workflow Based

12. Version Control

13. Workflow Management Linear Timeline of a Document Quickly Obtain Design Status Notification Messaging

14. Audit Trail Provides Accountability for Project Team Members • When was the file Modified? • Who Modified the File?

15. Advanced Search Search By: • Application • Attribute Data • Status

16. Full Text Searching Search By: • Full Text • Wild Cards

17. Web Portal We Access for External Consultants or Project Managers

18. Application Association AutoDesk • AutoCAD • Revit 2010,12, 13 later this year Bentley Many more !

19. Application Association

20. Why ProjectWise and Revit? User Demand • From the Building and Architectural Practices of Current ProjectWise Users • A/E, EPC, Owners and Contractors • Standardize on Work-Sharing Platform Bentley ProjectWise Product Strategy • Be the Best Work-Sharing Platform for the AEC Industry • Multi-Office, Multi-Application, Multi-Discipline • Format, Application Agnostic • Invest Heavily in “Application Integration”

21. The ProjectWise Integration for Revit Overview

22. Integration for Revit Enables Distributed Revit Worksharing with Large Models • Allows Revit Users to Collaborate with the Same Central Files Regardless of Location • Available to Entire Project Team • Eliminate FTP/Robocopy Model All Users Use Revit the Way You Want them to Provides structure to your standards • Eliminate Redundant Data and Servers • Powerful Search Capabilities to Find Content • Control Updates to Families, Details, and Templates

23. How it Works Integration Server • Manages Central Files • Core of ProjectWise “Brain” WAN “Main” OfficeTexas “Regional” OfficeMichigan

24. How it Works ProjectWise Caching Server • Serves File(s) from Office(s) to Office(s) • Reduces/Eliminates Trips Across the WAN to Access Files • Passive and Active Caching WAN “Main” OfficeTexas “Regional” OfficeLos Angeles “Regional” OfficeMichigan

25. How it Works Delta File Transfer (DFT) • Enables WAN team members to work at LAN-like speeds • Only transfers the changes to the file over the network • Reduces the overall network • Works from anywhere, no appliance needed • Works for all ProjectWise users DFT WAN “Main” OfficeTexas “Regional” OfficeLos Angeles “Regional” OfficeMichigan

26. Effect of Delta File Transfer Value of DFT to Revit Users • Available to All Users • Eliminates FTP\RoboCopy Revit workflows where DFT is used includes: • Synchronize to Central • Reload latest • Reloading changed linked files • Subsequent file open (non-worksharing mode) • Import/Export

27. DFT Impact on Revit Files Tested Revit Synchronize with Central operations over a WAN between 2 cities 4,400 miles apart • Average 135 ms latency Examined the performance with and without WAN hardware acceleration Tested performance of a large change • 60 MB Central file -> synchronized 7 MB of data

28. Test Results 7 MB change synchronized with a Revit Central file 4,400 miles away with a network latency average of 135ms

29. Test Results 7 MB change synchronized with a Revit Central file 4,400 miles away with a network latency average of 135ms

30. Results Interpretation ProjectWise Delta File Transfer provided ~4.5x performance improvement compared to working on the WAN ProjectWise DFT provides 1.75x performance improvement compared to working on the WAN with a hardware network accelerator ProjectWise is compatible with pre-existing hardware accelerators

31. The ProjectWise Integration for Revit The Details

32. ProjectWise Integration for Revit An Extension to ProjectWise that allows interaction with the Revit Applications and Revit Data Supports Worksharing and Non-Worksharing Projects Brings Well-Established ProjectWise Technologies for Revit Users • Delta File Transfer (DFT) • Link/Reference Management • Centralized File Management • Security and Access Control

33. Working in Revit from ProjectWise

34. Revit Data Managed by ProjectWise The User Workflows are almost the same as when working without ProjectWise ProjectWise provides a Structured Environment for managing Revit Data • Everyone access the data from the same place • No file shares to manage • Ensure only the intended people have access to the project data • Use ProjectWise project templates to accelerate project creation

35. Creating a Central File in ProjectWise

36. Project Insight for BIM Coordination and Management Central File Audit Trail Linked file display Dependency Management

37. Audit Trail Events ProjectWise Audit Trail • When was the File Modified to be a Central file? • Who has taken a Local Working copy of the Central file? • Each Synchronization With Central event • Who?, When?, From What Computer?

38. Model Dependency Management

39. ProjectWise for Managing Standards ProjectWise has been used for years to manage CAD standards: • Control access and updates to MicroStation cells and AutoCAD blocks • Search for content by document name, metadata, or project properties • Provide document naming controls Avoid re-work or rejected work due to standards compliance issues Save time finding the correct content

40. ProjectWise for Managing Standards

41. ProjectWise for Managing Content Manage and access Revit families (RFA files) and Revit templates (RTE files) in and from ProjectWise • Use integrated search dialog in the load family process • Controlled access to standard details ProjectWise Explorer functionality valuable for Revit content management • Thumbnails • Custom environments and interfaces • Views • Access control

42. ProjectWise for Managing Content

43. ProjectWise for Revit Content and Detail Management Benefits Manage one copy of each RFA • Eliminate managing duplicate files throughout your organization • Allows for server consolidation Search tools make it easy to find the right content Maintain your content as your competitive advantage Simply security and control updated for content and details

44. Collaboration Between Revit and AutoCAD Users

45. Large Projects Can Use Multiple Platforms CAD and CAD-based products are still used for: • Survey • Site design • MEP • Roads and rail • Hydraulics • Landscaping design Need a structured process for Revit-CAD workflow data exchange and interoperability

46. ProjectWise for Revit-CAD Interoperability Focus on AutoCAD and Revit users working together Eliminate: • Design conflicts between CAD and Revit users • Email, DVD, FTP file transfers • Accidentally using “stale” data • Missing deadlines due to communication problems Integrated Revit commands with ProjectWise: • Export to CAD • Import CAD • Link CAD – with notifications on changes

47. CAD/Revit Interoperability

48. Additional Functionality Disable ProjectWise Integration option Manage RFA-type catalogs as sets • Ensure type catalog set is not broken by move or rename • Scan Reference discovers and builds RFA catalog sets Decal Type Images stored in ProjectWise Background Images from ProjectWise when rendering the open project in Revit Export rendered image to ProjectWise Notification messages include the user name who has locked the file.

49. Extending Revit Data Integrated ProjectWise viewer • Displays digital photographs, Microsoft Office documents, PDFs, and any other content that can be viewed by an ActiveX viewer control Allows for model view and review as a 3D PDF from ProjectWise Explorer without opening the file

50. Extending Revit Data ProjectWise Web Server • Integrates ProjectWise content with Microsoft SharePoint • Set of Web Parts that expose ProjectWise content • Can be deployed in a non-SharePoint environment • ASP.NET web page Surfaces Revit data to the project portal