Archibus Smart Client Extension for Revit

BIM Manager Tasks: Overview

BIM Managers perform the following tasks to prepare a Revit Model for facility management, integrate Revit Model data with Archibus enterprise data used for facility management, and to integrate CAD and BIM drawings by exporting to DWG format.

This section includes the following topics:

Integrate Revit Model Data with Archibus Enterprise Data Used for Facility Management

• Adding a New Revit Parameter Mapping
  You can add a mapping to re-use data you have in Revit parameters for lifecycle management in Archibus.

• Distributing a Shared-Parameters File for Offline Editing
  If you have architects or consultants who will edit the Revit model offline, then you should send them a shared-parameters file.

• Adding a New Family Mapping
  Add a new Revit family mapping to map a particular family and type of element to an Archibus asset table.

• Adding a New Asset Type
  Add a mapping to work with new asset types in Archibus

How to Model

• Prepare a Revit Model for facility management:

• Creating a View of a Shared Central Model for Lifecycle Management
  Some sites will use a view into a shared central Revit model for facility management. Using a view has the advantage that the facility management view is updated in lock step with the rest of the architectural model.

• Creating a Facility-Record Model for Lifecycle Management
  Other sites will use a copy of the shared central model or of the architectural model to use for facility management. This creates a simpler model that loads more quickly, and enables facility managers to make changes without affecting the architectural as-built drawings.

• Standards for Area Accuracy

Change the Asset Text that Displays

• Set Asset Text Visibility in Revit
  Change the fields that appear as asset text and change the fields that appear when editing data.

Publish to Enterprise Graphics

• Publishing Enterprise Graphics: Overview
• Check the Model before Publishing
• Publish Enterprise Graphics directly from Revit
• Control How Enterprise Graphics are Published (Preferences form)
• Set Application Parameters for Enterprise Graphics Publishing (SVG)
• Use Enterprise Graphics from Revit on the Web
• Publish 2D command
• Publish 3D command (for use with the 3D Navigator. Require configuration.)
• Publish Parameters
• Export to DWG Format (Although exporting to DWG is no longer a required part of the publishing operation, it is still available as an optional step.)

View the Model in the BIM Viewer

• To view the model in the BIM Viewer.you must publish it to Forge by running the Publish 3D command. Forge is also known as APS or Autodesk Platform Services.
• Publishing to Forge is necessary for sites without Autodesk Construction Cloud or Autodesk BIM 360 accounts. See Forge Viewer: Onboarding (System Management Help).