Publish BIM Content

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Transcript

00:06

After completing this lesson, you'll be able to set the position and orientation of the model for output,

00:12

define the OmniClass information used by the BIM model, set properties for the model, and review the output report.

00:23

Once again accessing the BIM content tools, we'll activate the Author Building Components tool.

00:32

This will bring up a dialog where we are first able to set the orientation based on the View Cube or the Model Origin.

00:41

Using the View Cube, we can also locate the insertion points.

00:48

We can use the geometry of the connection points, or for this lesson, we'll use the front-bottom right corner.

00:58

Selecting the search for the OmniClass number and name, we can look through all the categories of the various products,

01:06

look through their subcategories, or we can use the Search For and enter a descriptive name for our product, in this case, furnace.

01:19

Looking at the various options, we see the very bottom option is for fuel-fired furnaces.

01:26

We'll select that and click Ok.

01:31

For the component properties,

01:32

we can load model properties including the ability to filter through the properties that are automatically loaded,

01:40

or we can just simply enter the basic information such as the description,

01:46

the manufacturer information, and a model number.

01:53

Once this is complete, we'll click Ok, and this will complete the information in our model.

01:60

Next, we'll export it using the Export Building Components tool.

02:05

Using this tool, we'll set a name for our file.

02:08

We'll use a Revit family file, an RFA file, but we could also generate an IFC or a .adsk file format.

02:18

Clicking Save will generate the model.

02:22

And after a few moments, we'll be offered an opportunity to review a report on the export.

02:30

We'll click Yes.

02:32

And in the browser, be able to review the information,

02:35

including a status on whether or not the connectors were successfully generated for use in the BIM model.

02:42

Now our product is ready to be shared with our customers.

Video transcript

00:06

After completing this lesson, you'll be able to set the position and orientation of the model for output,

00:12

define the OmniClass information used by the BIM model, set properties for the model, and review the output report.

00:23

Once again accessing the BIM content tools, we'll activate the Author Building Components tool.

00:32

This will bring up a dialog where we are first able to set the orientation based on the View Cube or the Model Origin.

00:41

Using the View Cube, we can also locate the insertion points.

00:48

We can use the geometry of the connection points, or for this lesson, we'll use the front-bottom right corner.

00:58

Selecting the search for the OmniClass number and name, we can look through all the categories of the various products,

01:06

look through their subcategories, or we can use the Search For and enter a descriptive name for our product, in this case, furnace.

01:19

Looking at the various options, we see the very bottom option is for fuel-fired furnaces.

01:26

We'll select that and click Ok.

01:31

For the component properties,

01:32

we can load model properties including the ability to filter through the properties that are automatically loaded,

01:40

or we can just simply enter the basic information such as the description,

01:46

the manufacturer information, and a model number.

01:53

Once this is complete, we'll click Ok, and this will complete the information in our model.

01:60

Next, we'll export it using the Export Building Components tool.

02:05

Using this tool, we'll set a name for our file.

02:08

We'll use a Revit family file, an RFA file, but we could also generate an IFC or a .adsk file format.

02:18

Clicking Save will generate the model.

02:22

And after a few moments, we'll be offered an opportunity to review a report on the export.

02:30

We'll click Yes.

02:32

And in the browser, be able to review the information,

02:35

including a status on whether or not the connectors were successfully generated for use in the BIM model.

02:42

Now our product is ready to be shared with our customers.

In this exercise you’ll generate the file to be shared with users of Autodesk Revit MEP so they can connect your design to the Building Model.

Learning Objectives
• Set the position and orientation of model
• Define the OmniClass information
• Set properties for the model
• Review the output report The completed exercise

Open the Furnace – Publish.iam file.
Start the Author Building Components tool in the Author panel of the Environments tab.
Use the Locate Insertion Points tool to set the origin to the bottom, front, right corner of the model.
Selecting the OmniClass Number and Name search will allow you to use “Furnace” to find the class, pick it and click OK. You can use the Model Property checkbox to load existing model properties you choose into the model.
For this lesson just enter Description, Manufacturer, and Model information manually and click OK to add the information to the model.
Start the Export Building Components tool.
After clicking Save, review the results of the export of the .rfa file.

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