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Professional CAD/CAM tools built on Inventor and AutoCAD
Identify best practices for optimizing Civil 3D project performance in Autodesk Construction Cloud.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
2 min.
Transcript
00:03
In this session, we're going to talk about the importance of Civil 3D design data health when working in the Autodesk Construction Cloud.
00:10
When a Civil 3D project is hosted on a local server,
00:14
the sheer speed of the internal network can mask design data challenges that exist in a project.
00:19
This means that things like missing data references, references to files on a local C drive,
00:24
maintaining unnecessary references to extremely large files, among other things, can easily go unnoticed.
00:30
When a Civil 3D project is hosted in the Autodesk Construction Cloud however,
00:35
your connection to the cloud environment is governed by Internet bandwidth.
00:39
This elevates the importance of data health management
00:42
because performance degradation is felt more strongly when working in the cloud.
00:46
Things that you may have gotten away with ignoring in the past, data reference issues, for instance,
00:51
can negatively impact drawing performance when you're working in the cloud.
00:55
In this video series,
00:57
we'll take a deep dive look at several best practices you can use to maximize the performance of cloud based Civil 3D projects.
01:04
For now, at a high level, I want to share a couple things to keep in mind.
01:08
When working in the cloud, keep drawings as lean and clean as possible.
01:13
Try to keep file names short.
01:15
Purge unnecessary content as needed.
01:18
Remove links to unnecessary references.
01:21
By adopting an only what's needed approach to cloud projects,
01:24
you and your stakeholders, regardless of physical location,
01:28
can effectively access and edit design models at lightning speed utilizing a common data environment.
Video transcript
00:03
In this session, we're going to talk about the importance of Civil 3D design data health when working in the Autodesk Construction Cloud.
00:10
When a Civil 3D project is hosted on a local server,
00:14
the sheer speed of the internal network can mask design data challenges that exist in a project.
00:19
This means that things like missing data references, references to files on a local C drive,
00:24
maintaining unnecessary references to extremely large files, among other things, can easily go unnoticed.
00:30
When a Civil 3D project is hosted in the Autodesk Construction Cloud however,
00:35
your connection to the cloud environment is governed by Internet bandwidth.
00:39
This elevates the importance of data health management
00:42
because performance degradation is felt more strongly when working in the cloud.
00:46
Things that you may have gotten away with ignoring in the past, data reference issues, for instance,
00:51
can negatively impact drawing performance when you're working in the cloud.
00:55
In this video series,
00:57
we'll take a deep dive look at several best practices you can use to maximize the performance of cloud based Civil 3D projects.
01:04
For now, at a high level, I want to share a couple things to keep in mind.
01:08
When working in the cloud, keep drawings as lean and clean as possible.
01:13
Try to keep file names short.
01:15
Purge unnecessary content as needed.
01:18
Remove links to unnecessary references.
01:21
By adopting an only what's needed approach to cloud projects,
01:24
you and your stakeholders, regardless of physical location,
01:28
can effectively access and edit design models at lightning speed utilizing a common data environment.
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