- [Instructor] So just what is BIM 360 Design?
Well put simply, it is work sharing in the cloud.
So, work sharing as you're likely aware
is the process in Revit that allows
simultaneous user access to a single Revit project file.
What's different about BIM 360 Design
is that it allows the central model
to be stored in the cloud,
instead of on your local area network.
Now this allows users within your firm
to access that file.
But it also allows those users
to be geographically dispersed.
So you can have users from multiple offices
spread around the country, or even around the world.
You can even invite users from outside your firm
to join in on your projects.
Now, if you need to brush up
on your work sharing a little bit,
then we have some courses here in the library for you.
If your role is primarily as a member of the project,
and you need user level access to a work share project,
then the Revit work sharing users course
would be for you.
It would cover all that you need to know
to join a work share enabled project.
If your role is the person who will set up
the work share enabled project,
you're going to be responsible for managing, maintaining,
and creating the central model for example.
Then you might be interested
in Revit Worksharing Management.
Now those two courses will give you
all of the foundation you need
for the concept of worksharing,
but they focus on LAN based worksharing.
Worksharing that takes place on your local area network.
If you want to learn more about worksharing
that takes place in the cloud,
then you're either in the right course already,
this one, BIM 360 Design.
Or possibly you'll need
to look at Revit Worksharing Collaboration for Revit.
Now how do you know which one you need?
Well, it depends on which version of Revit you're running.
If you're running Revit 2019 or later,
then you want this course, BIM 360 Design.
If you're running Revit 2018.2 or prior,
then you want this previous course here,
Revit Worksharing Collaboration for Revit.
BIM 360 Design is not supported in those earlier versions.
If you happen to be on Revit 2018.3,
then you actually have a choice,
and you can use either one.
So this allows you to choose from both services,
depending on how the project was set up.
So in that case, perhaps you might want to watch both courses.
So for the remainder of this course,
we'll be talking about BIM 360 Design,
and so we'll be assuming that you're at least
on 2018.3 or later.
So how do you access a BIM 360 Design project?
Well, it's important to understand
that the work is still performed within Revit
on your local machine.
So Revit itself is not running in the cloud,
it's only the central model that lives there.
All your local files will be still created and saved
on your local computer.
Now this means there's nothing for you to install either.
Everything you need to use BIM 360 Design
is already part of Revit.
The only exception to that is if you decide
to install the optional Desktop Connector,
and we'll talk more about that later in the course.
Now one other requirement is that you must be
invited to join a BIM 360 Design project.
So unless you're invited,
you won't have access to any of the projects.
So that's an important requirement.
Now in order to be invited to a BIM 360 Design Project,
you have to have an Autodesk online account.
Now these are easy to set up, and they're free.
But you do have to have an Autodesk account,
and that's how the administrator of your project
will invite you to join the team.
Now as far as licensing goes,
there's actually two different licenses that you need.
You, of course, need to have a fully licensed copy of Revit.
But you also need to have a BIM 360 Design entitlement.
This is a license that specifically allows you
to use the Revit cloud-based worksharing functionality,
the BIM 360 Design functionality.
These entitlements are per user, not per project.
So if you've got an entitlement,
you can join as many BIM 360 Design projects as you want.
There's no limit to the number of projects,
and there's no limit to whose projects you can join.
So you can join projects that were set up within your firm
or projects that were set up in other firms,
as long as you've been invited,
and given the proper level of permissions.
So to summarize what our requirements are,
you of course need Revit.
You need an Autodesk account.
You need a BIM 360 Design entitlement
assigned to that Autodesk account.
And you need to be a member of at least
one BIM 360 Design Project.