- [Instructor] This video I want to talk about
the aggregated project model.
Now, I'm already in the viewer
in the design collaboration module.
But the difference is this time,
I've selected the project model link here.
And it says, explore the aggregated model in your teamspace.
So I'm in the architecture teamspace,
and previously, we've been looking at sets,
which contains sheets and 3d views.
So what's the difference with the project model?
Well, the most significant difference
is that with the aggregated project model,
you can actually see all of your disciplines
come together and you get some control
or some ability to look at them
either together or independently.
Now, you're not really going to see that too much
with the sets active.
So if you look over here, on the left,
there are several tabs to the Content Browser.
So if you're on the Content Browser, link here,
you'll see the sets,
and we've talked about this already quite a bit.
But If we look at the other icons,
there's one for teams, there's one for phases,
one for levels, one for issues.
So there's a lot of different choices over here.
So I'm going to show you the teams one first.
And notice that when I click that,
it shows me that the model that I'm currently looking at
is actually comprised of two different models
across two different teams.
So one of those models is the architectural model,
which is part of the architecture team.
And the other one is the MEP model,
which is part of the mechanical team.
So what you can do here is using this checkbox,
you can actually just uncheck one of the models.
So if I turn off the architecture,
then I can see just the MEP.
Now, I could do the reverse as well,
but since the MEP was already concealed
behind the building geometry,
we don't really see much difference when doing that.
But that's an interesting thing that you can do
when you have a multiple Discipline model.
So in this case, it's pretty simple
because there's only two.
But imagine a more complex project where you have structure,
and mechanical and electrical and plumbing
and fire protection, you're going to be able to have control
over each of those different models
individually when you're here on the teams tab.
Now another really interesting thing that you can do
with this model is similar to what we did
when we were navigating in 3d and slicing it,
is if you come over here to the levels option,
it will actually list out all of the levels within
the model.
And I'm going to start here at the bottom and just select that.
And what it will do is actually slice through the model
and show me just the bottom of footing level.
Now there's no geometry down there.
So it's not very interesting to look at.
So let me actually come up here and pick level one instead.
So now what you'll see is it actually slices
through the model at level one in a similar way
than if we had used these section planes here,
it's just that it's sections it automatically
based on the heights established in level one,
or in level two,
or in the roof or parapet.
So when I click on the roof level,
it's actually kind of a nice hybrid view
that is showing me both architecture
in MEP kind of superimposed over one another.
And that could be a really good way for me
to look for any trouble spots,
maybe or clashes or other issues that maybe folks hadn't
considered up until now.
Now, if I click the roof level, again, it will uncheck it,
and it'll go back to showing me the entire model.
So, it actually took me a while to figure that out,
once I was in that mode, how do I actually turn that off,
you just select it a second time and it turns that off.
Now, one other thing I want to show you
while we're in this aggregated building model view,
are these little icons that are floating out here.
Now I'm not going to click on it,
I'm just going to put my mouse over it.
So notice that I haven't actually selected that
I just put my mouse on top of it.
And it labels that one that I've got highlighted
as the parking view, shows me this little cone
of the camera.
So if you think back to our set,
we had these four 3d views
that were saved as part of this project.
And they were the parking view,
the Street View.
And then here, do you see how this one when I highlight it,
it's got more of the little menu symbol.
If I click that menu symbol, then it expands out
and you can see that there's actually two views
in that location.
One is the Axon, and the other is Dining From Above.
So, the way this works is, if I just click on
that camera icon,
I'll go ahead and click OK here for the navigation tools.
It will take me to that view in the model
and sort of drop me right in it from that vantage point.
So it's just another way of getting to that pre-made view
in the model that came over from Revit.
Now I have another model open in the background.
So I'm going to switch over to that because I think this one,
the views are even a little bit more interesting.
So here, I don't have a multi discipline project,
but I do have a multi building project.
So if I go to teams,
instead of seeing lots of models
spread across different teams,
I instead see lots of models within the same team.
And I could do the same kind of things
that I showed you a minute ago.
If I wanted to hide the tower, for example,
you'll see that element disappears.
If I want to hide the outbuilding.
You'll see that small building over there disappears.
So you can do the same kinds of things,
it's just that all of these models happen to be
within the same discipline.
And then here, you know,
we've got the same kind of little bubbles here,
and they expand open to show us
the different 3d views that are in that general location.
But there's one over here that's really interesting.
So I'm going to expand this one,
and hover over one of these cameras,
and you're going to see the building temporarily disappear.
And what happens is, this particular view
has a 3d section box enabled in Revit.
So if you've ever used that feature in Revit,
where there's a 3d section box,
then what we're seeing here
is it'll kind of ghost out everything else about the model
and show me what this view looks like
if I were to click on it.
Now I'm going to move away to disable that.
And then I'll zoom in a little bit closer.
Before I actually click on that.
And let's just adjust the screen slightly here.
Then I'll click that little menu,
highlight the view, it'll render it in preview.
And then if I decide yes, I want to go ahead and see that
I can click on it.
And it will take me to that cropped view.
So if you have a section box cutaway view in your sets
that you've published to BIM 360,
then it becomes really easy for us to get to those
through the aggregate model view.
So I welcome you to explore a little further,
in my experience, these little bubbles that show up
that let you jump right to those views
only appear when you're in the aggregate view
in the project model.
But you of course can use any of the other navigation tools
that we've looked at once you've jumped into a view
to have a closer look around.