- [Instructor] If you watched the previous chapter,
the focus was on the user's perspective.
So what does it look like for a user
to become part of a BIM 360 Design project?
And what things will they have access to?
What will they see in their environment, and so on.
But you may be wondering how all that stuff
gets set up in the first place, right?
How do all those resources that the user has access to,
how do they get there?
Well, that requires somebody to be the account administrator
and set all that up in the first place.
And so that's going to be the subject of this chapter.
And all of the videos within this chapter
will have something to do with the overall account setup
and managing the BIM 360 account.
So I want to stress that the first thing you ought to do
is check with whomever is providing your software
in your firm, especially if you work for a big firm.
There may very well already be a BIM 360 in place,
and you should know that before you start
because you really don't need more than one BIM 360 account
for the company.
You really want to kind of just have one account
and have one or more folks managing that account.
Those would be the account administrators.
And then they can create access for the various users
and create the projects within that account.
It's not necessary to have multiple accounts
within the same firm.
So if it's already in place in your firm,
and it doesn't need to be set up,
you're welcome to still watch this chapter
just to kind of get some idea of how it's set up
and how to manage it.
But just keep in mind that you may not need
to actually create everything that I show you
because some of that might already be in place.
Okay, so what if you're in the situation, however,
where this is the very first time
that you're using BIM 360 Design in your company
and none it's set up and you need to set it all up?
Well then, you're in the right place.
That's what the subject of this chapter will be.
And it starts with, of course, Autodesk accounts.
So each person that's going to participate
in a BIM 360 Design project needs an Autodesk account.
Each individual needs their own account.
Now we talked about this in the previous chapter,
so you can go back and review that there.
Now that also includes the account administrator.
So even if that account administrator
is not going to be working in Revit,
if they're not a technical person
and they don't work in Revit,
but they are responsible for managing the software
and setting up the resources for your company,
that person would still want their own Autodesk account.
Okay, so you want to make sure that that person
has an account as well.
Now all of the users that plan to use Revit
and actually participate in a project
will also need BIM 360 Design entitlements.
So to clarify, if that account level administrator
is not a Revit user, they only need an Autodesk account,
but they don't necessarily need to assign
a BIM 360 Design entitlement to themselves.
In fact, they wouldn't want to do that
because it would be kind of using up a license
that could go to somebody else.
However, all of the participants within a Revit project
that need BIM 360 Design,
those folks would need BIM 360 Design entitlements.
But the way that Autodesk manages this is very interesting.
They operate on the bring your own subscription model.
So what this means is that BIM 360 Design entitlements
are associated to Autodesk accounts.
And if your Autodesk account has this entitlement,
you can work on any BIM 360 Design project.
That includes the projects within your firm,
and even projects outside your firm.
So anybody in any company
can invite any Autodesk user to join their project team.
And if that Autodesk user has a BIM 360 Design entitlement,
they can participate in Revit cloud-based worksharing
by bringing their own subscription to the project.
Now, if your firm members don't already have entitlements,
then of course, you'll need to acquire those.
And so you can purchase those through
your Autodesk reseller for example.
But if you're inviting outside consultants,
they may already have their own entitlements.
You won't need to purchase additional ones for them.
So no user ever needs
more than one BIM 360 design entitlement.
The one entitlement they have is good enough
to join any BIM 360 Design project.
Now of course, that is the next thing
that we need to make sure that we've set up
for our firm, is at least one BIM 360 Design project.
But you will likely have several.
And there is no limit to how many projects
you can have.
So you can have as many BIM 360 Design projects
in your account as required by your firm's work.
And this is because the licensing, the subscriptions
are based on users, not based on projects or companies.
So your company doesn't have any limits here,
your account doesn't have any limits here.
The subscription model, again, is a per user model.
Once you have your BIM 360 project or projects set up,
then you will want to configure companies,
roles, teams, and users within those projects.
Now companies are the actual firms participating
in the project.
They will have various roles.
They'll be grouped into different teams.
And then of course, each of those teams
will include various users.
And speaking of the users, you do need to invite users
to join a project
because they won't be able to access until you've done that.
So each of these points is required
to get your account all set up and ready to go
for users to fully participate in a BIM 360 Design workflow.
And these will be the topics of the subsequent videos
here in this chapter.