- [Instructor] There are several prerequisites that you need
to have in place before you can save Revit models
to the cloud either with or without Worksharing enabled.
So if you've skipped ahead to this video
because you're anxious to get your Revit data up
in the cloud as quickly as possible,
then allow me to share with you
what those prerequisites are before you get started.
If you've been following along in the course all the way,
then just consider this video a quick review
of what you need to have in place
so that you can make sure that you've covered everything.
All right, so what is the first thing?
Well of course, it's an Autodesk account.
So the person responsible for setting up BIM 360
and all of the individual users that will be working
within your BIM 360 account
need to have their own Autodesk accounts.
You need to have a BIM 360 account in your organization.
Now, every user doesn't need a separate BIM 360 account.
In fact, it's preferable that you don't,
you have just one for the entire company,
but then you would invite the members of the company
to that account to participate.
So that account needs to be enabled and configured
by someone responsible for that task within your company.
Entitlements need to be granted to each user
that will participate within this BIM 360 account.
Those entitlements would include BIM 360 Design,
which would give users access
to Cloud-based Worksharing from Revit.
And there's also a cloud model entitlement
that would be included most of the time
with your standard Revit license,
but you want to double check that you actually have that
entitlement in your account as well
if you plan to use cloud-based models.
Now within BIM 360,
you'll need to configure one or more projects.
Now not to be confused with a Revit project.
A Revit project is a model file within Revit.
But when we talk about a BIM 360 project,
we're talking about the construct up in the BIM 360 account.
That would store all of the files
that collectively we think of as a project.
So, we've covered all of the details
of configuring projects in previous videos.
So if you're unsure what I mean by BIM 360 projects,
then please go back and review those previous videos.
Now, once you've got those BIM 360 projects
set up in your account,
you need to enable at least two modules,
the BIM 360 docs module and the design collaboration module.
So those two are required for us
to use cloud-based worksharing in Revit.
But there are several other BIM 360 modules
as well which are optional,
but you need to have at least those two.
Now within your BIM 360 account,
you will set up companies, you will define roles,
you will create members and invite members
to your various projects.
You will establish teams and assign permissions
to those teams and members.
And then finally, this would allow you the ability to save
your cloud-based world Revit workshare models.
Now you can also save a cloud-based Revit model
where worksharing is not enabled.
So that is another option
and we'll look at how to do that in the next video.
But before we get to that,
if you're not sure what I mean by worksharing,
then allow me to give you some resources for review.
So here in the library we have two courses
that you might be interested in.
If you will be a participant
in a Revit workshare enabled team,
then the course that you might be interested in is
Revit worksharing for users.
This covers all of the basic procedures and skills
that you will need to have in order to participate fully
in a workshare enabled Revit project.
Now this course does not cover cloud-based worksharing,
but the only real difference between
cloud-based worksharing and land-based worksharing
local area network worksharing is simply
where the central model lives.
So in this course that you're watching right now,
we'll talk about how to create
that cloud-based central model and access it locally.
But otherwise, all of the other skills
would be as they are outlined here
in Revit worksharing for users.
So if you're not already familiar with
the worksharing process in Revit,
I encourage you to take a look at this course.
Now, if your role is the person who is responsible
for setting up, maintaining and managing workshare
enabled projects within your firm,
then you might be interested
in Revit worksharing management.
Once again, it doesn't cover the cloud-based aspects
that's covered here in this course.
But if you want to learn more about management in general,
for workshare enabled projects,
both land-based and cloud-based,
then you would want to look at
Revit worksharing for management.
So with all of those prerequisites under our belt,
we are ready to begin creating Revit content in the cloud.
So that We'll start with saving a Revit model to the cloud
and then we'll continue with a Revit workshare enabled model
in the cloud in the next several videos.