- I know you've probably been anxious
to get into Revit
Well, here we are.
And in this video,
we're going to look at the first way
that we can get a Revit project up into the cloud.
Now, this is going to be simplest way to do it,
this is going to be simply saving the model as a cloud model.
So what is a cloud model?
It is nothing more than a Revit project file saved
in your BIM 360 account.
So to do that is a simple save as from the file menu.
Now, I should mention that this version is available
not only in the full version of Revit,
which is what I'm using here on screen,
but it's also available in Revit LT.
So if you have the LT version of Revit,
you can save cloud models, as well.
So this brings up an interesting possibility
with your project teams working in BIM 360,
if some of your team's participants
don't have the full version of Revit.
It actually is theoretically possible
that they can still participate,
as long as they
work in files that don't require work sharing.
So Revit LT does not support work sharing.
So one of those users could open a file,
but they would lock it out for everybody else
that is working.
And so cloud models offer an opportunity
for them to participate, but it is a little bit limited.
So if that fits with your workflow,
then possibly that could accommodate some
of your team members who don't need full work shared access
to your projects.
Okay, with that out of the way,
let's go ahead and get started turning this
into a cloud model.
It's really very simple.
You just open a project and then you go to the file menu,
choose save as,
and then cloud model.
Now, if you're not logged in,
it would prompt you to log in
to your Autodesk account first.
So again, since we're accessing BIM 360,
you must be logged in and then once you've logged in,
or if you are already logged in,
you'll see the save as cloud model window.
And it will list an account and project right here
on this drop down menu.
Now, in my case,
it went right to the location that I needed.
But if you look here and it's not the correct project,
or it's not the correct account,
you might have access to more than one account.
Then you can simply use this dropdown menu to switch.
So here are all the projects that I have available to me
within this account.
Or if the project I want is in a different account,
I can click the change account link here
and choose another account and project that I need.
But in this case,
the condo building project is exactly what I needed.
So I will simply go to the folder structure here
and begin browsing into the folders.
And I'm going to place this model
in the architecture folder.
Down here, you can accept the default name
or you can change it.
So I will type in the name that I want and then click save.
It takes a few moments for it to do the save.
There'll be a progress bar in the middle of the screen here.
And some messages down on the status bar
that indicate the status of the save
and what step in the process it's in.
Usually it takes a little while, so be patient.
And then when the process is done, the message will change.
And you'll have a close button right here
to dismiss this confirmation.
If you want to read more about cloud models,
you can click this link right here
and open up the help file to do so.
I'll just simply click close.
So now at this point, it's just a Revit project
just happens to be saved in the cloud.
So you can do all the normal stuff that you could do
in any Revit project.
And I'll just go ahead and draw a wall out here, you know,
just to have something on screen, cancel out of there.
And then when you're done making changes to the model,
you just simply save it,
like you wouldn't any other Revit project.
So it's not synchronized.
This is not a Workshare file.
So the synchronized command is not even available.
You just simply use save.
And the way you'll be able
to tell that it's a cloud model is you'll get that safe
to cloud message that appears again.
This time, however, you won't need to dismiss it.
It will dismiss on its own after the process is complete.
Now, when you're done working in the model,
you can simply close it.
So I'll go to file and then close.
And what I wanted you to see here is back on recent files,
there's actually going to be two entries here,
and I want you to look at them very carefully.
This one called condo was the original file
that I had opened on my local hard drive.
And it's still there.
So when we did save as, it was a save as command,
it didn't actually move that file.
So you really don't want to work in this one anymore.
And if you look really carefully at the preview here,
you can kind of see those little walls that I drew off
to the side.
So that's one little clue that this is the more recent file,
but a better indication that this is the file
that I want is this little badge right here
in the lower corner that looks like a little symbol
of a cloud.
This is indicating that this model is a cloud model living
in my BIM 360 account.
And when you hover over it,
it also gives you the path to that.
And there's another clue there because the saved path is
using BIM 360 as a prefix.
So those are the indicators
that this in fact is the cloud model.
When you click on it,
you'll see the progress bar that it's opening
from the cloud.
And then again, you can work on it as normal.
So that's the basic process of saving a model to the cloud.
After that it will live in the cloud
and you work on it just as normal,
but you would always access it from your BIM 360 account.
And I'm going to close this again,
and we just happen to have it here on recent files.
But what if you don't see it there?
Well, there's a BIM 360 link over here,
and you can click that.
And then that will display your BIM 360 account.
And if you're not logged in, it will ask you to log in.
But otherwise it would list that dropdown here
with your account and current project.
And again, you could switch between projects and accounts
using that dropdown menu,
and then simply browse through the folder structure
to locate the file that you want to open the condo building,
which is listed right here.
And then it will tell you right here
that it's a cloud model.
So it's a really nice indication that this is a cloud model.
If this was a Workshare enabled project,
then it would say that it's a work shared cloud model
there instead. So it'll tell you the difference,
which is really helpful.
Now, what does this look like in BIM 360?
So let me jump over to our web browser here.
And I'm already logged into document management here
and I'm looking at the condo building project.
So I'll click on the architecture folder
and then you'll see the condo building right here.
Now, if I hover over it,
there's a small menu here with some options
that I could perform on that file so I could move it
or copy it,
or I could even click on it and view it right here
in the web browser, if I wish.
So anyone who has access to BIM 360
can now see the published version
of this condo building here in the BIM 360 portal.
So cloud model is a great way
to quickly get a Revit project
up into your BIM 360 account.
It's not Workshare enabled.
If you want a Workshare enabled cloud model,
then that will be the subject of the next video.