- [Instructor] In this video I want to discuss publishing.
Now the first thing you might be thinking is,
what exactly is publishing?
So of course, we will talk about what publishing is,
and also when, and why we would want to do it.
So I'm starting here in the Design Collaboration module.
And I'm logged in as Deeshi.
And to Deeshi is a member of the architecture team.
So it takes me to that team automatically.
And then over here, on the left hand side,
you can see that there's a list of sets,
and we've got our Building Site,
Set 1, and then our Tower.
Now I'm going to talk more about sets a little bit later.
So for right now, all I want you to see is
that under Set 1, there are several items,
and I currently have the Front Axon selected.
So what these are, are simply the views from the Revit model
that were published.
So we're going to be talking about publishing here,
in this video.
So you can see an example of a set
that has previously been published
by looking right here.
Now, what you can see in this axonometric view is
that the changes that were made in a previous video,
are reflected here.
Now, if you didn't watch the video
where we set up this model,
then you're welcome to go back and do that now.
But it's not necessary.
Let me just briefly explain it to you.
We've got the main building model,
and then I linked in a site model,
which includes the topography and the roads.
And then I linked in a little tower model,
which includes that little tower element off
to the right of the building.
Now, in the lower right hand corner of the view here,
you can see four new windmills.
Those were added after I did the link,
and we updated that model.
And then likewise, in the tower element,
we made some changes to the steps, and extended them out.
And that change was made after
that model was linked in as well.
So this view is reflecting all of that,
which is as you would expect.
However, if I scroll up here
on the list of sets,
and expand the building site set.
I'm able to select the contents of that model as well,
which in this case is just a 3D view.
And notice that when I click on that,
it doesn't show the building, first of all,
and secondly, it doesn't show the four windmills.
Notice that that part of the site is empty.
And likewise, if I scroll down here
to the tower element, at the bottom of the list,
expand it and select its 3D view,
you will see that the steps here are not extended out,
like they show in the composite model,
rather, they are still in their original state.
So what is going on with both of these models?
Well, quite simply, the answer is publish.
Neither of these models have been republished to the cloud.
So what exactly is publish,
well it is simply the process
that we used to take the latest version of our Revit model,
and make it available to viewers in the cloud.
So let me be clear on this,
if we're talking from the perspective of the Revit users
that are part of your team, publishing is not necessary.
As those users work in their models,
save and synchronize their changes,
they see those changes immediately,
and in real time, there's no publishing necessary.
Where published becomes necessary,
is when you want somebody
that's using the BIM 360 cloud interface,
to see those changes.
So this is what we were doing a few moments ago,
when we were logged in to the design collaboration module,
and looking at the inline viewer.
So in order to see the latest changes
from those Revit models in that viewer,
they have to be published.
Okay, so I'm here in Revit.
And I want to show you the process of publishing a model.
So I'm going to start with the tower element.
And these steps could be performed
by anybody who has access to that model.
So what I want to point out to you first,
is the Publisher Status Column.
And notice that the tower element says
that there is an update available.
So if we want to simply update that model
to its latest version,
all we have to do is use this little menu over here
on the right, and choose Publish Latest.
Now it will display a window giving
us a little bit more information.
And one of the things it says that we can do,
is use the Publish Settings command
to change what will be included in this publish.
Now I'm going to skip that for now,
and simply go to Publish,
and we'll look at using that technique in the next example.
Now, this can take a little while
to publish depending on a variety of factors.
So we'll just let it process,
and then when it's done,
we will see the change back in BIM 360.
So the process is complete,
and it now shows that the latest version
is published here in Revit.
And if go back to BIM 360,
you can also see that the model is now updated here
in the web viewer.
So that's all it takes
to publish the latest version of the model.
But there's another option.
And we talked about it a moment ago,
the Publish Settings option,
actually allows us to control what's included in a publish.
So if we look up here,
this one actually says Set 1,
where the other to say the name of the Revit file.
So this one says Tower,
and this one here says Building Site.
So what's the difference?
Well, these are actually sets.
And if that model doesn't contain a set,
then it simply uses the name of the Revit project.
So that's why the building site,
and the tower are saying their name,
because neither of those contains a set right now.
But the admin building model is actually
what we're seeing here listed as Set 1.
And all of those views beneath it,
were Revit views from that model
that have been been published.
So if you want to publish multiple views,
during that process, you have that option,
you just have to actually open that model in Revit
to do that work.
So let's take a look at that process.
Okay, so now I'm over at Deeshi's desk.
And I just wanted to show you
that not only can we create a set within one of our models,
but any user who has access
to your project can do this work.
So I'm logged in as a different user here.
And here's our building site model.
And if I just went to publish latest,
then it would only publish that 3D model.
And I'm going to click away from this,
to dismiss that menu.
So what I'm going to do is actually click
on the building site model, to load it up,
so that I can modify its settings, and create a set.
Okay, so the first thing is,
a set is not a new concept in Revit.
It's been around for a while,
we've been able to use sets to control
what we see in printing,
what we see in certain forms of exporting.
And it's also used to control
what we see when we publish.
So I'm going to go to the collaborate tab,
and use the Publish Settings button here.
Now, if you already have any sets
that were created in either the Print or Export dialogues,
they would appear here as well.
So it's the same set functionality,
regardless of where you configure it.
The name that it's suggesting
at the top here is Set 1,
but there are some icons where we could customize that.
So what I'm going to do,
is actually rename that set,
and I will call this Preliminary Design.
And then there's a Preview button down here at the bottom.
And this is kind of nice,
because you can select views,
and preview them in the window
to see if you want to include them in this set.
So I'll include this project level floor plan,
and of course, the 3D view.
So I've got those two views selected,
but here's a very important step
that we don't want to forget to do.
Make sure you actually check the box here
to include this set in your publish.
If you don't do that,
then it will simply default back to using only the 3D view.
So that's the whole point of coming
to Publish Settings in the first place.
So that's not really obvious
when you're in this dialog,
that you actually have to select the set.
So I'm going to make sure that's selected,
and then the views that I want to include in it,
and then I will click Save and Close.
So I've now updated the set and publish settings
that I want to use.
But there's one more really important step.
I need to synchronize these changes,
so that they get saved with the model.
So I'll do that.
Adding a comment is optional, but I like to do that.
Okay, so now that that's done,
I could either keep working in the model or close it,
it's up to you.
And then back here on the home screen.
Now I can go to the menu on the right,
choose Publish Latest,
and it will display this window again,
I'll click Publish.
But this time, because we added a set to this,
it will use that set,
and it will actually publish both of those views
that I selected.
Now, if you switch back to design collaboration,
while it's still processing, you might notice
that the site model has disappeared entirely.
But after a few moments, it will reappear,
but instead of saying the name of the site model this time,
it'll now say the name Preliminary Design,
which is the name that we gave the set.
And then when it's fully processed,
you'll be able to expand that set,
see the contents of it,
and then we can select either of those views
that we chose to export.
And then of course,
the most important thing to note here,
is that it now shows us the update,
and includes our four new windmills.
So it's important that you remember
to make sure that any of the models
that you want folks to be able
to see within the BIM 360 environment,
that you have to publish those from Revit
on a regular basis,
otherwise they won't correctly reflect the latest changes.