- In this video, we're going to continue
looking at the package shared workflow.
Now, if you didn't watch the previous video,
I encourage you to do so now
where I outline exactly
what we mean by the package shared workflow.
And there we dive into BIM 360
and look at the things that need to be set up
in order to accommodate this workflow here in Revit.
In this video, we're going to focus
on the Revit side of things
and we're going to start with our MEP engineer Freya.
So I'm here in Revit,
I've got BIM 360 selected here,
I'm logged into our account
and the Nadia's garden project.
And you can see the folder structure
that I see right here.
And it is showing me the MEP folder
and the shared folder
because Freya is a member of the MEP team
and so those are the folders that she sees.
So if you recall, from the previous video
where we looked at the entire folder structure
from my admin portal,
there are actually several other folders in this account.
But Freya doesn't see those
because she doesn't have permission to view those folders.
So that's kind of an important thing to understand
about how this workflow is going to function.
So let me click on the MEP folder
and then of course,
that will show me the contents of this folder.
And then I will see that there's a single model right here,
the MEP model
and I'll go ahead and click that to open it up.
Okay so this is a simple MEP model
and it might be nice for Freya
if she can see the architectural model as background here.
So we're going to do that as a link,
and we're going to go to the insert tab,
click on link Revit.
And because we are working in BIM 360,
it automatically goes to that folder structure.
So notice here that we're in the Nadia's garden project
and notice that I'm seeing the same two folders.
So we don't see the architectural folder
because Freya does not have access
to the architecture folder
and we don't really want to do a direct link anyway.
So we're going to go into the shared folder.
I'll double click that.
Here's the architecture folder here,
and then I'll double click that,
but the folder's empty.
So what's the problem?
Remember that this is a two-step workflow.
So we can't just simply set up the Lincoln Revit
before we can do that,
there has to be a package made available to us.
So what am going to do is cancel this
and what Freya needs to do is
get on the phone,
have a conversation with the lead architect She
and ask if a package is available.
And then after they've had that conversation,
we can come back in and try again.
Okay, so Dershe has shared a package
with the MEP team
and so we can now repeat the process
of going to link Revit
and then we'll go into the shared folder,
the architecture folder.
And notice that this time
there is a model in that location.
So, because that package has been shared,
this model is now available
to anyone with access to the shared folder.
So I will go ahead and select that file,
click open.
So we now have the architectural background in place
and it's a pretty good idea
if Freya does a synchronize with central.
You can add a comment if you like.
(typing)
I always like to put in a comment
and then we'll okay to complete the synchronize.
Okay, so let's leave Freya to her work
and now we're going to walk over
to Dershe's desk
and see what's going on in the architecture department.
So now we're here at Dershe's desk
and I wanted to show you the home screen again,
because we're in BIM 360,
we're in the same account and project,
but notice that we're seeing different folders here.
So Dershe's has access to the architecture folder,
not the MEP folder.
So let's click in architecture
and then I will click on the architectural model
and then I'm just going to open up
a second floor view here.
And let's say that there's a design change
and we're going to add a room in this location here.
So I'll select one of these walls,
I'll do create similar
and I'll just sort of box out this new space
like so.
Now I'm not really too concerned
on exactly what change I'm making,
I just want the change to be obvious
so that when we go to the next step,
we can see the result.
So let's say that we've completed that change,
we of course need to synchronize.
(typing)
And again, you could optionally add a comment,
I'll click okay.
Okay and then let's leave the Dershe to her work
and let's go back over to Freya's desk
and see what happens on that end.
Okay, so I'm back at Freya's desk
and I'm going to reopen the MEP model.
And if we go up to the second floor here
and zoom in on this location,
you might have been expecting
that room that the architect added to appear
but of course it hasn't.
Now, if we were working in the direct linking method,
it would
because we would be seeing changes
as they occur,
as the architect saved their model.
But we're not actually using that method,
we're using the package shared method.
So before the MEP engineer
or any of the extended project team
will see this change to the architect has made
that architect has to create a new package
and share it with the outside teams.
So we're going to look at the process of creating a package
in the next video.