One of the more common issues that our AEC customers encounter is a user being unable to access BIM 360 project files in Revit. While there are a number of potential causes for this behavior, we have found that most of these cases are a result of the user missing... Continue reading

Important: Customers who have taken advantage of Autodesk's Extended Access trial of BIM 360 Design and would like to preserve their project data must take action before June 30. In short, you have two options before the trial expires: Convert your trial site to a paid site, or Download your... Continue reading

(This post was contributed by Heather Volk, Sr. AEC Technical Support Specialist, Imaginit) Prerequisites: Install the BIM Interoperability Tools for the version of Revit you are using. Install the Microsoft Power BI Desktop app from https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/ Download the Power BI template and Model Checker check set from this website: www.biminteroperabilitytools.com/dashboard.zip... Continue reading

In response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Autodesk has extended customers' access to a BIM 360 Design trial until May 31, 2020. As specified in the trial FAQ's, companies that do not already have paid BIM 360 Design licenses can have one user sign up for the trial. He/she as... Continue reading

In response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Autodesk has extended customers' access to a BIM 360 Design trial until May 31, 2020. As specified in the trial FAQ's, companies that do not already have paid BIM 360 Design licenses can have one user sign up for the trial. He/she as the Account Admin can then invite other users to the site projects, which will give them access to the trial. Following are the steps for a user to sign up for the trial, create BIM 360 projects, and add team members. Signing up and activating trial 1. Browse to https://bim360.autodesk.com/bim-360-design-trial/... Continue reading

Contributed by Heather Volk, Sr. Technical Support Specialist As customers sign up for a trial of and/or purchase BIM 360 Design, a common question they have is how to move their existing workshared projects to the BIM 360 platform. The following steps assume that you have set up a project on BIM 360. If you have not set up a project, please do so as outlined here before proceeding with the instructions below. Be sure that all users save and synchronize their local model with the existing central model, relinquish ownership of all worksets, and close their local models. In... Continue reading