1
Answered

Multiple Projects Same Working Directory

I have a project (task: nwc export, post action-move files) that processes files in a given working directory and its subfolders.  It's filtering to Revit file names that start with a specific text string.  I'd like to process the same working directory and its subfolders to get files that start with a different text string, export nwc files, and then move them to a different folder than the one above.  I was told a few years ago that I couldn't create multiple projects on a given folder.  Is that still, or even, was that ever true? 

I'm pretty sure I can't create another task with different file filters in the same project. So, can I create another project that points to this same working directory without breaking anything? 

Follow

1 reply

Votes Newest Oldest

Mike,

I'm a bit confused...

- You can certainly create a second task that targets different files and has a different post action within the same project.

- We do have a restriction that you can't create overlapping folders on file-based projects, however, we have lifted this restriction in recent years for BIM360 and Revit Server. What kind of project is it?

-Matt

Comment

Sorry Matt,

Issue resolved.

I should've dug in just a bit deeper instead of running off of legacy info.  We very recently upgraded to 2021.1, having skipped from 2019, so we've missed out on some great updates.

I was able to copy an existing nwc export task, change the filter just slightly, and then edit the post-action move/copy to another folder, which is exactly what I needed.  

TL:DR - To answer your question "What kind of project is it?":  Our perspective is building owner, and we have hundreds of models to process for design and construction.  We have separate Clarity projects for each building, as they each have their own file structure.  The manufacturing equipment and equipment-specific utilities in a couple of those buildings are combined in a separate folder structure, but the file names indicate which building number they're in.  The bulk of our tasks amounts to Navisworks exports that we run twice-daily on file change, and a once-weekly all-files run.  End goal is to have fairly up-to-date Navis models for our design and construction teams, as well as facilities customers to have access without deploying Revit.

We really need to leverage Clarity more.  There's a ton of features that we should be taking advantage of, that we just haven't had time to learn and implement.

Thanks!

~Mike  

Reply