In 'Setup Tasks' window, my suggestion is to maintain focus on filtered list of tasks after selecting edit or run to support running many non-scheduled tasks easily. Alternatives are to allow a preselection of tasks to run (radio box > run all selected) or create the ability for administrators to string together already established tasks to run concurrently on group execution. We may want to run the same task on multiple projects periodically (not on a schedule).

Working with IT to set up routine restarts and SCCM update windows. We realized it's hard to visualize when a task server will/will not accept tasks. I think it might be useful to see this in the task timeline.

How can this be suppressed when opening a revit project and this pops up? Please see attached.

Thanks

We have a REVIEW SET (list of sheets and views together) for PDF output.

Typically we use the following file name template: [Sheet Number] - [Sheet Name].pdf

Unfortunately it doesn't work well for views. The output file name for views is "--- - [Sheet Name].pdf". It is the same name for all the views. That results duplicated files which get deleted. It is expected, so I added another parameters to the template: [Sheet Number] - [Sheet Name][View Name].pdf

The problem with duplicated file names is gone, but the resulting file names include the keywords [Sheet Name] and [View Name], surprisingly the

Please add the Worksets parameter for Task Templates. In most time they have two values ALL or NONE. For some of tasks there is no need to open Worksets, for example for the task Revit Database Export. For such tasks I use the NONE value, which significantly reduces processing time.

When I assign such Task Template to a project I need to set the Worsets to NONE for the assigned projects. Too many clicks. It is a big disadvantage in comparison with copying tasks from one project to another.

There are similar tasks, for example PDF output can be in black or colour, in separate files or in a single file. Also it is a good way to create a backup copy of a Task Template.

It would be helpful if I can copy a Task Template (similar to a Task) and change just a couple of parameters.

The PRM task running against BIM360 files has limitations:

• No link remapping
• No cleanup

I believe it can be done. Download BIM360 files to Artefacts folder and do all the things.

Please elaborate the task for full functionality.

Just to draw your attention to them, there are two new short videos on the IMAGINiT resource center about how to leverage Clarity data into PowerBI:

For the basics of connecting, particularly using the new OData features:

https://resources.imaginit.com/videos-webcasts/connect-to-clarity-data-from-powerbi-and-excel

If you're interested in getting floorplan (room/space/area) data in as part of your PowerBI dashboard, check out this one:

https://resources.imaginit.com/videos-webcasts/showing-floorplans-in-powerbi-data

I have a project where the Project dashboard is reporting the file size to be 133.66MB, but Model Metrics is showing a number "653029376." 

The project only has one Revit file, so I don't think the second number is some sort of aggregate. Why does the Dashboard and Model Metrics show different numbers for file size?

Wouldn't it be great to be able to modify tasks in groups?

We have multiple tasks with the exact same settings and names across at least 150 projects. It would be very nice to be able to modify tasks by type, as opposed to just instance (to use Revit lingo). 

Maybe there could be a "Tags" field for tasks? Then we could manage the primary task settings (the ones on top) by type, name, and/or tag.

This would be a big time saver! To my knowledge, if I have to make a change to a task shared by many projects,

(10/28/21)

At present, the best combination that we are seeing for stability seems to be:

• Desktop Connector: 14.10.0.1456  / AdSSO: 12.3.3.1803

Other "Known Good Combinations" include:

• Desktop Connector: 14.11.0.1476  / AdSSO: 12.2.2.1802
• NO Desktop Connector (if you can live without it) / AdSSO:12.3.3.1803

You can see the versions you have installed in the Control Panel, Programs and Features.

As you know, the Desktop Connector releases come out every month, so it's difficult to keep track of exactly which combinations work best. If you don't see your version combination listed above, it may still be fine - but if you're encountering issues with

Would like to be able to follow up with the prj creator and look at the task last run time, on all projects.

Fabrication Parts hold a lot of powerful data that would be nice to report on. This data is stored inside each part that can be accessed via the Revit api. 

Other information could also be extracted based on the FabricationConfiguration in the Revit model which the Fabrication parts derive from.

Being able to report this data would be huge because they are a 1:1 part (meaning exactly what they look and are in the real world) and would provide accurate content that could help forecast a job or even produce a bill of materials for the job.

We're happy to announce a new product related to IMAGINiT Clarity - IMAGINiT Clarity Cloud.

Clarity Cloud is an early-stage product to demonstrate using Clarity entirely in the cloud, with no on premise hardware.

As of now, it works only with BIM360 projects, and all of the tasks are done in the cloud, either by IMAGINiT or by Autodesk Forge.

While the on-premise tool remains much more powerful and flexible, we're excited to see how Clarity Cloud can grow over time.

For more information, see:

https://imaginit.com/ClarityCloud

We also have an upcoming webinar on June 29, 2021:

https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/1532528309673293325?source=a2u4u000000zvHU&utm_campaign=2106_Clarity_Cloud_Webcast&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua

The following Windows update (see things to check) causes the ClarityWebAppPool and the ClarityWebServicesAppPool to fail to stay running.

Symptoms

• When accessing the web portal you get a 503 error Service Unavailable
• Web app pools above will not stay started.

Things to Check

• Were any Windows Updates installed?
  • Update for Microsoft Windows (KB4601555)
    • May 11, 2021-KB4601555 Cumulative Update for .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.8 for Windows 10, version 1809 and Windows Server, version 2019 (microsoft.com)
  • Security Update for Microsoft Windows (KB5003243)
    • KB5003243: Servicing stack update for Windows 10, version 1809: May 11, 2021 (microsoft.com)

Event Logs

System Event Warning WAS

We use Egnyte as our primary storage for project information. Not only do we want to upload output artifacts to Egnyte, we want to be able to download files from a Egnyte project folder to execute tasks. This is more of a benefit for CAD and Civil 3D users, as we already use BIM 360 for multi-discipline Revit projects, but it would be a significant benefit to have more support for Egnyte.

Hi folks-

I wanted to alert you that the Clarity development team has wrapped up IMAGINiT Clarity 2022 and all customers active under maintenance should receive an email about it last Friday.

What’s Inside?

Clarity 2022 contains a number of new features that we’re excited about: 

• Support for Revit and Revit Server 2022 (and offering support for 5 versions – back through 2018, so no versions are lost in this release).
• First-class support for AutoCAD Tasks, including PDF, Navisworks and eTransmit
• A Task Dashboard for easily analyzing how Clarity is being used.
• BIM360 Enhancements for Data Extraction
• Deeper integration with

It would be great to include an option to delete specific worksets when publishing a Revit file via Clarity. At the moment there is only an option to retain or remove ALL worksets, but there is a often a single workset we need to delete as part of our publish process - for example "Temporary Structure" in an Architectural file.

Currently, only Clarity Print collation of single pdfs allows for use of the sort parameter.  However, only the Revit Print Collation allows for pdfs.  We would like a pdf that has hyperlinks, but is generated with the sheets in the proper order.

Until that is fixed, the description for "Sheet Order Parameter" setting both in the help documents and in the task settings should clarify that the setting will be ignored if Revit print collation is used.

The metric logged for "# of CAD Links" appears to be reporting imports (not just links) or parts of exploded imports. These are somewhat different problems and calling these all "CAD Links" is a bit misleading - I can assure you this model does not have 2400 linked CAD files. Is there a way to make a distinction between these two things? CAD Links vs Imports or something?