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Visualize the "When Tasks CANNOT Be Run" On a Task Server
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.
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PDF File Name Template - Empty Values
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
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Task Template - Worksets
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.
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Copy Task Template
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.
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Publish Revit Model - full functionality for BIM360 files
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.
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Planned
Modify Tasks En Masse
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,
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On the all projects pages can you add additional columns "Project Creator" and "Task last run" ?
Would like to be able to follow up with the prj creator and look at the task last run time, on all projects.
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Fabrication Parts Data
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.
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Egnyte support
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.
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Delete worksets on Revit Publish
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.
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Enable Revit Single PDF's to be sorted by sort parameters
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.
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Add office to the available Keywords
I think it might be helpful for those users with multi office organized servers to allow the use of the office as a keyword in the post task action.
In our offices the file path looks like this: //servername/office/project name/
If we could leverage the assigned office parameter set during the project startup it would dramatically simplify our project startup process.
This would allow us to set post task action paths in the task templates as \\servername\[office]\[Project]\ and eliminate the need for template tasks that are specific to each office.
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Backup Project and Worksets
It appears the the Backup Project task opens models in order to process them. However, we need to be able to open those models with all worksets closed, for performance.
We have some site models that take more than 3-4 hours to open if all worksets are open, which is what Clarity is doing. The task often fails.
Please allow us to configure the task to close all worksets in the models.
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Add Priority to the Task Columns in the Completed Task List
Just a thought. Could we add "Priority" for the tasks in the task column list?
This would make it easier to troubleshoot prioritization with task setup.
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We would like to have a task that allows us to download files from BIM360 Glue into a ProjectWise folder.
We have designers/engineers/contractors producing coordination models in BIM360 Glue. We would like to be able to automatically download the file from there and save it into ProjectWise, where more internal staff have access to review the model.
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DB Export - Check box for models to export
Would like to have an option on which models I want to run the DB Export on. When I create a template for a DB export it takes all the Revit models in the Project. I would like to be able to select which models I want.
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Shift Task Timeline Hours
We run all our backups and metrics at night, starting after people stop work, however the task timeline is only midnight to midnight. It would be great to be able to set the hours from say 8pm to 7am, so i can just examine the automated tasks, of one night, without having to jump from the day before to the day after
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Meaningful File Size Reporting - Clarity and BIM360
It will surprise nobody here that sometime around August or September Autodesk decided to tell us the cumulative file size of the model(s) on BIM360. That is, that particular model and all the models that it currently has linked. Please alter the software to report meaningful individual file sizes again.
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rte
There is a RVT and RFA upgrader, these are great. A RTE would be nice. We don't have a lot of those but still have a few.
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Display thresholds in model metrics graphs
The model metrics graphs are a great tool to see how a certain metric has developed over time. It would be really useful, though, if those graphs would also display the firm metric guidance guidance thresholds defined for caution/concern and issue (while taking into account model size, small model factor and large model factor). See attached mockup.