Frequently Asked Questions

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    Keynote Usage Report

    Hana Nguyenky · 0 · Posted

    In the Keynote Usage Report, is there a way to use the Element ID's of elements in drafting views to also include their data in the report? The reports I've been generating only include keynotes used in modeled views. It would be more helpful to get a comprehensive count and location of all keynotes used in the file for QA & QC of a document set.

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    ODBC database export

    Andrew · 0 · Posted

    Is there a task for the Revit ODBC database export?

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    AutoCAD to PDF via ProjectWise

    Paul Patterson · 0 · Posted

    Hi There,

    I'm trying to print dwg's that are stored in ProjectWise to PDF's. 

    However, when attempting to select, or filter for the input files, i'm prompted with an empty dialog (see attached)

    In this scenario - are we able to pull the files directly from PW? or do they need to exported to a common location first?

    Thanks in advance

    Paul

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    'view/sheet set to print' from task sequence under shared laubchable parameters showing only 'ALL SHEETS'

    Yavor K. · 1 · Last reply by Matt Mason

    Created Launchable Task sequence for one revit file,  so the users can select which sheet set to export, under Launchable parameters --> ‘Shared’ selected 'view/sheet set to print'. When run the task that parameter drop down shows only ‘'ALL SHEETS' so user cannot select anything.

    Second issue is  If I click on the dots next to 'view/sheet set to print' --> ‘View Expression/SheetSet Selection’ I cannot select any of the check boxes, have to cancel and reopen to be able to select.

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    Batch Task Definition Update

    Dan Warren · 1 · Last reply by Dan Warren

    We have tested and confirmed that the model metrics, database export, performance advisor and a couple select dyanmo scripts run as expected with the task workset definition set to NONE. This dramatically reduces the overhead time opening and running these routine tasks...

    Now, i have ~200 projects with 4 tasks that need their task definitions updated. Is there an easier way to do this than editing each project 1 by 1 in the web interface?

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    Help me Understand how to interpret the Average from Community reported in the model metrics?

    Dan Warren · 2 · Last reply by Dan Warren

    I'm not certain how to interpret this information. It is super helpful to know more about what's going on in our peer groups, but i'm not sure how to read this information as presented.

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    Is there a good workflow for transferring files (all the files) from ProjectWise to BIM360/ACC?

    Christian Lacroix · 1 · Last reply by Matt Mason

    Is there a good workflow for transferring files (all the files) from ProjectWise to BIM360/ACC?

    thanks

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    Was Onedrive Sync Task removed? I cannot see it in my list of Tasks

    Bruce Gunderson · 4 · Last reply by Bruce Gunderson

    I am noticing that we do not have the OneDrive Sync Task available or a few others, such as Dropbox or Google Drive. I do have the Sharepoint one though. Are they only available if it is authorized? 

    Thanks,

    Bruce G

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    The Clarity Help is not very helpful. All Tasks attempted in the last 4 hours have failed involving BIM360 Download, File Copy and Sharepoint download

    Bruce Gunderson · 0 · Posted

    I have been trying to use the BIM360 Download, File Copy, Sharepoint Download all to no avail. I am unsure what to input in source folder or destination folder or how to use the post action tasks, as help on these Tasks provide very little in support. 

    Simply, I would like to synchronize my folders and files in BIM 360, not including the published or live revit models to MS Teams files. Ideally, we use Microsoft Teams and create a project that "mirrors" the BIM 360 project where the files in Teams should sync with a specific folder in the

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    What am I going to see with the Auto Create Clarity Project from BIM 360 turned on?

    Bruce Gunderson · 1 · Last reply by Matt Mason

    I have this turned on is settings with a project selected to copy. I created a BIM 360 project yesterday and have not seen a new Clarity project created. What am I looking for?

    Thanks,

    Bruce

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    How does BIM 360 Mitigate work?

    Bruce Gunderson · 1 · Last reply by Matt Mason

    Trying to connect to partner HUB/project to push .rvt files. 

    Need to push .rvt files from Project A on HUB 1 to Project B on HUB 2.

    Clarity is associated with HUB 1. Clarity is an Admin to HUB 1 and Project Admin to Project A.

    Clarity is invited to Project B as Project Admin on HUB 2. It is not associated to HUB 2 as Admin.

    Based on Help for BIM 360 Mitigate I need to create a Clarity project associated with Project B on HUB 2. The Target project would be Project A on HUB 1.

    I cannot

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    Linking file Clarity files timeline graphics on other webpages with their previews

    sunlee · 1 · Last reply by Matt Mason

    Hi,

    I am trying to use the timeline graphic of a file in Clarity in other webpage.

    I am trying to link the graphic to a webpage called Notion(https://www.notion.so/) page and use it to manage the status of each projects.

    However, could not find a way to directly link the graphic or have the preview of it. If you see the attached "Notion_Link Embed 1", only a link is shown when you embed a webpage not the preview. However, when a Youtube video is linked, it shows preview of it's content. And what I wish to have on this page

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    Requirement id parameter error code (help)

    Andrew Moon · 1 · Last reply by Matt Mason

    Hello, Im working on a clarity Excel sheet. Once I upload it and attempt to launch 'spaces by generic model' I get an error that reads... "The requirement id parameter: Requirementid was not found on this rooms element (3976307)?" Any help is appreciated while I trouble shoot what is wrong with the requiredID. Thanks!

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    Revit Model Report

    Alan Crystal · 4 · Last reply by Matt Mason

    When pulling data for a custom revit model report, is this done through the DBExport task? If so, are there specific settings required for the DBExport task? I have a report set up, and have run the DBExport task, but no data is displaying in the report.

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    Is there any reason that the Family Upgrader task doesn't support family template files with the .RFT file extension?

    Eric Stimmel · 1 · Last reply by Eric Stimmel

    The task description is very clear (and empirical testing confirms) that this only works on .RFA files, but there's really no difference in the files. We can change the file extension using a file renamer, run the upgrade, then rename back, but it would be nicer if the task just did this.

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    clarity [Project] keyword in BIM 360 Backup Task

    Dan Warren · 1 · Last reply by Dan Warren

    Had a unique issue happen for the first time in ever.... almost all of our BIM 360 Backup tasks failed yesterday. They all use the same naming convention:

    \\\shared\projects\\[Project]\clarity\BIM 360 Backup

    we use this convention on MANY tasks, but last night over 50+ of our BIM 360 backup projects failed. Many however created these lovely " [Project] " folders on our server that once explored have BIM 360 backups in them.

    I moved the backups to their correct folder and cleaned everything up. but these same tasks have been running for months without issue until last night.

    The only thing

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    Clarity Publish Revit files

    Matt Cantwell · 2 · Last reply by Matt Cantwell

    Can you tell me if "Publish" in this context means Publish in BIM360 or Publish in terms of ISO19650. It seems to be the latter but I want to achieve the former

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    how best to link ceiling height to room?

    Bruce Gunderson · 1 · Last reply by Matt Mason

    I would like to be able to view ceiling height in a json shape file in power bi. I am unable to find the best report for linking that connects the relationship of the rooms with the ceilings and its height. I noticed that the Room Data sheets have this ability but wanted to capture in power bi with the json file.  Any help would be appreciated.

    Thanks,

    Bruce

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    Set BIM360 Download Zip File Name

    Dan Warren · 0 · Posted

    Is there a way to control the output file name of the BIM360 Download task? 

    I am unable to control the name of the .zip file that is created. We use Panzura and it would be preferable to overwrite the same .zip file when the backup task is run as opposed to creating a new .zip every month.

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    Duplicate Model Metrics: # of Warnings vs. # of All Revit Warnings

    Dan Warren · 0 · Posted

    Looking at our metrics across all our projects we have 7 projects that seem to be returning a few different metrics. So, the following question came up:

    Is there a difference between these two metrics?

    Additionally, the following metrics appear to be similar:

    # of High Warnings v. # of Warnings - High Severity # of Medium Warnings v. # of Warnings - Medium Severity # of Low Warnings v. # of Warnings - Low Severity

    The alerts are based on the former for each example. Does it matter? Is there a way to get all projects to report under