This month’s topic is management.

Management is a HUGE topic, and the Autodesk App Store is full of useful management apps for all Autodesk applications. So, this month we have gone for some of the more well-known management applications that we think you should consider.

Sometimes though, you may have a specific management task in mind, so make sure you search the store, as I’m sure you will find many apps that will help you work smarter, not harder.

So, on that note, here are this month’s opportunities to advance your skills, processes, and workflows with the most current industry-related software and hardware updates available.

PLANNERLY - THE BIM MANAGEMENT PLATFORM https://apps.autodesk.com/BIM360/en/Detail/In dex?id=3718265709127811334&appLang=en&os

=Web

Autodesk Construction Cloud

BIM 360

Plannerly simplifies BIM Execution Planning (BEP), BIM management and BIM compliance. It connects your online BIM Execution Plan with Autodesk® BIM 360® and supports the most integrated BIM Management workflow available.

For BIM Managers, it’s a constant challenge to get all companies to agree on BIM requirements. On every project, these professionals create BIM Execution Plans to try and align project teams. The main problem they face is the output is not read, agreed to or followed which leads to misunderstandings, disagreements, waste, and an unhappy BIM world. To date, their best option has been using Word and Excel and other disconnected tools, but of course, they take too long, are not structured, and are mostly detached from the rest of the BIM tools. With more BIM projects starting, the problem will only get worse over time. Plannerly is the simple approach to connect these critical plans in a way that clients can understand, and teams can more easily agree to. This leads to more effective BIM requirements and integrated BIM verification/compliance. The result is more efficient BIM teams and much happier clients.

We all already know the Plannerly name. This app provides some amazing management tools for BIM data!

GRID MANAGER https://apps.autodesk.com/RVT/en/Detail/Inde x?id=3264579464296250811&appLang=en&os= Win64

Autodesk Revit

Version: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016

When working with BIM models, it is very likely that a model needs to update certain grids or level names during the project’s lifetime. If the dimensions of the project are relatively large, then the task of renaming the grids and levels becomes tedious. Autodesk® Revit® plugins attempt to make tedious tasks simple and straightforward. Therefore, this tool provides a shortcut for editing the project grids. Use Grid Manager for renaming your project’s grids swiftly. This plugin allows you to define a base name for your grid lines and either a numeric or alphabetic increment.

For example:

Base name: “Axis “ + Increment: numeric, starting with 1, produces: “Axis 1”, “Axis 2”, “Axis 3”, etc.

Base name: “Axis “ + Increment: alphabetic, starting with A, produces: “Axis A”, “Axis B”, “Axis C”, etc.

If you use Revit grids and need to manage them, you should be using Grid Manager.

NAVIATE CLOUD MANAGER https://apps.autodesk.com/BIM360/en/Detail/ Index?id=4386611844519935792&appLang=en &os=Win64

Autodesk Revit

Version: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018

Autodesk Construction Cloud BIM 360

Navisworks Manage

Version: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018

Navisworks Simulate

Version: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018

Naviate Cloud Manager (Formerly BIMrx Cloud Manager) saves time while managing Autodesk Construction Cloud® (ACC) and Autodesk® BIM 360® so you can focus on highvalue tasks like digital transformation and sustainability. The tasks of managing multiple projects simultaneously are streamlined, including project creation, and member management. Additionally, you can automate exporting PDF/NWC/DWG from Autodesk® Revit®, publishing cloud Revit models, file uploads, and archive snapshot backups or download syncs by scheduling these tasks for multiple projects in bulk. It also allows BIM 360 and ACC Administrators to perform many time-consuming and repetitive tasks more efficiently quickly and easily:

• Securely connect to ACC/BIM 360 Projects on multiple hubs with your Autodesk user account.

• Create multiple BIM 360 projects simultaneously. Accelerate adding multiple users to multiple projects.

• Manage users’ companies and roles across multiple projects.

Add groups of users faster by easily filtering the hub member list by e-mail domains or current projects.

• Copy template project folder structures with files to multiple projects at the same time.

• Automate publishing multiple cloud Revit models.

• Automate exporting PDF/NWC/DWG from multiple Revit models.

• Automate uploading & downloading on a schedule.

• Intelligently sync local folders and files to/from ACC/ BIM 360.

• Multiple project uploads & downloads to/from your network and ACC/BIM 360 hubs with granular control.

Naviate provides superb BIM management! This app provides some GREAT BIM tools!

DIROOTSONE - 8 PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS https://apps.autodesk.com/RVT/en/Detail/Inde x?id=6035794126247149351&appLang=en&os= Win64

Autodesk Revit

Version: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018

One Package with 8 Free Autodesk® Revit® Plugins to make your life easier.

• SheetLink - Revit to/from Excel. Export your Revit model data (by categories, elements, schedules) to Excel and Google Sheets. Edit the data and import it back to update the model.

• FamilyReviser - Manage your Revit families (rename, add prefixes and suffixes, and save them in an organized way) and worksets (modify worksets by category or create your own rules).

• OneFilter - Quickly find your families in Revit models. Search by category, parameter name, and value. Find elements within Areas, Masses, Rooms, Spaces, and Zones. Colorize elements based on the values of their parameters.

• TableGen - Import your spreadsheets into Revit as Legend Views, Schedule Views and Drafting Views. Collaborate with non-Revit users and bring the beauty of your Excel Tables into Revit.

• SheetGen - Create multiple Drawing Sheets, place Views based on a pre-defined template, and easily manage Drawing Sheets revisions. Export and sheets/ views lists to/from Excel.

• ReOrdering - Easily renumber instance Revit parameters by using a prefix, a suffix, and a multiplier (manually or following a path/detail line).

• ParaManager - Manage Revit parameters inside project and family environments. Create new parameters, modify existing parameters, and export/ import parameters to/from Excel and Shared Parameter files. Edit shared parameter files using the user-friendly embedded shared editor.

• PointKit - A free Autodesk Revit Add-in to boost your productivity when working with Point Clouds.

DiRoots create some of the most capable Revit management apps in the industry. If you’re not using DiRoots to assist with the management of your Revit projects, where have you been?

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