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Revizto 5.0 preview Greg Corke takes a sneak peek at the forthcoming release of the easy to use collaboration tool which now puts BIM object data at the heart of the issue tracking process.
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n a crowd of AEC collaboration add deadlines and priority, then track which would return extremely broad software, Revizto stands out for its each issue until it’s been resolved, with results. In Revizto 5 you can go down to a sharp focus on issue tracking. The full accountability. much more granular level, and search on software combines 2D and 3D modThis process has worked well, not least all types of object data. This could be anyels for a ‘single source of truth’ presented because of its simplicity. However, the thing from a door of a particular type or through a simple user interface that can software has had its limitations because material, a tank of a specific volume in a be accessed by anybody on the project it has placed too much emphasis on the specific system, or a steel section of a certeam. With a cloud or local server-centric model itself, and not enough on the tain size or grade. workflow, data is pushed out to a variety underlying BIM data. Object data has Once found, objects can be highlighted of devices, including desktop (Windows always been there, but you could only in the model at the click of a button, and MacOS) and tablet (iOS and really look at it, and it was very hard to either by making the rest of the model Android) so issues can be resolved in the use it to your advantage. Now with transparent or switching it off entirely. office and on site. Revizto 5.0, currently in beta and due to Alternatively, selected objects can be When Revizto started out, most of its launch soon, this is set to change. completely hidden from view. This was customers were on the design side, but in just about possible to do in Revizto 4, but the last few years there’s been a big The new engine the process was far from straightforuptake in construction. Customers now From the outside, Revizto 5.0 doesn’t look ward. First you had to hide everything, include Atkins, AECOM, Arup, Balfour that different to Revizto 4. The interface and then start unhiding the objects that Beatty, Foster & Partners, you actually wanted. Jacobs, Lendlease, Skanska, A common issue with a lot of Vinci, Willmott Dixon and In the past, Revizto has had its limitations BIM-centric software is you many more. This is reflected in on a component only to because it placed too much emphasis on click how the product is marketed. It find you’ve selected the wrong the model itself, and not enough on the used to be ‘BIM collaboration’ one. In MEP projects, for examor ‘BIM co-ordination’ but it’s ple, this could be pipe insulaunderlying BIM data now being pitched as an intetion, instead of the actual pipe. grated collaboration platform. The new search bar can realWhile the name might suggest a loose still has the same minimal look and feel, ly help here. Simply search on ‘insulaassociation with Revit, the software actu- albeit with a few tweaks, but it’s under tion’ to select every instance of insulation ally works with a huge range of CAD/ the hood that’s there been a massive within the project, and then hide all of BIM tools, focused on buildings and amount of development work, which them from view, making it easy to select infrastructure. There are plug-ins for gives users much more control over the the actual pipe you want. Revit, ArchiCAD, Tekla Structures, data, down to a granular level. Objects can also be used to help find Navisworks, SketchUp, AutoCAD Civil This all starts with the intuitive object similar objects within the model. For 3D, Vectorworks and MicroStation tree, which allows you to see the models example, click on a column, then right (including OpenRoads Designer and that have been brought into Revizto, click on its section size to automatically OpenBuilding Designer). The software break them down by level or category, and find similar objects based on that specific can also read in IFC, OBJ, FBX, PDF, then isolate and control them as required. property. point cloud (RCP and RCS) and BCF files. The new search bar now makes the By using search sets, it’s now much With its ability to bring in data from a software tick, making it much quicker easier to search for and group compovariety of sources, Revizto has become a and easier to find components, and then, nents based on certain criteria or system bit of a hub for BIM model co-ordination. more importantly, visualise them and act classification. You don’t have to get Teams identify issues on site, or within on them accordingly. In Revizto 4, if you bogged down with scrolling through vast the context of the 3D model or 2D draw- wanted to find a specific component, you lists. Instead of having to first choose ing, assign responsibility to individuals, had to use generic terms like door or pipe from a category list, followed by a system
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