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Autodesk Docs

Use Autodesk Docs to create folders and manage your data. In addition, you can share and review data using reviews, issues, and transmittals.

Markups

In Autodesk Docs, markups are the easiest way to review and communicate changes and updates in your design files.

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Reviews

Use reviews to automate file distribution, file review, and file approval among project collaborators.

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Transmittals

Use transmittals to send files to other project collaborators.

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Issues

Identify problems and track progress with the Issues tool. Along with the Issues add-ins for Revit and Navisworks, you can create issues in Docs, Design Collaboration, and Model Coordination. The issues immediately show up for review, and the team can address them directly in the authoring tools.

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Issues in Docs

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Issue #28 as shown in Docs

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Issue #28 as shown in Revit

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Issue #1 in Model Coordination

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Issue #1 in Navisworks

Share links publicly

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Create links to share files with collaborators who aren't in the project.

Sheets

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Publish sheets from PDFs and Revit files for use in downstream construction and mobile workflows.

For the Field

Use the For the Field section to distribute files to the entire project team.

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Design collaboration

Use the Design Collaboration module to view the state of the project. You can easily see what data has been shared and keep everyone on the same page.

Project model

View the team’s work in context as it's being completed. You also see any models consumed from other teams.

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Create and share packages

Control what data is shared with other teams by using packages of models, views, sheets, and supporting documents. The timeline shows when packages were created, shared, and consumed.

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Consume a package

When another team makes data available through a package, you can integrate that data into your team's model by consuming the package. Before you consume a package, you can investigate its contents.

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Change visualization

Use the Change Visualization tool to quickly see changes between different versions of models in your project.

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Watch groups

Use the Watch Groups tool to track the progress of elements throughout the lifespan of a project.

Transcript

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track changes you care about in design collaboration.

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Now designing construction teams can monitor

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changes to elements of the rabbit model

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Most important to you by creating watch groups

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in the changes tool

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using watch groups,

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teams will get automatically notified when items

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in those watch groups change throughout the project

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to add items or models. To watch groups,

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click the Changes tool, click the new watch group button,

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then select the project team and model you want to watch,

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select or search for the specific items you need to

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monitor or even select the whole model if you'd like,

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you can also explore the model to visualize the areas you want to watch for changes,

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enter a name for your watch group, then hit save

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now when items in your watch group are changed,

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you'll see a notification on the homepage of the design collaboration module,

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click on, show me then your watch group name

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to see what's been added removed or modified teams can save time and work smarter.

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By removing the need to manually career the model team leads

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can get automatic alerts when unexpected changes are made to watch groups

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that directly affect their design.

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All of this can help reduce risk and improve model quality.

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You can read more about this feature in our help content

Video transcript

00:00

track changes you care about in design collaboration.

00:04

Now designing construction teams can monitor

00:06

changes to elements of the rabbit model

00:08

Most important to you by creating watch groups

00:10

in the changes tool

00:12

using watch groups,

00:13

teams will get automatically notified when items

00:15

in those watch groups change throughout the project

00:19

to add items or models. To watch groups,

00:21

click the Changes tool, click the new watch group button,

00:24

then select the project team and model you want to watch,

00:26

select or search for the specific items you need to

00:29

monitor or even select the whole model if you'd like,

00:32

you can also explore the model to visualize the areas you want to watch for changes,

00:36

enter a name for your watch group, then hit save

00:39

now when items in your watch group are changed,

00:41

you'll see a notification on the homepage of the design collaboration module,

00:44

click on, show me then your watch group name

00:48

to see what's been added removed or modified teams can save time and work smarter.

00:52

By removing the need to manually career the model team leads

00:55

can get automatic alerts when unexpected changes are made to watch groups

00:58

that directly affect their design.

00:60

All of this can help reduce risk and improve model quality.

01:03

You can read more about this feature in our help content

Hypermodel

Use the Hypermodel tool to explore the model in 3D while also seeing your location on a 2D sheet.

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