• Informed Design

Access, view, and review projects and models

View and navigate the model and examine parts of the model properties in the Informed Design web app.


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From the Informed Design web app Products tab,

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you can open Revit models uploaded in Autodesk Docs

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and assign Informed Design instances from the model for generating output files.

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Use the project selector in the header to navigate to the Autodesk Construction Cloud Account and Autodesk Docs project.

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In the Products tab, you can see the same folder structure as defined when the product definitions were published from Inventor.

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Realize that the product definition files are not visible directly in the web app,

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even though they were published from Inventor.

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What you can access here are the design files or any outputs that were specified.

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In this example, you can see one design model.

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Select it to view a thumbnail preview and model details.

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Click Open Model to open the model using the same functionality as in the Autodesk Docs environment.

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You can orbit or pan around the model, take measurements or sections, and select elements.

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For example, select a wall, and then click Properties to review its property data.

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This also applies to any Informed Design elements that have been placed into the model.

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Expand the Product drop-down to select the type of product definition for the generated Revit family instances within the model.

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In this example, for the balcony and staircase entries, you can see that there are two variants in this model for each.

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Select the two staircase outputs.

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You can see a preview and product summary for both staircase variants that you can cycle through.

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It will also select and highlight the staircases in the view.

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Use the Viewer tools or ViewCube to orient and zoom as you review the staircase area.

Video transcript

00:03

From the Informed Design web app Products tab,

00:06

you can open Revit models uploaded in Autodesk Docs

00:09

and assign Informed Design instances from the model for generating output files.

00:14

Use the project selector in the header to navigate to the Autodesk Construction Cloud Account and Autodesk Docs project.

00:21

In the Products tab, you can see the same folder structure as defined when the product definitions were published from Inventor.

00:29

Realize that the product definition files are not visible directly in the web app,

00:34

even though they were published from Inventor.

00:36

What you can access here are the design files or any outputs that were specified.

00:41

In this example, you can see one design model.

00:46

Select it to view a thumbnail preview and model details.

00:49

Click Open Model to open the model using the same functionality as in the Autodesk Docs environment.

00:56

You can orbit or pan around the model, take measurements or sections, and select elements.

01:03

For example, select a wall, and then click Properties to review its property data.

01:09

This also applies to any Informed Design elements that have been placed into the model.

01:15

Expand the Product drop-down to select the type of product definition for the generated Revit family instances within the model.

01:23

In this example, for the balcony and staircase entries, you can see that there are two variants in this model for each.

01:30

Select the two staircase outputs.

01:33

You can see a preview and product summary for both staircase variants that you can cycle through.

01:39

It will also select and highlight the staircases in the view.

01:44

Use the Viewer tools or ViewCube to orient and zoom as you review the staircase area.

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