As well as the opportunities for using Newforma Markup Sessions as part of the BIM design review process described in my previous post, there is also an opportunity to use Newforma Project Center's rugged search capabilities to track the information published from a Revit model in DWF files.
DWF is Autodesk's "Design Web Format" which allows published views to include property information from a Revit or AutoCAD Architecture model along with the 2D graphics. Not only will Newforma's viewer allow users to view a DWF file and show information about the intelligent objects within the model, they can also use Newforma's powerful search facility to locate objects by their properties.
For example, if a project team member wishes to locate a particular construction within a Revit model then Newforma Project Center will allow them to query the published DWF files and locate the components within the relevant views. The following screenshots show a search for "Precast - Rectangular Beam" finding a DWF file in an attachment to a project email.
Property information from a Revit model located in a published DWF file attached to an email.
This next screenshot shows the same DWF file opened in the Newforma Viewer and the relevant construction items located and highlighted.
The same DWF file in the Newforma Viewer with the relevant construction item highlighted.
This technique provides a powerful and effective mechanism for making the best use of the information in a Revit BIM project.
(Revit data in example courtesy of HOK)
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