Configure ArcGIS GeoBIM tools

The Tools page allows you to accurately georeference Autodesk BIM 360 projects, documents, and their issues.

Note:

See Security requirements for ArcGIS GeoBIM before you configure ArcGIS GeoBIM tools.

Tools tab

To configure ArcGIS GeoBIM tools, complete the steps for the tools below.

Locate Engineering Documents tool

This tool locates 2D CAD, Revit, and IFC documents on the map and creates polygons that represents the extents of the models.

To locate BIM 360 or Autodesk Construction Cloud engineering documents, complete the following steps:

1. In the Locate Engineering Documents tool, click the settings button .

   The Locate Engineering Documents panel appears.

2. Optionally, turn on Perform Outlier Analysis to identify documents that aren't correctly georeferenced and do any or all of the following:
   1. Click the Analysis Type drop-down arrow and choose an analysis type.
   2. Specify the number of features used for clustering in the Minimum Number of Features for Clustering text box.
   3. Specify the search distance in the Search Distance text box.
   4. Click the Distance Unit drop-down arrow and choose a unit of measure.
3. Click Save.

   Note:

   The Locate Documents tool is always enabled and is required; all other tools are optional.

Locate 3D Documents tool (Beta)

This tool locates 3D Revit and IFC documents on the map and creates polygons that represents the extents of the models. The 3D Revit or IFC documents are visualized as a 3D object feature layer on the Scene Viewer in the ArcGIS GeoBIM app after the extent polygons are created on the map on the Tools page.

Beta:

The Locate 3D Documents tool (Beta) can only be accessed by invited members of the ArcGIS GeoBIM Early Adopter Program.

To locate 3D documents in a BIM 360 or Autodesk Construction Cloud project, select Locate 3D Documents on the Tools tab.

Locate Issues tool

This tool locates BIM 360 or Autodesk Construction Cloud document issues and represents them as points on the map.

To locate BIM 360 or Autodesk Construction Cloud issue on a map, complete the following steps:

1. Select Locate Issues .
2. In the Locate Issues section, click the settings button .

   The Location Settings panel appears.

3. Leave the Use Project Address and Force synchronization options turned on.

   Note:

   If the BIM 360 or Autodesk Construction Cloud documents were not changed, but you incorrectly set the well-known ID (WKID) or deleted files from the Documents or Issues services for the project, the Force Synchronization option re-creates the files.

4. Ensure that theDefault WKID value matches the spatial reference you provided in the Location Engineering Documents panel.

   Note:

   The Default WKID value is the WKID of the coordinate system and is used to define the spatial reference for Autodesk BIM 360 documents that were not assigned a coordinate system. The Default WKID value must match the web map or web scene's coordinate system. You can find the projected coordinate system or geographic system WKID by searching for the Esri spatial references or by using this projected coordinate system table.

5. Click Save.

Create BIM Project Boundaries tool

This tool creates BIM project boundaries on the map based on the document polygons and issue points.

To create BIM 360 or Autodesk Construction Cloud project boundaries on a map, complete the following steps:

1. Select Create BIM Project Boundaries .
2. In the Create BIM Project Boundaries section, click the settings button .

   The Create BIM Project Boundaries panel appears.

3. Choose the type of shape to use to define BIM project boundaries.
4. Click Save.
5. Click Run.

   Georeferenced project layer boundaries for the BIM documents are added to the feature service document layer that appears in the map.

   The tables below the map show the attributes of the documents, issues, and BIM project boundaries. You can zoom to a specific document, issue, or BIM project boundary by selecting it in the table.

   Note:

   The total documents attribute in the BIM Projects table is the total number of documents that are georeferenced. There may be documents in the BIM 360 project that are not georeferenced that were not counted.

History tab

The History tab has a title bar that displays the sequence number of the job with the total number of jobs and when they were run. The elements on the History tab are as follows:

• After running the tools on the Tools tab, the first element that appears is Job Submitted, which indicates the tools have been run and the job is currently is progress. This occurs for both successful and failed jobs. The pop-up on the information icon shows the parameters of the job, which include the document, issues, and BIM project parameters.
• When the Syncing docs element appears, it means that the BIM 360/Autodesk Construction Cloud documents have started to sync.
  • In a successful job, a check mark appears in front of the Document processed element.
  • In a failed job, an error icon appears in front of the Document processed element.
• The Syncing issues elements appears after the documents have been processed. This means that the BIM 360/Autodesk Construction Cloud issues have started to sync.
  • In a successful job, a check mark appears in front of the Issues Synced element.
  • In a failed job, an error icon appears in front of the Issues Synced element.
• After the BIM 360/Autodesk Construction Cloud issues have been synced, the Syncing BIM Projects element appears. This means that the BIM 360/Autodesk Construction Cloud projects have started to sync.
  • In a successful job, a check mark appears in front of the BIM Projects synced element.
  • In a failed job, an error icon appears in front of the BIM Projects synced element.

When the documents, issues, and BIM projects are processed and sync successfully, the Success element appears with an information icon. The pop-up on the information icon provides details about the job completion date and time, elapsed time, total processed documents, total synced issues, and total synced BIM projects.

If there an error occurs while syncing the documents, issues, or BIM projects, the Job Failed element appears with an information icon. The pop-up on the information icon provides details about the element where the error occurred. Click the Download Error Report button and follow the instructions to report the error to Esri.

You're now ready to add links to a project.