ArcGIS GeoBIM is a solution for exploring building information modeling (BIM) models, engineering documents, and project issues in a geographic context to analyze designs, site characteristics, risks, costs, and timelines. ArcGIS GeoBIM allows you to integrate and visualize GIS data with engineering documents and issues from Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC) to make coordinated and collaborative decisions across project teams.
Note:
ArcGIS GeoBIM also supports Autodesk BIM 360 project documents and issues. For clarity, references to Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC) will primarily be used, with BIM 360 included within this context.
Key features
ArcGIS GeoBIM offers a variety of features to manage, view, and engage with your ACC project data, allowing you to do the following:
- Connect multiple ACC projects to a single ArcGIS GeoBIM project to simplify planning and resource management, especially when project timelines and resources overlap.
- Automatically georeference BIM documents, issues, and projects into hosted feature layers, maps, and scenes using the ArcGIS GeoBIM tools.
- Configure the folder selection and selected file types settings prior to running the ArcGIS GeoBIM tools to reduce data clutter.
- Ingest lightweight 3D models derived from complex Revit and IFC models through the Add Document Models (beta) tool.
- Link ACC project documents to features in maps and scenes, and simplify data management in the geospatial context.
- Create ArcGIS GeoBIM apps from configurable templates. Use apps to locate, analyze, and engage with georeferenced engineering documents, issues, and schedules, plus other supporting GIS data.
- Render the latest published ACC files in the Autodesk Viewer, while concurrently analyzing map or scene content through a side-by-side display.
- Use interactive issue charts to filter project issues in both the map and table widgets based on their assigned status, type, subtype, and company.
- Integrate ArcGIS GeoBIM with ArcGIS Field Maps to extend workflows into the field.
The ArcGIS GeoBIM user experience consists of two components: the ArcGIS GeoBIM Project Manager and one or more ArcGIS GeoBIM apps.
Projects page
The Projects page is the first page that appears when you access ArcGIS GeoBIM. This is the first step in creating an ArcGIS GeoBIM project. On this page, you can do the following:
ArcGIS GeoBIM Project Manager
The Project Manager appears after you create or open an ArcGIS GeoBIM project from the Projects page. There are five components (pages) in the Project Manager: the Accounts page, the Tools page, the Links page, the Apps page, and the Maps page.
Note:
Only the Accounts page will be available until an account connection has been configured.
Accounts page
The Accounts page can only be accessed if you have ArcGIS Creator account access. You can create an account using your ACC account information on this page. The account identifies the ACC projects that apply to a specific ArcGIS GeoBIM project. An account provides application authorization so that ArcGIS GeoBIM can access your Autodesk cloud data in a secure manner. The Accounts page allows the creator to create an account connection that includes the name, type (Autodesk BIM 360), and Autodesk Client ID.
To learn more about account creation in ArcGIS GeoBIM, see Create a project account.
Tools page
The Tools page is designed to provide a schematic interaction with the synchronization operations that can be performed by selecting the needed process and choosing the appropriate settings for it. You can get the latest feedback on the operations by refreshing and checking the layers added to the Table widget.
See Introduction to ArcGIS GeoBIM tools to get a high-level overview of the Tools page.
The panel on the left allows you to select specific folders to process and tools to run, to apply custom properties for tools, or to perform special GIS analysis for the synchronized data. Some tool cards have a Settings button 
that will open custom properties and settings that you can apply to the tool.
The Select Folders button 
allows you to select specific folders from the projects you selected on the Accounts page. Configuring the selected folders helps to reduce the time taken for the geoprocessing tools to run and allows you to enhance focus solely on the project information that is important to you and your team. The exclusion of unselected data improves the overall efficiency and ease of navigation while working in ArcGIS GeoBIM. See Select Autodesk project folders to learn more.
The Add Document Extents tool 
generates georeferenced 2D polygons representing the extent of the CAD/BIM documents. The Settings button allows you to select the specific file formats to include and add thumbnails for the design files. Other customizable options include the force synchronization feature and the ability to add a default WKID to be used inside the tool. See Add Document Extents to learn more.
The Add Document Models tool 
creates simplified, performant 3D models from the selected Revit and IFC documents and adds them automatically to a project web scene. These lightweight shells allow you to visualize design concepts without the need for detailed geometry or data. If the BIM files are consistently moving through stages of design iterations, this tool can be run again to ingest the latest published version of the model. The significant reduction in file size allows for fast loading time and smooth web scene navigation. See Add Document Models to learn more.
The Add Project Issues tool 
allows you
to locate design, engineering,
and construction issues based on engineering document
locations and project addresses. The Settings button allows you to select the Use project
address option to locate issues that are lacking an associated linked document. See Add Project Issues to learn more.
The Add Project Boundaries tool 
generates 2D polygons on a map based on document extents. The Settings button for this tool
allows you to select one or more output shape types. See Add Project Boundaries to learn more.
Links page
The Links page allows you to add data (web map or web scene) and create links of ACC project files to layers and features in the map, as well as create link rules to automatically generate links. The Links page can be accessed by all users but can only be modified by a user with an ArcGIS Creator account.
See Add links to individual features and Add links to features using rules to learn more.
Apps page
The Apps page displays and stores all the apps that you create. Creators can view, edit, and delete apps on this page. ArcGIS GeoBIM has two types of apps: the Viewer app and the Issues dashboard app.
See Create ArcGIS GeoBIM apps to learn more.
An ArcGIS GeoBIM app connects web maps, web scenes, and georeferenced ACC project data. The ArcGIS GeoBIM app consists of the Map widget, the Explorer group, Issues chart, and the Details group.
The Map widget is located at the top of the project. It is where the project’s web map or web scene displays. It contains the Building Explorer, 3D Analysis, Time Slider, and Create New Issue widgets.
The Explorer group allows you to control the layout of the following widgets:
- Table—Contains tables for all of your project layers, allowing you to interact with features. The Issues table has additional functionality to allow you to upload and edit ArcGIS Field Maps issues.
- Links Explorer—Allows you to link your ACC project files to features in the Map widget.
- Elevation Profile—Allows you to generate and display an elevation profile by drawing or selecting a line feature in your web map or web scene.
- Editor—Allows you to add custom Notes features or edit the geometries of the ArcGIS GeoBIM project layers.
The Issues chart allows you to view the status, type, subtype, and company fields for your synchronized project issues. Selecting data in the charts filters the issue data in the Map and Table widgets and causes all associated issues to be automatically selected and highlighted in the Map widget.
The Details group appears to the right of the Map widget when you click the launch button for a selected issue, BIM project, or schedule in the Table widget. It provides information on the selected feature in a tabular layout. The Details group also contains the Autodesk Viewer, to display your ACC project documents, and the Autodesk Explorer, to create links from ACC to features in your map and scenes.
Maps page
The Maps page displays and stores all web maps associated with an ArcGIS GeoBIM project. After you configure and save an app, the web maps selected for the app are displayed on the Maps page. The Maps page is also used to enable ArcGIS Field Maps integration in the ArcGIS GeoBIM project.
See Enable ArcGIS Field Maps in ArcGIS GeoBIM to learn more.