Cloud computing is playing an increasingly vital role in facilitating BIM-based collaboration between the multiple stakeholders and disciplinary groups for complex AEC projects.
Autodesk’s A360 Collaboration for Revit is just one example of how BIM software developers are using cloud computing to drive cooperation between team members, firms, and across disciplines.
A360 Collaboration for Revit facilitates collaboration between various parties by giving them access to Revit models on a cloud-based, centralised platform. (Image courtesy of Autodesk)
The software package is a subscription service that supports and builds upon Revit, enabling it to store BIM project data models in the cloud on a centralised platform. The core advantage of cloud-based collaboration with respect to BIM is the ability to provide all team members with access to key models and projects that are housed in a single location.
Users can manage Revit models that are part of an A360 project from within Revit by means of the Manage A360 Models tool, allowing multiple users to jointly create Revit models on the cloud platform, as well as subsequently amending or modifying them, irrespective of where they happen to be situated physically.
Users can publish the latest versions of Revit models to A360, so that even team members who don’t use Revit can examine or search them. A new version of a model is created each time a user synchronizes with the primary one, building a record of…