9.2.C Using TaskIDs to Improve 4D Simulations

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Practice Exercise (Optional)

Download Practice File:  Integrated Model Starting Point

Download Practice File:  Arch Model Starting Point

Download Practice File:  Struct Model Starting Point

  • Create a new Project Parameter named TaskID in the structural model.
    • Open the Using TaskIDs - Struct - Start model in Revit.
    • Open the Project Parameters tool and add a new project parameter:
      • Name = TaskID
      • Type of Parameter = Text
      • Choose INSTANCE parameter
  • Use this new TaskID field to enter values that associate elements in the model with tasks in the Navisworks TimeLiner task list.
    • Use drag-select and the Filter tool to select specific groups of elements.
    • Enter TaskID values using the new TaskID parameter in the properties palette.
      • 110 = Level 1: Foundations
      • 120 = Level 1: Columns
      • 130 = Level 1: Beams
      • 140 = Level 1: Joists
      • 210 = Level 2: Foundations
      • 220 = Level 2: Columns
      • 230 = Level 2: Beams
      • 240 = Level 2: Joists
      • 310 = Level 3: Foundations
      • 320 = Level 3: Columns
      • 330 = Level 3: Beams
      • 340 = Level 3: Joists
      • 410 = Level 4: Roof
  • Export the elements in the structural model, which will include values for the new TaskID field.
    • Open the Navisworks Export tool.
    • Name the new file Struct Model.nwc.
    • Choose the file type Navisworks (*.nwc).
    • Save the file to the same folder on your local disk.
  • Repeat the previous steps to create a new Project Parameter named TaskID in the architectural model.
    • Open the Using TaskIDs - Arch - Start model in Revit.
    • Open the Project Parameters tool and add a new project parameter:
      • Name = TaskID
      • Type of Parameter = Text
      • Choose INSTANCE parameter
  • Use this new TaskID field to enter values that associate elements in the model with tasks in the Navisworks TimeLiner task list.
    • Use drag-select and the Filter tool to select specific groups of elements.
    • Enter TaskID values using the new TaskID parameter in the properties palette.
      • 150 = Level 1: Exterior Walls
      • 250 = Level 2: Exterior Walls
      • 350 = Level 3: Exterior Walls
  • Export the elements in the architectural model, which will include values for the new TaskID field.
    • Open the Navisworks Export tool.
    • Name the new file Arch Model.nwc.
    • Choose the file type Navisworks (*.nwc).
    • Save the file to the same folder on your local disk.
  • Append the new Navisworks Cache (.nwd) files in the Navisworks Manage integrated model.
    • Open the Integrated Model - Start.nwf Navisworks file set.
    • Delete the two previous appended .nwc files.Append the two new .nwc files to replace them:
      • Struct Model.nwc
      • Arch Model.nwc
  • Drag the automatically-created search sets for each value of the TaskID field to the corresponding row in the TimeLiner window.
    • Switch to the Properties view in the Selection Tree.
    • Expand the tree nodes to display the search sets available for the Element > Task ID property.
    • Use the Columns>Choose Columns tool in the TimeLiner tool to show the Display ID field for each task in the TimeLiner window.
    • Drag each search set to the corresponding row -- where the search set name matches the Display ID for the task.
  • Rerun the simulation using these new task associations to verify its accuracy.

When you have completed this exercise, your model should look like this:

Download File: Ending Point - Integrated Model

Download File: Ending Point - Arch Model

Download File: Ending Point - Struct Model

Download File: Ending Point - Using TaskID - Arch

Download File: Ending Point - Using TaskID - Struct