Friday 21st concluded the UK based introduction week to BIM 360 Glue which saw over 50 clients from the UK and Europe get an insight into the future of technology within the construction industry and beyond.
'BIM 360 Glue offers HyperConnectivity - the ability to access up to date, real-time data, from anywhere in the world'
I thought I would take the opportunity to introduce the community to the team helping to instigate this leap in working methodology. Above, is Jordon Brandt, he is the Co-founder of Horizontal Systems. This was the firm that designed and built the technology that was later bought by Autodesk and turned into BIM 360 Glue. Throughout the week Jordon talked about the uses, benefits and future for the industry once this technology is more widely adopted.
Below, is Milin Trivedi. Milin joined Horizontal Systems right at the beginning and is one of the guys who built the software. He knows every nook and cranny it and he took control of the demo sessions during the week.
Next, we have Krisztian Hegedus. He's the guy running things, organizing people, venue's, structuring the day's and introducing the software and the team. Krisztian is based in Autodesk's Munich office and has worked with Autodesk through the introduction of Revit.
Also there's Peter Morton and myself, Glenn Wooldridge. We are the 'Young Experts' brought in by Autodesk to be on-call 24/7 for the clients that are part of the program. We have now officially been named the Gluru's!
Of course there are a whole team of people helping run this project within Autodesk, but the people mentioned here are the faces the industry are most likely to see during this introductory process.
Back to the summary...
The clients seemed very impressed with a whole range of features and how easily it coped with such large models. Datasets that were tested included complex Rebar models, Hospitals, skyscrapper... etc. All of which were handled with ease using Glue. Also, the ability to integrate Glue with existing systems such as PLM, Maximo and a number of other programs proved to be of real interest to the clients as this showed how it could be integrated within there existing workflows as well as increasing efficiency's.
'Whenever I get a new email I shouldn't have to contact an email manager in order to organise, access and reply to it... The same should be for BIM'
As well as all this positive feedback there were also a number of questions. I'm going to share a few of these with you and provide answers where I can...
How do we get notified of changes made in the model?
An automated notification system exists within the software. Each user can opt in to receive notifications for things such as Model Updates, Clash Reports, RFI's, Markups... etc. Additionally, users can send notifications to other users directly.
Is there a free web viewer available?
Currently not, the only way a project can be viewed is through a user account. The reason for this is to ensure a full Audit trail is kept.Can I Archive a project and its Audit Trail?
Autodesk is currently working with clients to define the best format for this type of archiving system. It will be introduced in an update to the software over the coming years.
How does it deal with projects of different coordinates?
Models can be aligned within Glue via a Shared coordinate system or a Project internal system. Each model can be assigned this separately and only has to be completed once. There is also a manual coordinate system which can be used to align models.
Hopefully this has helped answer a few questions some of you may have been having about the software. Please don't hesitate to comment below if you want me to answer any more!
What's next, you may be asking...
Well, the team are heading to Munich to run a similar week over there starting today. They have left Peter and I behind to continue to help all the clients with the software over the next 30 days whilst they trial it within their offices.
You can also follow the progress on twitter and add your own experiences using #BIM360
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