9.2.C Using TaskIDs to Improve 4D Simulations

Workflow

Demo

Practice Exercise (Optional)

• 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.

Integrated Model - End.nwf

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