Quick Start Guide BCF Manager Revit

This Quick Start Guide describes the basic online workflow of the BCF Manager for Revit. It will get you up and running in no time.

If you have not yet installed it, download and install the BCF Manager for Revit here.

Online workflow BCF Manager

1. Start Revit
   
2. Load the model(s) for which you want to create or review issues in Revit
   
3. Choose the BIMcollab tab in the ribbon
   
4. Click on the BCF Manager icon to open the BIMcollab BCF Manager pop-up window
   
   
   If you are a first time user, you first need to login with your BIMcollab ID.
   
   
5. Create a View Template in Revit, to determine the view settings when zooming to issues from the BCF Manager
   
6. Connect to a project on BIMcollab Nexus from the BCF Manager
   
   
   
   
7. If there are already issues present in the project you connect to, they will be displayed in the issue list
   
   
   
   
8. Check the settings of the BCF manager to align with your IFC export coordination settings
   For more details reference Use models from Revit for model coordination.
   
   
   
   
   
9. Create new issues manually
   
   
   
   
10. Select issues in the issue list and see its details
    
11. When an issue is selected, you can quick edit it, or add a new comment to it
    
    
    
    
12. Double click the issue to zoom to its viewpoint in the model in Revit
    
13. When you have made all the necessary changes, synchronize the project to BIMcollab Nexus, to share the issues with your team members
    

To know how to use the BCF manager without connecting to a project in BIMcollab Nexus, consult the article about the offline workflow with the BCF Manager.

The BCF Manager window

1. New offline project
   
2. Import and save a BCF file
   
3. Connect to a project on BIMcollab Nexus
   
4. Synchronize the project
   
5. Open the IDS specification panel (appears after connecting to a private BIMcollab Nexus space)
   
6. Display settings issues list
7. Search
   
8. Edit, create or delete an issue
9. BCF manager options: Settings, Info, Help
   
10. Name of the project you are connected to
    
11. Active filter and Filter issues
12. Issue list
    
13. Create a section box around selected elements
14. Zoom-to options
    
15. Viewpoint information
16. Show snapshot of the selected issue larger
17. When an issue is selected: Description of the issue
    
18. Snapshot of the selected issue
19. Quick edit of the selected issue
    
20. Add a comment
21. View comments of the selected issue
22. View details of the selected issue
    
23. Comments or details of the selected issue

When a comment is selected instead of an issue, on the bottom half of the window, you get a few more icons for editing and viewing comments:

1. Add viewpoint to the selected comment
2. Edit snapshot of the selected comment
3. Delete viewpoint of the selected comment
   
4. Edit the text of the selected comment here
5. Snapshot of the selected comment

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