Quick Start Guide BCF Manager Navisworks

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

The BCF Manager for Navisworks is available for Navisworks Manage and Simulate.

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

Online workflow BCF Manager

1. Start Navisworks
2. Load the model(s) for which you want to create or review issues in Navisworks
   
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  Activate your BCF Manager
   
   
5. Connect to a project on BIMcollab Cloud from the BCF Manager (1)
6. If there are already issues present in the project you connect to, they will be displayed in the issue list (2)
   
7. Create new issues manually (3), or import issues from clashes and saved viewpoints in Navisworks (4)
8. Select issues in the issue list to see its details (6).
   
9. When an issue is selected, you can quick edit it (6), or add a new comment to it (7)
   
10. Double click the issue to zoom to its viewpoint in the model in Navisworks
    
11. When you have made all the necessary changes, synchronize the project to BIMcollab Cloud, to share the issues with your team members (8)
    

To know how to use the BCF manager without connecting to a project in BIMcollab Cloud, 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 Cloud
   
4. Synchronize project
   
5. Display settings issues list
   
6. Search
   
7. Edit, create or delete an issue
8. BCF options
9. Name of the project you are connected to
   
10. Active filter and Filter issues
11. Issue list
    
12. Import Issues
    
1. From Clashes
   
2. From Saved viewpoints
13. Create a section box around selected elements
14. Add viewpoint to the comment (only visible when comment is selected)
15. Edit snapshot of the comment (only visible when comment is selected)
16. Delete viewpoint of the comment (only visible when comment is selected)
17. Zoom-to options
18. Viewpoint information
19. Show snapshot of the selected issue or comment
20. When an issue is selected: Description of the issue
    When a comment is selected: Edit the selected comment
21. Snapshot of the selected issue
22. Quick edit of the selected issue
    
23. Add a comment
24. View comments of the selected issue
    
25. View details of the selected issue
    
26. Comments or details of the selected issue

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