Quick Start Guide BCF Manager Revit

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 op the BIMcollab BCF Manager pop-up window



    If you are a first time user, you first need to  Activate your BCF Manager.

  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 Cloud from the BCF Manager (1)
  7. If there are already issues present in the project you connect to, they will be displayed in the issue list (2)
  8. Create new issues manually (3)
  9. Select issues in the issue list to see its details (4)
  10. When an issue is selected, you can edit it or add a comment to it (5)
  11. Double click the issue to zoom to its viewpoint in the model in Revit
  12. When you have made all the necessary changes, synchronize the project to BIMcollab Cloud, to share the issues with your team members (6)


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. Filter issues
  7. Search
  8. BCF options
  9. Name of project you are connected to
  10. Active filter
  11. Issue list
  12. Show snapshot of the selected issue
  13. Issue information
  14. Create a section box around selected elements
  15. Quick zoom
  16. Edit, create or delete an issue
  17. Snapshot of the selected issue
  18. Properties of the selected issue
  19. Comments of the selected issue
  20. Edit, create or delete a comment

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