Keith Wilkinson

Some thoughts of things I think might help the @AutodeskRevit Family Types UX... 1. Edit parameter names directly in family types 2. Show which parameters are Shared in family types 3. Click and drag parameter order 4. Auto-complete parameter names when creating formulas 1/2

The costs involved in hiring a car in the Uk these days is bordering on criminal… utterly crazy. If you added on all the extras you’d be as well off just buying a car…

Looks like Frozone turned up at the Sean 'Diddy' Coobs trial...

@Real_David_McI @a_shilliday That project code is quite long and as it doesn't define the site, this ideally needs to be set elsewhere. The volume/functional breakdown code(s) could be developed to accommodate that though.

@Studio_Bim @a_shilliday The project code is the actual project code that we assign each project. We use letters followed by numbers; letters signify the council service sponsoring the project, numbers are sequential by financial year (so current projects are XXX25001, XXX25002, etc).

Its 2025 and project teams still don't sort naming conventions pre-tender...Multiple projects with everyone doing their own thing...

@Real_David_McI @a_shilliday How do you utilise your Project Code? Would that not be better suited to define the site, then the volume/spatial breakdown defines the building?

@Studio_Bim @a_shilliday Point noted 👍 On an individual project I can see the benefit, but we also use the project documents / data for ongoing asset management within the same CDE. Using different Volume codes for buildings on the same site might cause some confusion when we have circa 800+ sites 🤔

@Real_David_McI @a_shilliday We also like the flexibility should an additional building be required, external store, energy centre, etc, that a unique volume code can be assigned to that rather than having to incorporate it in the main model.

@Real_David_McI @a_shilliday This is very limiting for the team in terms of coordination of the project. As mentioned we would have both building and site models, we give both a volume code as the site will get used by landscape and by civils, while ARC, STR and MEP will use the building volume.

@Real_David_McI @a_shilliday 109 options for Type does feel excessive though, but serves to highlight the challenge with this field (and arguably the opposite problem with the newer 'Form' field).

@Real_David_McI @a_shilliday In my experience you need to allow some flexibility with volume codes. For instance, we would typically apply a code to each model/building, plus 1 for the site itself. There does need to be flexibility, if it's too rigid then I can understand why it doesn't get adopted.

@Real_David_McI @a_shilliday How prescriptive are you in terms of how the various fields are used, particularly 'functional breakdown' and 'Form'?

@Studio_Bim @a_shilliday We manage our ISO 19650 compliant naming convention ourselves - our contract documents stipulate use of the convention and our CDE for document transfer. We also provide a naming convention support document that outlines why we use it, what each part means, etc 👍

@a_shilliday From what I see, the biggest risk seems to be poor cost management at the project early stages and clients looking for cost certainty in a very volatile market...

@Studio_Bim Its not all projects, but is frequent that there seems to be just overall less & less done pre-tender & may be fee related. It all just adds risk to the project re-working everything to make it comply with Client brief & regulations within budget & programme....

@Real_David_McI @a_shilliday I would be interested to see what you provide to the appointed parties. We generally find that the client's IM provides assistance here (and often prepares the naming protocols) although we have seen some 'odd' interpretations of the ISO over the years...

@a_shilliday @Studio_Bim As a Local Authority we've been mandating the use of our naming convention on all our construction projects since 2018, via our contacts... yet so many appointed parties ignore the requirement and do their own thing! It's so frustrating, and so much hassle and wasted effort 😒

@a_shilliday There are still many clients who really don't understand anything about what the ISO is trying to achieve, or their role in it (with some notable exceptions). The latter part of your post is a concern though, but not sure that is related to the ISO... more likely fees... 😉

@Studio_Bim The whole point of the ISO was to get all to understand the client requirements early. It is strange though - We are seeing a real drop in lots of areas with projects coming in with no regs compliance reviews, no coordination, no fire eng reports, all being CDP….

@a_shilliday You know it’s not that easy, and we see first hand the scenario I described above even when naming has been agreed. Everyone wants the line of least resistance for them. You should maybe go back and work on the other side for a while… 😉

@Studio_Bim Hmm - if the designers asked the client up front then that would be sorted…

@msexcel I don't have copilot in Excel but I'm finding ChatGPT is great for working with PowerQuery and VBA... 😉

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@a_shilliday @for59j54 One of the best solutions I’ve seen for this has been the stuff Mo is doing at @morta_tech.

@for59j54 I have had to explain multiple times that an MIDP isnt just a collation of the designers document registers, with the 'P' for Plan being the critical part of it, covering stage gates & expected Suitability status release at each date in response to the EIRs....

Guys... seriously. Stop setting up #ISO19650 state folders like WIP/Shared/Published in your CDE. That’s literally what 'Status' is for! The status defines the state—it’s in the name! Having both folders and status codes for this is just .......

@for59j54 @a_shilliday I get annoyed every time a document controller tells a team that they need to re-input metadata because they use a ‘checking folder’ for all new uploads… thankfully though that seems to be f he appending less these days…

@for59j54 @a_shilliday The platforms are far from perfect sadly. As Neil mentioned earlier permissions is a factor. We definitely need to be thinking more carefully about these things though.

@MIT_CSAIL How far we've come...

62 years ago today: MIT PhD student Ivan Sutherland unveiled his “Sketchpad”, which pioneered the CAD technology used in today’s computers: ti.me/2rj5Q2f

@NFFC, what the hell... 😀👍