Setting Up Your BIM360 Site to Work with Manufacton

Overview

Revit and Autocad users make model object associations with Manufacton production and material items and can see real-time status of those items in Manufacton, as well as directly through the BIM software. However, there are many key stakeholders in a project who may not have the necessary BIM software installed on their computer to take advantage of this intuitive and powerful view. 

For those cases, users can access the BIM model through an online BIM viewer. Follow these steps when setting up the BIM viewer for the first time.

 

Requirements

Each user who would like to view the Manufacton status within the Large Model Viewer will also need access to Autodesk's BIM 360 Docs.

The model should be as complete as possible prior to uploading it to BIM 360 docs.  Any new model objects added to the model after it is uploaded will not be able to display status unless the model is uploaded into Bim 360 Docs again.

 

Setup

NOTE: You must be a BIM360 Admin to execute these instructions

Depending on where you want to view, you may need to set-up as many as three (3) integrations:

• One for the production web app (app.manufacton.com)
• One for the sandbox web app (sandbox.manufacton.com)
• One for the AutoCAD FABMEP plug-in

Manufacton Web App Forge ID (app.manufacton.com):

uFX6jka46GA1m1jArzSVI1WcJ9BjI0Jh

Manufacton Web App Forg ID (sandbox.manufacton.com):

X2U3mW6gs1p3EPT05vOZBG5rbF3ciAN2

Manufacton AutoCAD FABMEP Plugin Forge ID:

v1NBBTGi0ZS6yr4I4dxMLsZhi9uYXgeQ

1. Login to BIM360 and navigate to the Account Admin area
2. Once in Account Admin, click on the Settings tab
3. Then select he Custom Integrations sub-tab
4. Then click the blue Add Custom Integration button in the left pane.
5. In the first dialog, make sure both the BIM360 Account Administration and the Document Management options are checked.
   
   
   

   Note: If the Custom Integrations tab is missing from BIM 360 Account Admin,
         please follow this link for guidance on getting it activated by
         Autodesk:
           Custom Integrations (APPS) tab is missing from BIM 360 Account Admin

6. Select the I’m The Developer Option.
   
   
   
   
7. In the final dialog, check the box on the top right I have Saved the Account ID Information Safely, copy and paste the Manufacton Forge ID into the Forge Client ID text box and provide Manufacton Web App or Manufacton Plugin as the name for the integration depending on which one is being setup. Once complete, click the blue Save button. If you are using both the AutoCAD Plugin and the Web App, you will need to complete this process once for each tool using the unique Forge ID from both.

 

Next Steps

Once the BIM360 site is set-up, users and projects can be set-up to leverage it.  Please see - Setting Up a Project with a BIM Viewer Model