3D Coordination, Explained ( Revit + Navisworks )

3D Coordination (also known as MEP Coordination or Clash Detection) is one of those things that is vital to the success of a BIM project, but overlooked by many. Lately, I have been involved in many 3D coordination reviews during both construction and design. The value is immense. 3D Coordination, Explained (Revit + Navisworks ).

I thought it would be worthwhile to break down the process for those unfamiliar and teach some of the tools to accomplishing a "coordinated" model. That includes understanding a bit about Navisworks and Revit and how they interact with one another.

For my architect friends out there, this is something I believe we ALL should be doing throughout our design process and I hope you will join me to understand it better, as questions, and move this industry in the right direction... ;)

Topics we may cover:
- The 3D coordination process (a diagrammatic overview).
- The Revit to Navisworks Workflow
- Designers Guide to Navis (what you actually need to know).
- And more...?

Links Mentioned:

TimeStamps
0:00 - Intro
0:18 - BIM BOX
7:08 - 3D Coordination Process Explanation with diagram
12:48 - How can design teams help to improve the process
22:37 - Does Design Build matter?
28:51 - Design Team's Responsibility
31:50 - 3D Modeling of Consultants Designs
32:52 - Coordination Reviews During Design
33:31 - BIM 360 Coordinate
37:38 - Exporting from Revit to Navis works
40:29 - Main Coordination Tools in Navisworks
42:26 - Sectioning Tools
44:24 - Find Items Tool
50:48 - Sets Tool
53:02 - Running Clash Detective Tool in Navisworks
1:05:20 - Clash fixes in Revit and Navisworks
1:07:06 - How to Communicate Issues with Team Members
1:07:54 - BIM Track (Clash test Plugin)
1:08:32 - Report Export Function
1:12:46 - Communicating Clashes with External Parties
1:13:07 - Clash Grouping
1:13:37 - Ending Words
1:15:37 - Outro

Here are some links to all of the hardware and software I use:

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Thanks for watching " 3D Coordination, Explained (Revit + Navis) "

[leben]

The subject is extremely important and you showed it pretty well. I've learnt a major stuff today. Excellent video.

[billk]

There is a quicker way to set up Search Sets by Category. In the Selection Tree, switch from Standard to Properties view. Then, locate Category and expand to Name. Select the Category Name and save as a Search Set. This way it sets up your Find Items automatically. Also, you can use Shift and CTRL select to add multiple properties to your Search Set or manually create an And condition in Find Items.

[eastudio-K]

Nice, I currently pay autodesk for the full package thinking I will use navisworks for example, but after two years of subscription I am only using revit recap and unfortunately I still need autocad to open files only!

Alvaro Siza! One of my favorite architects to all the people from Portugal out there

[NuvemAnjo]

Thanks Jeff, Keep sharing your knowledge!!

[morpety]

Great Job. Hope UK Service Consultants are watching and implement design stage co-ordination as Jeff suggests which would save us Contractors loads of pain trying to co-ordinate your models.

[williamwilkins]

Search sets in Navisworks is the way to group specific unique selections or searches for clashing.

[arunrajrajagopal]

Thank you so much telling the workflows.

[Sclafani_art_studio]

Thats a beautiful coordination diagram

[conordally]

Really great content. That modelling cycle you described is oh so familiar for me, so often the problems we are identifying in shop drawings for MEP are clashes which should really have been picked up by the person modelling the original design services. Feels good to hear someone else venting over it

[MusesStudio]

for sharing clash detection to another consultant, i will use “reports”. but that reports should include Elements ID. Then the consultant can use “searching id tool” to locate where the clash detection is easily in Revit model. Also you can create new 3D view in revit for clash detection. then using dynamo to highlight (or assign) the clashed elements in color by clash detection Elements ID.

[arunrajrajagopal]

51:30 thank you so much for this pro tip

[maddog-ttv]

you said you work for Turner Construction. I have done a few jobs with them. very good company

[memyadventures]

Hello. I love this video. Can you make a video for the railing you just made in this project. I want to learn it techniques in revit.

[JeronimoStilton]

My god that diagram is beautiful. Is that part of the revit toolkit or something you manually made from a sketch level?

[msawarda]

i need your help > can add Elbow angle in navisworks quantification ?

[gusguzmanjr.]

Are there AS-BUILT info as you go (not as-builts but changes that need to be tracked). Im sure ppl cut corners. It seem like designs may say something by MEP my change in the field effecting others. What do you recomment.

[banxt]

Hey thanks for the video, really helpful! Can we find somewhere the pdf you show on 7:52 ?

[kalilosr]

Very interesting video, can you share the file again ? because the one in the blog is no longer available, thanks

[bimspecialist]

Yeah this is undoiable in my country where mepfp draw in 2D cad program and structural enginer use cad for drawing after using etabs or sap2000 for calculation, civil is the same. ;/

[borisdjokaboris]

Thanks Jeff, Hope we'll have a Civil engineer and structural engineer one day in your Show....