Help CenterAfter installing Naviate Bimfire, it's time to create a specialist project, note: Do not open the architect model and start trying designing there.
Customers often try to set up different settings within Naviate Bimfire, when it doesn't work for them. Some settings are blank and other features don't want to work.
Follow the steps below to get started.
When using Naviate Bimfire, the tool relies on certain components to work as expected. These components are preloaded in the included Revit templates for each region.
Either use the included template or move these components into the preferred template. In the Revit template, there are also some smart view templates. These should be used with different workflows when working with Naviate Bimfire, such as finding unconnected objects, colouring the changed objects (when the underlying models have been updated) or highlighting comments on a drawing.
- Start a project, choose any template in the drop-down menu.
- In Naviate Bimfire Tab, go to New Project
- Select which Revit Template to use and choose where the project should be saved.
This will download the latest template from the cloud, which is continually updated for all regions, adding/improving the templates based on feedback from Naviate Bimfires customers.
Wall Settings:
Wall settings have 6 drop-downs that check if the project contains families that are Fire Protection or Audio Visual Devices, and are line-based families. Only those will be shown in the drop-down.
Opening Settings:
Opening settings will check if two families are in the projects, DoorRequirement and WindowRequirement. The tool will write the values defined in the setting on one of these parameters.
Doors:
First check for FireReq_FireRatingDoor, if that doesn't exist, it will check for AcousticReq_AcousticRatingDoor and write the value on that text parameter.
Windows:
First check for FireReq_FireRatingWindow, if that doesn't exist, it will check for AcousticReq_AcousticRatingWindow and write the value on that text parameter.
From this point the rest is quite straightforward, to know more contact Symetri to book a class.