Layout and scheduling

Machine

How to manage machines with Smart Jobsite For Revit?

On the Smart Jobsite Tab click on the "Machine" drop down

You can choose between 4 types of machines, Flat crane, Luffing crane, mobile crane and Crawler crane

If you click on a crane type you will acces the following panel

Under configuration you can manage :

The configurations changes will be visible on the 3D view

Under Location you can change the location of you crane using GPS coordinates. You will see the changes on the 3D view

Under Capacity you can manage your load chart. If you click on the "Load Chart" button you will have acces to the load chart have the crane you choose on the configuration part (Brand and model ).

Thanks to this you can enter the right value on the load chart table

You can change the calculation method.
If you choose Linear we will consider that the weight is linear between two points
If you choose step we will consider that the capacity change every step you defined on the table

The load chart data will be used to calculate the lifting capacity

Under Installation date you can manage the installation date of you crane

The dates you setup will be use to define the schedule



You can add as many cranes as you want and try different jobsite configuration

Task

How to create a task with Smart Jobsite For Revit

Under the Smart Jobsite tab you can click on the task button to create a task

You will have acces to the following panel

You first need to select a machine

Then you can setup the parameters

You can change the task name by click on the name

Under Process :

you can choose between different process types :

If you choose Cast in place you will have more settings :

Under Rigging you can choose the rigging type. Rigging types can be created on the user database section

Once the task is fully setup you can click on to validate it. The created task will be on you schedule

You can edit or delete the task by right click on it

Task wizard

How to use the task wizard with Smart Jobsite For Revit

The task wizard can be used to create multiple tasks at the same time. You will have acces to several filters like level or family. The best pratices are to use the filter to create task as the building will be build

Under the Smart Jobsite tab you can click on the "Task Wizard" button

You will have acces to the following panel

Under selection :

You will see the list of the selected elements. The task wizard will create a task by selected element.

You can right click on the selection to remove elements

Under task settings :

You can manage the settings of the tasks you will create. For more informations about the settings you can go to the Task documentation (click here to go to the documentation).

Under rigging :

You can manage the rigging type of the tasks you will create. For more informations about the rigging type you can go to the Task documentation (click here to go to the documentation).

Under Advanced :

You will be able to use several filter

One everything is setup you can validate by clicking on

You will see the created tasks on your schedule

Area

How to create areas with Smart Jobsite For Revit

Areas such as Delivery, Storage or Pickup can be created and manage thanks to Smart Jobsite. When you create task you can define the areas for the beginning and the end of the task. Smart Jobsite will then calculate the task time.

To create an are Smart Jobsite will use a floor. Once a floor is defined as an area for Smart Jobsite it will not take into account anymore as an element to lift

To create a floor you can use the Revit tools under Architecture/floor

you can draw your floor and validate

Then under the Smart Jobsite tab you can click on the Area button to create an Area

You will have acces to the following panel

Then you can validate with

You wil see the created area on your schedule

You can change the name of the area by clicking on it

Or right click on it to edit /delete the area

Export

How to export a lifting plan with Smart Jobsite For Revit

Under the Smart Jobsite tab you can click on the export button

You will have acces to the following panel

Schedule

How to use the Schedule on smart Jobsite For Revit

The schecule will allow you to manage you lifting plan. You can manage everything from this treeview : project, cranes,area, tasks, elemets. to edit something you can right click on it

On the schedule you can expand cranes to see tasks and tasks to see elements

The schecule date will be automatically calculated with the data you setup such has crane installation date, load chart, cranes engines properties, ...

On the schedule you can see if some tasks areover capacity or not reachable

You can use drag and drop to manage you lifting plan

You can see the buildingprogress by clicking on a task