Smart Jobsite for Revit

Installation

Installation

Installation

How to install Smart Jobsite For Revit?

To install the Smart Jobsite For revit Add-on you need to excecute the msi as explained bellow


Launch the Smart Jobsite For Revit.msi

Click on next

Select the installation path and click on next

Confirm the installation by clicking on Next. If a pop-up window asks for validation, click Yes.

The installation is complete you can click on Close

Smart Jobsite account : Login / Signup / Reset password

Smart Jobsite account : Login / Signup / Reset password

Create a Smart Jobsite account from the Revit Add-on

How to create a Smart Jobsite account from the Revit Add-on ?


Your Smart Jobsite account can be use to connect to the website, the mobile app and the Revit add-on.
If you already signup on the website or the mobile app you don't need to create a new account

You first have to install the Smart Jobsite For Revit Add-on. Then From revit you need to open a project.

You will have access to the "Smart Jobsite" tab.
Click on the "Login" button.

The following panel will open



To create an account click on "I don't have an account" the following panel will open



Enter your "First Name", "Last Name", "Email", "Password" and click on "Sign Up"

Smart Jobsite account : Login / Signup / Reset password

Log in to the Smart Jobsite For Revit Add-on

How to log in to the Smart Jobsite for Revit Add-on ?


Your Smart Jobsite account can be use to connect to the website, the mobile app and the Revit add-on.
If you already signup on the website or the mobile app you don't need to create a new account

You first have to install the Smart Jobsite For Revit Add-on. Then From revit you need to open a project.

You will have access to the "Smart Jobsite" tab.
Click on the "Login" button.

The following panel will open

To log in enter your email and password and click on "Log In"

Smart Jobsite account : Login / Signup / Reset password

Reset your Smart Jobsite password from the Revit Add-on

How to log in to the Smart Jobsite for Revit Add-on ?


Your Smart Jobsite account can be use to connect to the website, the mobile app and the Revit add-on.
If you already signup on the website or the mobile app you don't need to create a new account

You first have to install the Smart Jobsite For Revit Add-on. Then From revit you need to open a project.

You will have access to the "Smart Jobsite" tab.
Click on the "Login" button.

The following panel will open



To reset your password click on "Forgot you password" the following panel will open



Enter your "Email" and click on "Reset Password". An email will be send to you with a process to reset your password from the Smart Jobsite website.

General project setup : Best praticies

The goal of this chapter is to define the best praticies for the generals settings of your project

General project setup : Best praticies

Project location

Project location

Smart Jobsite uses gps coordinates to position the building, machines, areas, ...
That's why it is very important to define the location of your project before you start using Smart Jobsite.

Revit Location

Under the "Manage" tab you can click on "Location"

The following panel will open

You can position you jobsite using an adress or GPS coordinates.

Project base point and survey point

Revit give you the opportunity to setup two points to position your project. You can edit theses points with Smart Jobsite. To do this click on the Smart Jobsite Tab

You will have acces to the Schedule Panel

You can "right click" on you project name and click on "Edit project"

You will acces to the project settings. Under Location you can enable the project base point and Survey point so you can seethem on the 3D view.
You can also change the coordinates

Warning
SmartJobsite will use the project base point as default location for the cranes. If your points are too far away from your building when you will instantiate a crane, you won't be able to see it.

General project setup : Best praticies

Setup the working hours

How to setup the jobsite working hours?

Smart Jobsite does not create tasks using a schedule. We create a sequence of tasks and the dates of each task are calculated according to different parameters such as the working hours of the construction site, the weather or delivery conditions etc... That's why it's important to clearly define the working hours of the construction site.

You can edit the working hours by clicking on the Smart Jobsite Tab

You will have acces to the Schedule Panel

You can "right click" on you project name and click on "Edit project"

You will acces to the project settings. Under "Working Hours" you can setup the working days andhours for your jobsite.

General project setup : Best praticies

Setup layout and user interface

How to manage Smart Jobsite For Revit UI?

The Smart Jobsite For Revit Add-on add a new tab on you Revit interface

When you click on a button a panel will open. You can drag and drop the panel to locate it where you want. We advise you to pin the Smart Jobsite Panel on the left, on the Project browser Panel as follow

Layout and scheduling

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

Layout and scheduling

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

Layout and scheduling

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

Layout and scheduling

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

Layout and scheduling

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

Layout and scheduling

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

Visualizing

Visualizing

Lifting capacity

How to use the lifting capacity feature

The lifting capacity will use the load chart data to calculate the crane capacity for each tasks. On the 3D you will see different color level to help you to visualize the crane capacity.

Smart Jobsite need the tasks weight to do the calculation. The weight is automatically calculated when you setup material for the elements. You can also change the weight by editing the elements on the schedule panel

Under the Smart Jobsite tab you can click on the Lifting capacity to enable to feature

Time lapse

Time lapse

Time Lapse

How to use 4D with Smart Jobsite For Revit

Under the Smart Jobsite tab you have 6 button to manage the 4D

You can play or move step by step to see the time lapse of you jobsite

Project settings

Project settings

Team

How to mange user right on a jobsite

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

You will have acces to the following panel with the users list

You can click on add user to invite a user to the jobsite

The invitated user will receive an email to notify him. If the user doesn't have a Smart Jobsite account, an account will be created and the user will receive the login information by email.

User Data Base

User Data Base

User database

How to manage the user database

The user database contains all the user informations like load charts, rigging type, ...

Under the Smart Jobsite tab you can click on the User DB button

You will have acces to the following panel

Under crane you can create/edit/delete load charts and crane engines properties.

Under rigging you can create/edit/delete rigging types