This new release offers a more insightful look into model health with the introduction of Project Central. This release also introduces Project Configurations, which will allow administrators to create sets of settings and protections, previously found in Company Settings, which can be maintained and applied across different projects. Major updates to the project settings and registration rules allow further customization on the user experience for different types of files.
Project Central is a live dashboard within Revit providing real-time activity and health data of each model. It shows recent user activity, Revit warnings, time to sync and file size over time, as well as actionable items that may require the attention of a Project Administrator (such as critical User Commands and Revit Warnings).
There are different section that provide useful information to Project Administrators.
Project Configurations allow for the creation of Project Configuration 'templates' to accommodate Guardian's use on different project types or disciplines. The introduction of Project Configurations adds additional depth to how settings are applied to Projects. Most company Settings have now been moved to Project Configurations and are now controlled within templates. These different configurations of settings can be applied across different projects and still be maintained globally. Project Registration, the company profile settings, Backstage, and administrator settings will still be set in Company Settings along with a few protections that are more tied to general settings such as opening new or central files.
Changes have been made to the Project Registration Rules to allow for further customization in the files that become registered and which settings are applied. Multiple rules can be created for different type of projects and scenarios. For each rule, there are a number of conditions that can be used to meet any needs, these include filename, file location, if it is a cloud model, project units, project information parameters, Revit version, user domain name, username, and user role. These conditions can be combined in AND and OR sets. Within the rules, the default project configuration, mapping configuration, workset set, and applied administrators can be assigned. An option is also included to make the rule register files automatically or to just apply the selected configurations when a file that matches the rule is registered manually.
When registering manually, administrators will be prompted to input the desired Project Configuration, Mapping Configuration, Workset Set, and applied administrators.
The Protected Pins has been modified to allow for more customization on the protection for each pinned element. The default protection mode for pinned elements can be set in the Project Configurations but can also be modified for each element upon pinning. Within the Protected Pins dialog, the protection mode and message can be edited for each element. If a protected element in unpinned by an end-user, then the protection will still be tied to that element. The protection can be reset by either re-pinning the element (by either and end-user or administrator) or by selecting the Pinned checkbox for that element in the Protected Pins dialog.
This new feature will help to prevent end-users from opening/accessing files from non-approved locations. Administrators will be able to create specific rules to specify approved locations. These rules can be used to specify a specific approve location or to prohibit the use of other locations (such as the Desktop or Downloads folder).
Advancements have been made to the Copy/Array Protection so that specific categories can be selected for the protection to be applied. For each selected category, the specified protection mode will be applied when end-users attempt to copy or array those elements.
Line Styles, System Family Types, and View Filters are new additions to the properties that are supported with Guardian Sync. Each of these properties can be uploaded to the cloud to be downloaded by end-users as needed.
There are several new protections and User Commands that are included in this release. Some of these new protections/commands are more general and can be found in Company Settings while the others are located in Project Configurations.
In Custom Interactions, there are the following new protections:
In User Commands, there are the following new monitored commands:
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