Resource Appearance Profiles (Video)

3D, (3D) Resources and Tasks

 

Assigning (3D) Resources to Tasks

Synchro Challenge

1. If you move the focus time on “Structural Piles” task, what do you see after Pile resources are assigned to the task?
2. How do I select the Assigned Resource from this “Structural piles” task? And how do I Isolate Select the Assigned (3D)Resources?
3. What controls the color of the Piles during the task?
4. Is it possible for me to add Growth simulation, how was left/right/front/back determined?

Understand Resource Appearance Profile

1. System Profiles/Action: Install, Maintain, Neutral, Remove, Temporary
2. Start, Active, End Appearance
3. Under Active Appearance: Color, Growth, Transparency, etc.
4. Important!
   When Resource(s) is/are assigned to Task(s),the selected Resource Appearance will be
   assigned to the Resources.

*Pay attention to position of Focus Time

 

Create Resource Appearance Profile for Pile caps and Assign

1. Navigator ribbon Resource → Appearance Profile
2. Right-click to add new Resource Appearance Profile “Foundation Works”
   • Action: Install
   • Active Appearance
     • Color: blue
     • Growth: left to right
   • Assign “Pile Caps” resources to the task
     Make sure “Foundation Works” R.A.P. is selected
     Drag “Pile Caps” resource and drop on the task

Check your work

1. 3D Resource column on the “Pile caps” task has turned to 1
    

2. Right-click on the “Pile caps” task, Select Assigned Resources
3. Right-click in 3D View → Filters → Isolate Selected then ESC to un-highlight
4. Step through the timeline on the target task to check if the desired Resource Appearance Profile has been applied

 

Synchro Challenge

1. If you move the focus time on “Pile Caps” task, what do you see after Pile caps is assigned?
2. How do I select the Assigned Resource from this task? And how do I Isolate Select the Assigned (3D)Resources?
3. Does the appearance match what you expect?
4. For Growth, how was left/right/front/back determined?
5. How to change the Appearance profile that was used for Structural Piles?

Create Resource Appearance Profile for Concrete slab and Assign

1. Navigator ribbon → Resource Appearance Profile
2. Right click to add new R.A.P. “Concrete slab”
   • Action: Install
   • Active Appearance
       Color: light green
       Growth: left to right
   • Assign Concrete resources to concrete tasks
   • Assign “Pile Caps” resources to the task
     Before you assign, make sure “Concrete Slab” R.A.P is selected
     Drag Concrete (3D)resource and drop on the target tasks

Summary

1. What is resource appearance profile?
2. What are the four system appearance profiles?
3. What are the four actions for appearance profiles?
4. Can you name a few construction activities that reflects those four actions?
5. In active appearance, what can you adjust in general?
6. How to assign appearance profile to Resource?
7. What is the correct workflow to assign resource(s) to task?
8. What is the Resource – Task relationship?
   1. One to many
   2. Many to many
   3. Many to one
9. How do we unassign Resource(s) from Task?