1. The A/E/C Work Structure The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Roger Fujan - FRog
Work Structure Committee Technical lead
USACE - Omaha District
CHANGE
MACC Conference
Kansas City
August 2017

2. In The Beginning… Reasons for the Work Structure
Simplify the old TS Workspace
Provide A/E/C Standard Content
NOT just for Bentley BIM
AEs and Contractors asked for help
09Q4, TS_WS were very complex. Multiple variables, complete take over of config. PW extremely difficult to setup.
Content was vague. Based on Bentley delivered BIM content.

3. In The Beginning… Items that had to be in place to get it done:
A/E/C CAD Standards v6.0
A/E/C Graphic Standards v2.0
A project folder structure
A list of software that it would work with
People willing to work on it

4. In The Beginning…
2014

5. In The Beginning…

6. In The Beginning…
You CAN NOT automate “VARIES”!

7. In The Beginning…
The A/E/C Work Structure was initially released on 8/21/2015
09Q4, TS_WS were very complex. Multiple variables, complete take over of config. PW extremely difficult to setup.
Content was vague. Based on Bentley delivered BIM content.

8. Then there was two… Then there was three…
Quick bug fix
Then there was three…
Better DWG support
Corrected things that didn’t work
More bug fixes with cells

9. Last year… Update 4 Update 4B More bug fixes More improvements Woops…
DWG work mode
Annotation scale of hatch patterns
Update 4B
Woops…
4 6/3/2016 MS_RFDIR –debug back on, more metric mode, DWG mode: annotation tool, SSM, Rename of templates to describe units (Architectural, Decimal)
4B 6/10/2016 Printing problems with dscript

10. Last year… Update 5 AECOsim Building Designer PowerInRoads
Updated rules for (SS6)
PowerInRoads
Update XIN, FXL, and ITL files
Small changes to cells
AutoCAD
Metric line types
Templates based on units
ABD: went through all of the rules and reset them to the AEC Standards

11. And Now… Update 6 Metric dataset improvements ProjectWise improvements
InRoads Survey
Phase 1:
Consensus from Surveyors on ALPHA codes
Match that with the XIN
Printing improvements
Building Designer
Phase 2 after the next Survey Class in Omaha

12. What’s Next?… AEC_WS_001 Bentley V8i based Bentley CONNECT based
No new development
Don’t expect much, other than bug fixes
Bentley CONNECT based
Not likely due to the vast differences

13. What’s Next?… AEC_WS_001 AutoCAD based Revit
Depends on what might be needed
Don’t expect much, other than bug fixes
Revit
Don’t expect anything

14. What’s Next?… AEC_WS_002 - Starting over: Common Items:
Simplify the folder structure
User base and software are changing
Reorganization around OmniClass Table 23 structure
Even that doesn’t work well
It will have to be highly modified
Object Driven
Move away from discipline base
Using Templates
Revit Taxonomy

15. What’s Next?… AEC_WS_002 - Starting over: Common Items (cont.):
Changes are happening
We have to keep up
And do it quickly
How do we deal with legacy items?
Change from a historical ways of thinking
Update legacy files
Timeline
BETA – FY18 Q2
Pick a way, try it, and adjust as needed.

16. What’s Next?… AEC_WS_002 Bentley Items: Bentley CONNECT Workspace
Whole new configuration
Whole new delivery method
Complete rewrite of custom programs
Old MVBAs no longer work with CONNECT
Migrate from MVBA to Addins

17. What’s Next?… AEC_WS_002 Autodesk Items: AutoCAD and Civil3D
Deliver and develop content with the Work Structure
Revit integration
People are asking for it, why aren’t we doing it?
Include Revit Templates with changes to the WS?
???
Same Level = how much

18. What do you think?
Questions: