Automate ACC Object Type Libraries with APS: Cut Manual Setup Time

Autodesk Developer · Intermediate ·🔧 Backend Engineering ·3mo ago

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Is managing 10,000+ BIM attributes weighing down your models and your team? Handling complex data requests—like implementing an Object Type Library (OTL) with 1,000 classes and 10,000 attributes—can be incredibly time-consuming and lead to massive, sluggish models. In this session, we show you how to transform your data strategy by moving from manual entry to automated data awareness. Discover how we used Autodesk Platform Services (APS) and Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC) to build a structured, cloud-based database that keeps models light while ensuring data remains compliant and accessible. We walk through how model data automatically populates this database, how to visualize and maintain it through the Large Model Viewer, and how we clustered objects into logical installations for better project engineering. Key Benefits & Outcomes: 🚀 Massive Time Savings: Automate database population using existing model data. 🔗 Lightweight Models: Keep performance high by hosting complex attributes in a separate, linked cloud database. 🛠️ User-Friendly Data Entry: Empower project engineers to fill and maintain data in an easy-to-use interface. 📊 Enhanced Visibility: Use APS to show, adjust, and maintain data in a familiar centralized environment. What we cover: ✅ Leveraging standardized model data for structured databases. ✅ Using the Large Model Viewer to visualize installations and clusters. ✅ Future insights: AEC Data Model, AI integration, and the road ahead. 1131 From Data request to data awareness & success: Efficient, Competitive, and Compliant Workflows to Win More Projects. ▬▬▬▬▬▬ 🔗 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ▬▬▬▬▬▬ Try Autodesk Platform Services today: https://autode.sk/try-aps Have questions? Reach out to us at https://autode.sk/get-aps-help Sign up for an APS accelerator in your region: https://autode.sk/aps-accelerators Autodesk Platform Services LinkedIn page https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/autodeskplatformservices/ Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and

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Is managing 10,000+ BIM attributes weighing down your models and your team? Handling complex data requests—like implementing an Object Type Library (OTL) with 1,000 classes and 10,000 attributes—can be incredibly time-consuming and lead to massive, sluggish models. In this session, we show you how to transform your data strategy by moving from manual entry to automated data awareness. Discover how we used Autodesk Platform Services (APS) and Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC) to build a structured, cloud-based database that keeps models light while ensuring data remains compliant and accessible. We walk through how model data automatically populates this database, how to visualize and maintain it through the Large Model Viewer, and how we clustered objects into logical installations for better project engineering. Key Benefits & Outcomes: 🚀 Massive Time Savings: Automate database population using existing model data. 🔗 Lightweight Models: Keep performance high by hosting complex attributes in a separate, linked cloud database. 🛠️ User-Friendly Data Entry: Empower project engineers to fill and maintain data in an easy-to-use interface. 📊 Enhanced Visibility: Use APS to show, adjust, and maintain data in a familiar centralized environment. What we cover: ✅ Leveraging standardized model data for structured databases. ✅ Using the Large Model Viewer to visualize installations and clusters. ✅ Future insights: AEC Data Model, AI integration, and the road ahead. 1131 From Data request to data awareness & success: Efficient, Competitive, and Compliant Workflows to Win More Projects. ▬▬▬▬▬▬ 🔗 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ▬▬▬▬▬▬ Try Autodesk Platform Services today: https://autode.sk/try-aps Have questions? Reach out to us at https://autode.sk/get-aps-help Sign up for an APS accelerator in your region: https://autode.sk/aps-accelerators Autodesk Platform Services LinkedIn page https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/autodeskplatformservices/ Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and
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