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Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro

Score8.6 out of 10

61 Reviews and Ratings

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What is Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro?

Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro (formerly BIM360) is a construction software for project managers, site managers, and Building Information Modelling (BIM) managers. It is designed to connect the office and site components of construction, providing cloud-based access to plans and models.

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Key Features

Learn about the best (and worst!) features Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro has to offer, as determined by TrustRadius' reviewers.
Based on 61 ratings of Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro's features
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Top Performing Features

  • Plan markups & sharing

    Users can annotate plans from the field and easily share plans/markups with other project stakeholders.

    Category average: 8.2

  • Document sharing

    Users can share/attach other documents related to construction projects, such as specifications, contracts, drawings, etc.

    Category average: 8.3

  • Plan distribution & viewing

    Users can compare different versions of plans, and view live updates/revisions to plans (usually from a mobile device in the field).

    Category average: 8.4

Areas for Improvement

  • Mobile app

    Users can easily access the system from the field on mobile devices such as phones and tablets.

    Category average: 7.4

  • Bid creation

    Allows users to use bid packages or templates to quickly and efficiently create bids based off of cost estimates.

    Category average: 7.7

  • Cost calculator

    Application that calculates cost of estimated quantities and materials, typically within spreadsheets.

    Category average: 7.8

Reviews

What users are saying about Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro.
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Happy with Autodesk BIM

Incentivized
radu stancescu
IT in Information Technology at Mitek (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

This cloud based design collaboration and design management software allows us to organize multiple project data and connecting a lot of departments in order to hit the dead lines faster. Also project visibility and accessibility improves working with project templates, shared design packages and managing data exchange on multidiscipline and various projects.

Pros

  • It stores and manages all our project data in one location
  • It manages architectural engineering and building design with project-based workflows
  • It tracks most of the issues to improve planning

Cons

  • Nothing major to improve
  • It's sometimes slow connecting to the cloud
  • Some users complain that cannot easily find some commands

Return on Investment

  • Saves a lot of time
  • Store and manage all project data in one location

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Autodesk Vault

Other Software Used

Autodesk Vault, AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk CFD, Autodesk Fusion

What's inside BIM C PRO.

Incentivized
Osman ShaikhView profile
Design Engineer in Engineering at Indovance (501-1000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

For the last eight months, I have been working on BIM, and BIM Collaborate Pro is one we use to collaborate on our projects. Our team works on several projects simultaneously, and our clients work on the same with ease. It helps our clients have daily updates on projects as they use BIM C pro, where they can use our projects and compare them with their projects simultaneously.

Pros

  • It helps to collaborate on different components of projects that work according to different specifications in one place.
  • With this the client can have all date at once where they can review all things.
  • The place where an architect and other Engineers coordinate to get a full-fledged model.

Cons

  • Well, while collaborating on the architecture and structural model, we need some place commands to make changes in the model rather than asking permission from the modeler.
  • In BIM, we mainly collaborate for multiple softwares. Hope it can have interchanging options between two different softwares.

Return on Investment

  • Well, I would say it's helpful for me to exchange different models with different specifications.
  • Number of people can work and also characterized models based on its modelling.
  • Even if a number of people are working, none of the models get disturbed, which is one of the most important points of BIM.

Other Software Used

Revit, AutoCAD, Autodesk Civil 3D, SketchUp, Autodesk 3ds Max

Practical Construction Management Tool, Average Document Review Capabilities for Consultants

Incentivized
Laura SamoisetteView profile
High Performance Division Project Manager in Professional Services at Resilient Buildings Group, Inc. (11-50 employees employees)

Pros

  • New update shows project location and weather similar to a phone widget
  • Loads relatively fast compared to other document storage options
  • Easy to navigate and simplistic platform is perfect for its purpose

Cons

  • Small functionality issues like using the search bar and exiting but needing to move the cursor over and click on search bar again for every search. Unsure why the screen moves after searching and this takes extra time when you are making multiple searches in a row.
  • Top toolbar shows logo very small and clicking on project doesn't lead to general project info- which I think would be helpful

Return on Investment

  • Autodesk is a good tool to use for document management- gets the job done and all in one place. In that sense it is effective for our purposes and is a positive platform for conducting our services
  • The search bar takes up additional time because of its small functionality problem and takes a while to search all documents. In that sense it does add some additional time compared to other platforms like Procore

Alternatives Considered

Procore and Newforma Project Center

Other Software Used

Procore, Google Drive, Outlook4Gmail

Bim360 Review from a Contractor

Incentivized
Hung Lam Vu NgoView profile
BIM Lead in Engineering at COFICO - Construction Joint Stock Company No. 1 (201-500 employees employees)

Pros

  • Well-integrated with BIM softwares from Autodesk, keeps the BIM workflow run well from design to construction on site
  • A lot of great features and functions as per each Bim360 software
  • Ability to customize for our own format on checklist, drawings, etc.

Cons

  • Need more link-able options between all softwares in Bim360
  • Need to improve performance with huge data models on mobile devices
  • Need the ability to share licenses between all softwares in Bim360

Return on Investment

  • We've consolidated the BIM process with a cloud CDE
  • Saves us time and money with communication among shareholders on the field
  • Has improved the BIM profile of the company, business development, and marketing

Alternatives Considered

Procore

Autodesk Bim 360......HONEST REVIEW

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering (10,001+ employees employees)

Pros

  • The feature of Clash control to ensure that all systems are coordinated appropriately is the best one.
  • The Live updates between design teams keep them up to date for quicker design and free up personnel from having to do file transfers.
  • It can store construction data/documents, 3D BIM architectural models, structures & temporary works.
  • This software allows Revit models to be stored and collaborated on in the cloud.

Cons

  • This software does not integrate with all other software well.
  • Its not User friendly and you have to invest time to understand it well.

Return on Investment

  • This software will help you to streamline costs and optimize your workflows between your project teams.
  • The document feature having all models and documents in one place is also helpful.
  • This software is very helpful to be able to view files remotely, even if the computer does not have the appropriate software installed.

Other Software Used

Revit, Navisworks, AutoCAD