Autodesk is moving to a new platform called Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC), which is the latest version of BIM360. You may have noticed this difference yourself if you were added to a project recently and the look of the entire interface was different, the most obvious being the black stripe at the top rather than blue. There’s little information about how new projects are starting on the newer ACC platform especially. Even for those who are aware, this difference isn’t brought up in kickoff meetings, which means its not widely understood. That’s an issue when new things pop up and we’re uninformed.
See this link to an old forum post back in Feb 2022 where a user commented on the difference between the two. https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/bim-360-support/bim-360-vs-autodesk-construction-cloud/td-p/10956585
See this link for the official Autodesk Construction Cloud page. https://construction.autodesk.com/
TLDR
Be aware that the newer platform is Autodesk Construction Cloud (black) and projects created in this platform will not be visible in BIM360 (blue). Make sure to create bookmarks for all your projects so that they link you to the correct platform.
What’s the issue?
It is incredibly confusing which projects are created under the new Autodesk Construction Cloud, and will no longer show up in the old BIM360 platform (blue).
Let me explain. For privacy reasons, I have masked the names of accounts and projects.
In the image below, account “H” is visible in BIM360 (blue).
Though the same account is visible in Autodesk Construction Cloud (black).
However, see the next two images below the account “W” is visible in the Construction Cloud (black), but not in BIM360 (blue).
We would expect the “W” account to show up in BIM360 just like the “H” account. But that is not happening.
This inconsistency is coupled with email invite issues lately where users are not receiving the email invites to projects as they have before. Not only do spam filters need to be checked, users need to be removed and re-added to re-initiate the email invite.
Not to mention that the projects in Autodesk Construction Cloud are organized by project name, rather than account name, making it horrendous to find a project if you have more than 20 projects. It’s not quite making things better in my opinion, which has been the trend over the last decade. If anyone knows how to change this sorting, please comment.
What’s the Solution
Make sure to bookmark all your projects to ensure you are linking to the correct platform. I suggest naming your bookmarks based on your company’s project numbers and the project name.
If you aren’t getting email invites to projects, have your company IT check your spam filters again. Construction Cloud emails are sent from Autodesk Construction Cloud <acc.no-reply@autodesk.com>, where as BIM360 emails are sent from Autodesk BIM 360 <BIM360ent.no-reply@autodesk.com>. It would be best to whitelist all emails from “autodesk.com”.
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