BIMrx® Cloud Manager features a Browse projects utility providing access to Autodesk® BIM 360® projects, folders and document files. When first entering the Browse projects module or after changing Hubs the project list refreshes automatically (see below).

The list of projects can be filtered by entering text in the filter field. Each time a letter is entered, the filter is applied automatically. 

The filter performs a “contains” query against the project name to generate the filtered results. As shown below, it performs this search regardless of where the specified text is contained in the project name. It is also case-insensitive—ignoring whether the text located in the project name is capitalized, lower case, or a mix. 

Pressing the  Clear Button removes the filter and refreshes the list so all projects are selected.

BIMrx® Cloud Manager saves time for the user by maintaining the full project list internally once it has been retrieved from BIM 360. Every time a filter is applied or cleared, or the Browse module is accessed, the same project list is used. It is only refreshed automatically from BIM 360 when the connection or Hub has changed. 

However, what about seeing newly added projects to the existing Hub while using BIMrx® Cloud Manager? What about changes made to BIM 360 from outside of  BIMrx® Cloud Manager while it is in use?  This is addressed via the Force refresh of local cached project list from BIM 360 button.

When the button is pressed, BIMrx® Cloud Manager goes out to BIM 360, retrieves all projects for the current connected Hub, and replaces the local project list with it. Use it whenever you need to ensure that all recent changes made to BIM 360 projects from anywhere are reflected in the current list.

The Stop Button appears when BIMrx® Cloud Manager performs a potentially lengthy operation.

Pressing the Stop Button halts processing and allows full access to all folders and files retrieved, the same as if the process had completed normally.

According to the current setting of the "Multi-Select" toggle switch, folders and files and be selected (Off = Single Select) or multiple projects (Off = Multi-Select) can be selected.

To see the folder structure for a project, it is only necessary to click on it with Multi-Select set to Off—BIMrx® Cloud Manager automatically displays all folders for the selected project. According to the current setting of the “Show Files” toggle switch, it will display folders only or also include files and versions.

The following screen was set to “Show Files” Off when the project was selected, so it only shows the project folders.

The following screen shows the result of pressing the “Show Files” On toggle. The display is refreshed for the currently selected project and this time the project details—including files, file sizes and versions—are shown. 

Every time a project is selected, it applies the current setting of the “Show Details” toggle switch. For example, if a new project is now selected, it will display project files, since it is currently set to On. As shown above, changing the toggle with a project selected refreshes the display and applies the new setting. 

Projects can also be selected multiple basis. With “Multi-Select” set to On, each project selected appears on the right-hand project list.

For more information on selecting multiple projects, see Select Projects located under Assign Members to Projects.