Autodesk 65319-031456-2502 User Manual

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Get connected and deliver your projects faster and  
more economically.
Autodesk Buzzsaw is a leading solution for 
architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) 
firms and owner-operators who are interested in 
improving their project document, data, and  
design management. 
Efficiently Control Documents 
Create a single repository for all your project-
related documents, contracts, and information. 
Team members can manage, share, find, view, and 
update the latest project documents. File locking 
keeps documents more secure and helps project 
teams minimize unintended mistakes. Access to 
documents is controlled, so only one person can 
edit a document at any given time.
Version control capabilities help you preserve a 
record of all document versions, as well as track 
and manage multiple versions. Activity tracking and 
audit trail features give you greater visibility into 
the activies that occur on your Autodesk Buzzsaw 
site, including who accessed, edited, uploaded, and 
downloaded any document and when they did it. 
Keep Designs Coordinated 
Keep your model-based designs in one virtual 
location. Project members can more quickly view 
and mark up the latest drawings and models without 
the original design creation software, so everyone in 
the review chain can stay on top of design reviews 
and edits and comment on drawings directly in the 
Autodesk Buzzsaw environment. 
Autodesk Buzzsaw integrates with your design 
team workflows by enabling project team members 
to save design models and files directly from their 
Autodesk
®
 design applications. With the ability to 
automatically synchronize local files with Autodesk 
Buzzsaw, your project team members can be more 
confident that they are working with the latest 
project documents and designs.
Notifications help inform project team members of 
updates and changes. Notify project team members 
whenever you upload a drawing or make changes to 
a design. Better maintain the integrity of drawings 
and communicate your intentions with layer and 
Xref Management. When you upload DWG files  
to Autodesk Buzzsaw, you decide which xrefs  
to include.
Seamlessly Manage Project Information 
Better manage  your project communication and 
data distribution processes by using Autodesk 
Buzzsaw to manage and disseminate project 
information. On-demand information helps limit 
the miscommunications and delays associated with 
working across locations and companies or using 
paper-based distribution. When drawings or models 
are uploaded or changed, automatic notifications 
decrease ad-hoc information sharing and help 
your project team members get access to the 
latest information. 
During the project lifecycle, Autodesk Buzzsaw can 
be an ideal hub for storing and sharing documents 
from design through construction and operations. 
To minimize information bottlenecks in the field, 
contractors can log onto one central system to  
find and view design and construction drawings  
and other project documents at any time from  
any place. To efficiently manage and maintain 
as-built information, owner operators can store 
and share facility information like equipment 
specifications, warranties, and manuals—making 
them accessible to the people who need to keep 
them up and running.
Guide the flow of information.
We have quite a large 
Buzzsaw site. We’re 
using it on several major 
international projects, 
where we have to 
contend with multiple 
time zones, geographic 
separation of design 
teams, and vast amounts 
of data being manipulated 
and edited daily. Buzzsaw 
has virtually eliminated 
the need for us to ship 
CDs and DVDs. Not  
only is it much faster,  
but it’s also helped us  
cut communications  
costs tenfold. 
 
— Bill Moore 
Stantec’s Practice  
Technology Coordinator