The Asite to Autodesk Construction Cloud connector enables seamless and secure exchange of documents bi-directionally to ensure project teams can collaborate with ease, saving time and improving information accuracy when working on large and complex projects.
Features
Self Service Configuration
Self Service interface for Customer Admins to setup the connector
Configure triggers to automate document exchange via Asite Visual Workflow (multiple projects/folders)
Configure webhooks to pull information from Autodesk Construction Cloud
Simple and Easy Document Exchange in real-time
Push and Pull documents from Asite and Autodesk Construction Cloud in real-time
Exchange document meta-data bi-directionally for accurate information presentation
The Differentiator
Two secure and trusted platforms with rock-solid audit trail
Real-time exchange and synchronization of document exchange along with meta-data
Bi-directional exchange of business-critical documents including revisions
Save time and improve efficiency of project teams working on complex construction projects
Prerequisites
An active Asite CDE subscription +
Subscription to Asite Autodesk Construction Cloud Connector +
Subscription to Autodesk Construction Cloud products
To subscribe, please contact our Sales team at sales@asite.com.
Accessing the Asite platform
Open a web browser and go to https://www.asite.com. Click on 'Log In' option at top right.
A login window appears. Keep the ‘Asite Cloud’ option selection as is. Enter the login details as required.
If required, click on ‘Forgot Password’ link and follow the instructions to reset password.
Upload a File
Once logged in, go to ‘Files’ tab.
Navigate to the required project folder (e.g. ACC Integration Demo) within the required project (for e.g. ACC-Asite Integration Demo).
Right click on the required folder (e.g ACC Integration Demo), select ‘New’ then click on ‘Add Files’.
A layered screen appears to select files for upload.
Click on ‘Select File’. The file explorer will appear.
Select the required file to be uploaded and click ‘Upload’.
Once the upload is successful, the uploaded file appears in the listing.
Edit Attributes of Uploaded File
From the files listing, right click on the file for which attributes are to be edited and select 'Edit', then select 'Attributes'.
Fill in required attribute details and click 'Assign Attributes' to apply those attributes to the selected file.
Create Integration
Once logged in, go to 'Admin' tab by clicking on 'More' in the menu if required.
Select 'Integrations'.
Now, click 'Create Integration' and define the required parameters for setting up the integation with 'Autodesk Cloud Construction'.
Once done, click 'Save' to apply the changes. The saved integration will appear in the integrations listing.
To edit the details later if required, click on the corresponding
icon which populates the edit screen for selected integration.
Setup Webhook
Once logged in, go to ‘Workflows’ tab.
From the left hand menu options, select 'System Tasks'.
Select the required project where the system task is to be setup.
From the right side, select 'Configure System Task'.
Follow the steps to create a system task for setting up webhook for files in a project. Here, enter system task details as:
Context - Document
Callback URL and other details as per the integration setup in your Autodesk Construction Cloud account.
Once done, click 'Create'.
Create Trigger
Once logged in, go to ‘Workflows’ tab.
From the left hand menu options, select 'Workflow Triggers'.
Select the required project where the system task is to be setup.
From the right side, select 'Create Trigger'.
Follow the steps to create a workflow trigger for files in a project. Here, enter trigger details as:
Context - Document
Event - Publish Documents
Task Mode - Post
Task - Select the name of system task created as per step 5 under Webhook Setup.
Once done, click 'Create'.
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