Locations - best practice

As a project administrator, you can manage the building structure in Dalux using the Locations module.

Buildings under the Locations module should represent the physical location as accurately as possible and must include a building, level, and drawing.
The discipline and subdiscipline are optional, but are used to further organize the drawings to help the end user on site.

Locations module

When users create registrations on site, they can use the structure under the Locations module to locate the registration using the desktop and mobile applications:

Mobile users will also use the same structure when creating registrations.

Locations administration

The project administrator must create a building before models and drawings can be added.

User groups with the permission to edit locations and buildings can add models and drawings to a building.

Read more about user group permissions here:

How to set up User groups

Read this article to learn how to upload BIM models and drawings manually:

Upload IFC model files and 2D drawings

Read this article to learn how to upload BIM models and drawings via the plugin: 

Use the Revit plugin to upload and update 3D models and drawings

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If you want to learn more about how to set up Dalux according to best practices, read these articles:

User groups - best practice

Work packages and workflows - best practice

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Dalux Academy

The Dalux Academy is a free learning portal using learning paths and courses to show the best practice setup and use of Dalux.

If you want to learn more about best practices for setting up Locations, you can enroll in this course: Dalux Field administrator - Dalux Academy.

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