Get Started

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MICHAEL KILKELLY: Welcome to Get Started with the People Flow

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Toolkit.

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Here we are in the space planning for new health

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guidelines learning path.

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And this is the first lesson in our workflow.

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You may be asking yourself, what exactly

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is the People Flow Toolkit?

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Well, it's a Technology Preview that's

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available for Revit

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Technology Previews provide access

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to new features that will be standard

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in future versions of Revit.

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These features have been thoroughly tested

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and are ready to be used in production.

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The people flow toolkit extends the functionality

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of Revit's path of Travel tool.

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And it allows you to more easily create and visualize

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paths of travel through your building.

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In particular, the toolkit emphasizes physical distancing,

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which is very relevant these days with COVID-19.

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If you don't have it already, you

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can download the People Flow Toolkit

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from your Autodesk account.

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Or using the Autodesk Desktop app,

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you should see it in the updates section.

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The toolkit installs as a Revit add-in.

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And you can find it in the Analyze ribbon

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right next to the Path of Travel tools.

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So, what's included in the People Flow Toolkit?

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Well, there are four tools.

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The Multiple Paths tool generates multiple paths

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from a start point to an end point.

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While the Path of Travel tool only creates a single path,

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you can use the Multiple Paths tools

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to see all the available paths to a point.

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What's more-- you can specify the required distance

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between the paths.

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Now, one thing to know is that the Path of Travel and Multiple

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Paths tool only work in 2D.

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So you can't create paths that move upstairs to another level,

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for example.

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The next tool is the One-way indicator,

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which lets you specify the direction of movement

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through doors and along corridors.

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This tool lets you get very specific

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about the flow of movement through your project

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and allows you to test out scenarios

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to see which directions in which paths are optimum.

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People Content let's you place people inside your model,

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that each Person you place as a generic model with a distance

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radius around itself.

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The Path of Travel tools regard these people as obstacles

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and will route the path around them.

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This can be very helpful when you're working out

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social distancing scenarios and know

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you're likely to have people waiting or stationed

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at certain locations in your building.

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Lastly, the spatial grid tool is useful for spacing elements

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in your model to achieve social distance requirements.

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The tool inserts a square or hexagon grid

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into your room or space.

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In the grid is actually a filled region,

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so you can align or snap to it.

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And you can specify the grid dimensions

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to meet whatever social distancing requirements

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you have.

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OK, that's the basics of The people flow toolkit.

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Let's put the tools to use.

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In our scenario, we need to plan patient routes

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in a Medical Center building.

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And we need a safe path for patients

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to get from the main entrance to an exam room and then back out.

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We'll analyze moving paths looking at different exits

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as well as one-way and two-way corridor traffic.

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We'll also see what happens when we place people along the path.

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Sound good?

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OK, let's get started.