Manage Connected Construction Data Exchange
Trimble Business Center is the office software component of the Connected Construction Ecosystem, the next generation of connected civil engineering and construction products that also include WorksManager, Siteworks, and Earthworks. For the most current Connected Construction Ecosystem documentation, see the Connected Construction Community.
Within this software, you can prepare field data for use by construction crews on a construction site. This data includes project data and design data to be used on field devices and machine control boxes. The cloud and field components of the ecosystem include:
WorksManager
Trimble WorksManager cloud application connects civil contractors to the critical information they need to get the job done right the first time. Easily manage data and technology assets across project sites to run your business more confidently and profitably.
Siteworks
Trimble Siteworks Positioning Systems are designed to eliminate downtime by making every minute more productive. Handle complex files and 3D data sets quickly, so you can spot issues and solve problems before they slow you down.
Earthworks
With machines, you can perform scraping, grading, excavation, and compaction activities with accurate guidance, and blade and bucket positioning.
For more information, see Understanding Connected Construction Data Exchange and the Connected Construction Workflows for Siteworks and Connected Construction Workflows for Earthworks for preparing data in this software.
Working online vs. offline
You can run this command either on- or offline. If you select a WorksManager project when you are offline, you are selecting it only from the data synchronization area. If you work offline, the data in the data synchronization area will be synced with WorksManager when you go online. If there are differences between data in the sync area and WorksManager, you will need to resolve the conflicts.
Resolving conflicts
When data in your project’s data synchronization area does not match the data in WorksManager, a conflict will be indicated in this command as well as in the Project Explorer. All such conflicts between TBC and WorksManager must be resolved before a design can be published to WorksManager. Ideally, you should review all of your project- and design-level data before you attempt to publish to WorksManager. WorksManager data is the “source-of-truth”. This command will only check for conflicts with WorksManger when the command is running or the WorksManager project is selected and you are logged in.
Versioning
Although WorksManager designs are versioned, project-level data that you specify in this command (or in the WorksManager web application) is not versioned. However in TBC, the site calibration, control points, etc. will be versioned by looking at previously synced files. So TBC does its best attempt at keeping version info, while WM doesn't keep any version number.
Projects vs. job sites in TBC
In previous versions of TBC, when you prepared and packaged data to send to SCS900 and GCS900 via TCC, the containers for this data were called “job sites”. Job sites still exist for this purpose in TBC, but now when you package data to send Siteworks, Earthworks, and Groundworks via WorksManager, the containers are called “projects” (not to be confused with the native TBC VCL file called a Project). A TBC job site and WorksManager project can each exist in a TBC project at the same time, but there can only be one of each.
If your project has an existing job site defined, any WorksManager Project you add will use these pre-existing settings and data:
- Units
- Site calibration
- Control points
- Avoidance zones
Therefore, you will need to resolve any conflicts in those areas between TBC job sites and WorksManager projects. If a new WorksManager project is defined in TBC first, its data will define the same for any job sites you later add.
WorksManager designs are separate from job site designs, so they will never share information, although you could select the same objects separately for both.
Reassigning a project
To re-assign your WorksManager project in TBC to a different WorksManager account or project, you need to remove it from TBC. Right-click the WorksManager project in TBC’s Project Explorer and select Delete. The use the steps below to re-add it to the correct WorksManager account or project.
