Stratus Glossary
This glossary is generated from the Stratus Knowledge Base (space SK) and from the additional glossaries linked on the GIKB Glossaries index page. It lists key terms, features, and concepts with a short definition and a link to the source page.
Stratus Product & KB Terms
Term | Definition |
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A hub page linking to Knowledge Base articles covering Stratus's 2D capabilities, including 2D views in the viewers, 2D Stratus Sheets, and 2D Plan View templates. | |
A list of links to Autodesk's free online Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC) courses covering account administration, project administration, and getting started with Autodesk Docs. | |
An error page shown when a user's request is denied; explains what browser Network/Response Header information a user must capture and send to Support to diagnose it. | |
The user-specific settings area, accessed from the user badge menu, containing Autodesk, Companies, Notifications, and Profile settings. | |
An admin page that logs a tabular audit history of changes made in Stratus and its Revit/AutoCAD Addin, showing who made each change, when, and to what item. | |
The top-level administration area in Stratus, encompassing Company Admin settings that apply across all projects and Project Admin settings that apply on a project-by-project basis. | |
A user-specific AI chat assistant ("Todd") built on the Stratus Knowledge Base that answers user questions, references source articles, and retains conversation history per user. | |
An admin feature that maps differently-named part properties representing the same value (e.g., various size fields) to a single reusable name for use in filters, reports, and field expressions. | |
An admin feature for generating and managing the API keys used to authenticate access to the Stratus Open API and partner app integrations. | |
An admin configuration feature for defining hierarchical BIM Areas (levels, scope boxes, zones, rooms, etc.) within a project model, used to filter models, drive assembly/package naming, and enable per-area package generation for Deliverables. | |
The Assemblies tab in Stratus is a hub for managing and visualizing model and project assemblies, providing access to the Assemblies Dashboard and Assemblies Viewer. | |
The central view for monitoring and managing all Assemblies across a project. Used to update Tracking Statuses, manage Packages, add attachments, and export data. Accessed via the Assemblies > Dashboard tab. | |
The Stratus view that displays a single assembly (opened from a dashboard link or filter tools), where its Status, Division, Comment, Hours, and Cost Type can be updated alongside a detailed 3D viewer and toolbar. | |
A named grouping of parts within a Package. Assemblies roll up to the Package level for tracking and reporting purposes. | |
The Attachments tab, populated automatically (e.g., Stratus Sheet PDFs, bend instructions) or manually, where files can be attached to, previewed, and downloaded from an assembly. | |
A tab that displays bend instructions for an assembly when a Greenlee or Conduit Studio bend file has been attached to it during model publish. | |
A tab that displays 2D sheets published from the authoring tool (Revit/AutoCAD) for an assembly and provides tools to markup those sheets. | |
A markup feature that lets users overlay annotations directly in the Assemblies Viewer's 3D camera view. | |
The Notes tab, which supports both standardized Company Notes (defined under Admin) and one-off Assembly Notes that can be tagged to parts within a specific assembly. | |
The Parts tab of the Assemblies Viewer, which lists an assembly's parts per the selected report, supports editing part data, updating part Tracking Status, and sending parts to a Tool. | |
A Stratus Sheet is a combination of a Template, Report, and View Style that renders an assembly's 2D/3D views and data as an on-screen or printable PDF spool sheet. | |
The Tasks tab, which manages sequential, company-defined task workflows for an assembly's parts, supporting Start/Finish actions and optional hand-scanner (QR code) operation. | |
The Tracking tab, which shows the full history of Tracking Status changes for an assembly, including user, date-time, comment, division, hours, and attachments. | |
Describes how to add, preview, markup, download, and delete file attachments in Stratus dashboards and Attachment tabs, including supported file types and multi-file/ZIP download options. | |
Describes the settings and steps involved in publishing AutoCAD drawings to Stratus and importing specific data back into the drawing via the Stratus Addin. | |
An Account Settings tab (being deprecated in 2026 in favor of Autodesk Secure Service Account) used to sign in to or out of a user's Autodesk/BIM 360 account so model viewers can load. | |
The admin section where a company configures its Autodesk Secure Service Account (SSA), moving Autodesk authentication to the company level so all users get uninterrupted access. | |
Explains how Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC) projects and users must be created and permissioned before they can be added to a company in Stratus. | |
An admin feature that publishes an aggregated Stratus data set to a SQL database, enabling cross-project Power BI dashboards that can be embedded directly in Stratus. | |
A step-by-step guide for connecting a Stratus company's Secure Service Account to an Autodesk BIM 360 hub so users can access live models without individual Autodesk accounts. | |
Describes publishing CAMduct/ESTmep job files (as models or non-modeled packages) to Stratus and importing data back, via the premium Stratus CAMduct/ESTmep Addin. | |
An Account Settings tab listing the companies a user has access to along with subscription details, and, for Project Admins, an option to temporarily override their Project Role for testing. | |
The section of Stratus Admin containing company-wide configuration settings that affect all projects, including user, tracking, reporting, and filtering configuration. | |
An admin feature for creating custom roles that control which Admin tabs a given user is permitted to access. | |
A Stratus feature for managing physical or logical containers (e.g., trucks, pallets, baskets) that hold Parts, Assemblies, Packages, Shop Items, and other Containers, including label and details-report printing. | |
An admin feature for defining containers (boxes, pallets, racks, trailers, etc.) used to group and track parts, assemblies, or packages in the shop, in shipping, and in the field. | |
The Containers page used to select a container and add or remove items (parts, assemblies, packages, shop items, or other containers) to it manually, via hand scanner, or via tablet/phone camera scan, with automatic tracking log entries. | |
A data-table view showing each configured container and its contents, including type, state (In Use/Empty), dimensions, status, division, and attachments. | |
An optional admin feature that uses filters to automatically assign parts to cost categories (e.g., Conduit, Duct, Pipe) for identification in the Model Viewer and use in reporting. | |
An admin feature for defining cost types (e.g., Office Labor, Shop Labor) used to categorize Task Definitions within Task Workflows. | |
A consolidated reference covering how to create, delete, and edit assemblies, add or remove parts, move assemblies between packages, and use the Auto Assemblies (continuous spooling) tool. | |
Create Package describes the processes for creating a Stratus package, either by selecting model elements in the Models or Packages Viewer, using the Packages Dashboard's New Package dialog, or importing/updating packages in bulk via CSV. | |
A Projects tab that combines a model, filter, optional grouping, and BIM Area to automatically generate multiple packages at once based on predefined company Deliverable Definitions and Package Categories. |