In this tutorial you will learn about the concept of milestones, and how milestones are used to create the steps of the site plan simulation.

Summary

• The site plan simulation is created by assigning project tasks to time-steps known as milestones
• Use the milestone manager, located in the top center of the screen to create and edit milestones manually or import a schedule to automatically convert scheduled tasks into milestones
• Upon creating the scenario the site has one default milestone - 'Project Start'

Milestone Management

• See edit options from the three dots on the milestone card
• To access the milestone manager table view: Click the three dots, and select Project Schedule

To add a new milestone; either:

• Click the plus button [+]
• Enter a name and date and press enter (or click off) to confirm
• From the table view, click the three dots on an existing milestone
• +Add milestone
• Select either Add before or Add after, the existing milestone

• Import Schedule

To edit a milestone; either:

• Double click the name or date on the milestone manager
• Or, click the three dots, followed by Edit name and date
• Click Delete to remove the milestone
• Press enter (or click off) to confirm

• From the table view, double-click the millstone name or date
• Or, click the three dots on the milestone
• Click Edit name or Edit date
• Click Delete to remove the milestone

View & Navigation Options

To navigate through the milestones:

• Click the side arrows [<] [>] on either side of the card to move forward or backward
• Alternatively, use the key shortcut of CTRL + L/R arrow keys
• Click Go to milestone to navigate to a selected milestone in the table view
• Click Current milestone to go to the nearest milestone to today's date

To customize the milestone view:

• To change the milestone index - click the three dots on the milestone manager, followed by View
• Select from weekly (wk), monthly (mo), or a custom index (ms) to show on the milestone manager
• To see all milestones - click the three dots on the milestone manager, followed by Multiple View
• Finally, as mentioned, to see the table view, click the three dots, followed by Milestone manager

What is a Milestone?

• A milestone is the name cmBuilder uses to refer to a phase of work in the logistics or construction plan
• cmBuilder can be analogized to a flip-book animation, where each page is a milestone, and the development of the site will be shown in the final presentation
• A milestone needs to be created to show changes occurring, and thus each scheduled stage of work

Example Sequence:

A simulation attempting to capture the major stages of work may include some of the following milestones:

1. Site setup and Mobilization
2. Excavation (1, 2 , etc.)
3. Foundation
4. SOG
5. Level 1
6. Level 2
7. Level 3 and so on
8. Envelope
9. Podium
10. And so on

Further Reading:

Model Browser (Tree) - For more information on using the model tree to sequence the building model

Resource Sequencing - For more information on how to sequence resources