The 4D Simulation App is located in the Construction tab of the Fuzor App Menu. The Ctrl + 8 hotkey opens the 4D Simulation App.

Understanding schedule data is useful when managing a Fuzor construction project. In Fuzor, schedule data can be used to automate task assignment, conduct schedule analysis, and control a construction simulation.

Schedules are the backbone of construction simulations. Construction of project geometry is simulated using task durations in the schedule. Vehicle operations are also excecuted based on schedule data.

By default, the construction simulation is controlled by planned durations. There are four sets of durations, start and end columns in the schedule and each baseline. These sets durations and dates have special relationships based on scheduling logic. The relationship between the schedule data is modeled after standardized scheduling software like Primavera P6, Asta Powerproject, and Microsoft Project.

There are 7 types of tasks in Fuzor. The default task type is a construction task. Different tasks have different kinds of animations or objects that can assigned to them. You can change a task type using the Task Type Column in the Task Table. Or you can create a given task type with the buttons on the 4D Simulation Toolbar.

In order to filter your tasks, select the Task Filters button in the 4D Simulation Toolbox. This will open the Task Filter menu where you can filter your tasks by their duration or by preset Activity Codes.

The Look Ahead Filter filters out objects that are not within the time frame specified by the Duration field.

Highlight Colors are displayed when a task is being animated. It is important to control the highlight color of tasks to draw attention to specific details or disable the highlight so that realistic materials are retained when animating.

Zones are an especially useful tool for sectioning a model, filtering objects and displaying areas of intrest.

• Zones can be used with a Zone Rule when creating Filters.

The 4D Automation App allows users to assign objects to the schedule based on BIM and 4D data. The user controls the assignment of objects with mappings. Each mapping is comprised of various classification mappings that inform how objects should be assigned to tasks.

The Rate of Work app in Fuzor allows users to calculate the expected duration of a task using data stored in the BIM properties of objects assigned to tasks.

You can open the 4D simulation settings by clicking the settings button at the bottom of the 4D simulation toolbox. There are many different settings that apply to 4D simulation. Some settings are organized into tabs whereas others are displayed in the 4D schedule by default.

Fuzor allows you to calculate costs with resources, import costs from other software or edit costs manually. Costs can be used to create graphs or be exported to a spreadsheet with other scheduling and BIM information to use in other software. Costs appear in the 5D Simulation columns and are associated with the particular set of dates that is loaded into either the primary or secondary simulation columns. By default, the costs displayed in the schedule are the Budgeted and Actual costs of the Project Schedule. It is important to remember that two sets of costs do not have common names with their associated schedules

Alternative to importing an .xml, data can also be loaded from XLSX and CSV spreadsheets. When using a spreadsheet to import data the user must specify how that data is imported into Fuzor. While this may take more time on initial setup, this allows the user more control over how the data is imported. settings are preserved and can be exported and reused so that future updates are easier. For more information about which columns can be mapped see Task Table Columns.

The best way to import data from Primavera P6 into Fuzor is using XML. Fuzor can automatically read Primavera P6 XMLs and populate data in the Fuzor schedule based on the information.