Your project coordination lives in Autodesk Construction Cloud — BIM Collaborate Pro, Autodesk Build, Autodesk Docs. Your jobsite captures, progress documentation, and as-built reality now live as Gaussian Splats in Splat Labs Cloud. This guide shows you how to connect the two so your construction teams can attach photorealistic 3D reality capture to issues, documents, and schedule milestones without leaving ACC.
We cover three workflows that work today using Splat Labs Cloud's shareable viewer URLs, plus a look at the native ACC integration we are building.
Why Gaussian Splats Matter for ACC Teams
Construction teams use ACC for model coordination, issue tracking, document management, and schedule oversight. Today, most of that context is still 2D: photos in issues, PDFs in docs, flat progress reports. Gaussian Splats change that.
A Gaussian Splat is a photorealistic, navigable 3D representation of a real space. You can orbit, zoom, and walk through it like a continuous photograph from every angle. Capture the jobsite with a handheld scanner like the PortalCam or Lixel L2 Pro, or a drone — upload to Splat Labs Cloud — and within minutes you have a shareable link that opens a full 3D scene in any browser.
For ACC users, that means:
- Richer issues: Attach a Splat Labs viewer link to an ACC issue so reviewers see exactly what the field team saw — a full 3D scene, not just a few flat photos.
- Documented progress: Store Gaussian Splat captures alongside drawings and specs in Autodesk Docs, organized by location and date.
- 4D progress verification: Use Splat Labs' 4D Timeline to scrub through multiple captures of the same site over time, then link that timeline to schedule milestones so project managers can verify completion visually.
- Stakeholder alignment: Share one link with owners, subs, and design team — everyone sees the same photorealistic 3D context without opening Revit or downloading files.
Before You Start
For each method below, you need two things:
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A Splat Labs Cloud account with your Gaussian Splats uploaded and organized into projects. Sign up free at splatlabs.ai or go directly to cloud.rockrobotic.com.
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A viewer URL for each project you want to link from ACC. Every Splat Labs project has a viewer URL in this format:
https://cloud.rockrobotic.com/viewer/{project-id}?view=splat
Copy this URL from the Share dialog — you will use it in issues, documents, and schedule links.
Sharing Options for ACC Integration
You have three ways to control who can view your Gaussian Splats when accessed from ACC:
- Public link sharing — Enable "Link sharing enabled" in the Share dialog. Anyone with the URL can view the splat without signing in. Simplest option for non-sensitive projects.
- Email sharing (Business plan) — Share the project with specific users by email. Only those users can view it after authenticating with their Splat Labs account. This works with hyperlinks in ACC issues and documents.
- Enterprise groups (Enterprise plan) — Every project created by a user in an Enterprise group is automatically available to everyone in that group. No per-project sharing required. All group members can view any project without manual sharing.
All three options work with every method described in this guide. For more detail on access strategies for sensitive construction projects, see the Managing Access for Sensitive Projects section. You can also rely on ACC as an additional layer of security: if viewer URLs are only shared inside your secured ACC project, only people with ACC access can discover them.
Method 1: Link Splats to ACC Issues
Best for: Giving every issue full 3D visual context. Field teams flag a concern; reviewers click through to a photorealistic 3D capture.
How it works: ACC products let you add hyperlinks in issue descriptions and comments. Paste the Splat Labs viewer URL there. Anyone opening the issue can click the link and explore the full 3D scene in a new tab.
Complexity: Low — no coding, no plugins, works in BIM Collaborate Pro and Autodesk Build today.
Steps
- In Autodesk Build or BIM Collaborate Pro, create or open an issue.
- In the issue Description or Comments, add the Splat Labs viewer URL as a hyperlink (paste the URL; most UIs auto-link it).
- Save the issue.
Any team member reviewing the issue can click the link to open the photorealistic 3D capture and see exactly what the field team observed — not just a text description and a few photos, but a full navigable 3D scene.
Tip: For consistency, add a short note like "3D capture: [link]" so reviewers know to open it.
Method 2: Link Splats to ACC Documents
Best for: Keeping a library of Gaussian Splat captures alongside drawings, specs, and other project documents in Autodesk Docs.
How it works: Use Autodesk Docs to store references to your Splat Labs captures. Each "document" can be a small file (e.g. text or PDF) that contains the viewer URL, capture date, location, and notes. Alternatively, use document metadata or links that point to the Splat Labs URL.
Complexity: Low — no coding, works within the existing Autodesk Docs interface.
Steps
- In Autodesk Docs, create a folder for 3D captures — e.g.
Reality Capture / Gaussian Splats. - For each capture, add a document that includes:
- The Splat Labs viewer URL (as a clickable link)
- Capture date and location
- Optional: thumbnail screenshot, notes
- Organize by area, level, or date so the team can find the right capture quickly.
This keeps your capture library inside the same project structure your team already uses and makes it easy for anyone on the project to find and open the relevant 3D capture.
Method 3: Progress Monitoring with 4D Timelines
Best for: Verifying construction progress against the schedule using time-indexed 3D captures instead of flat progress photos.
How it works: Splat Labs Cloud's 4D Timeline feature lets you upload multiple captures of the same site to one project. The platform aligns them and provides a time slider. You scrub through dates to compare the jobsite over time. Then you attach the Splat Labs 4D Timeline URL to the relevant schedule activity or milestone in ACC so project managers can click through and verify completion visually.
Complexity: Low — capture regularly, upload to one Splat Labs project, share the timeline URL into ACC.
Workflow
- Capture regularly: Visit the jobsite weekly or monthly and capture Gaussian Splats (handheld scanner or drone).
- Upload to Splat Labs: Upload each capture to the same Splat Labs project. The platform aligns multiple captures and creates a temporal slider.
- Scrub through time: Open the Splat Labs viewer and use the timeline slider to compare the site at different dates.
- Link to ACC schedule: In your ACC project, attach the Splat Labs 4D Timeline URL to the relevant schedule activity or milestone (e.g. in the activity description or in a linked document). Project managers open the link to visually verify that the work for that milestone is complete.
- Document discrepancies: If the 4D Timeline shows a discrepancy — work not started, wrong materials, wrong sequence — create an ACC issue and paste the Splat Labs viewer URL (or timeline URL) as evidence.
This replaces flat 2D progress photos with a navigable, time-indexed 3D record that the whole team can use.
Managing Access for Sensitive Projects
ACC projects often include sensitive buildings or confidential construction details. Splat Labs gives you full control over who can view your Gaussian Splats — and every access method works with all integration methods described in this guide.
Public link sharing
When link sharing is enabled, anyone with the URL can view the splat without signing in. This is appropriate for:
- General construction documentation
- Progress reports shared with known stakeholders
- Client or sub reviews where you control who gets the link
The URL is a long UUID and is not indexed by search engines, but it is not authenticated — if someone forwards the link, the recipient can view it.
Email-based access (Business plan)
For sensitive projects:
- In the Splat Labs Share dialog, leave Link sharing disabled.
- Add the email addresses of authorized team members.
- Only those users, after signing in, can view the project.
This works with all integration methods. When an authorized user clicks a Splat Labs viewer link from within ACC, they are prompted to sign in to Splat Labs. Once authenticated, they can interact with the full 3D scene.
Enterprise groups (Enterprise plan)
For organizations that need seamless, team-wide access without sharing every project individually, the Enterprise plan provides group-based access control:
- Every project created by a user in an Enterprise group is automatically available to all other group members — no manual sharing required.
- Enterprise Managers have full visibility across all projects in the organization.
- Three roles (Enterprise Manager, Creator, User) provide granular control over who can create, edit, delete, and share projects and folders.
This is the most efficient option for construction teams. Once your project managers, field crews, and stakeholders are in the same Enterprise group, every Gaussian Splat uploaded is immediately available to the entire team — no per-project sharing steps.
Enterprise plans start with 3 users and 50 projects, scaling up to 20+ users and 500+ projects. See Pricing for details or contact our team to discuss Enterprise options.
Using ACC as an additional layer of defense
Your ACC project is already secured by organizational authentication. If you only share Splat Labs viewer URLs inside ACC (in issues, docs, or schedule links), then only people with ACC access can discover and open those links. Combined with email sharing or Enterprise groups on the Splat Labs side, this creates a robust two-layer access control: ACC authentication to reach the link, and Splat Labs authentication to view the capture.
For more detail, see Sharing and Access Control in Splat Labs.
What We Are Building: Native ACC Integration
Everything above works today with Splat Labs Cloud's existing sharing and ACC's support for external URLs. Access-controlled viewing already works — you can use email sharing (Business plan) or Enterprise groups to control who can view your Gaussian Splats from within ACC, without public link sharing.
We are also building a deeper integration with Autodesk Construction Cloud so Gaussian Splats sit natively inside ACC workflows.
Planned capabilities:
- OAuth2 authentication for ACC — Authenticate through Autodesk directly so you can browse and select your Splat Labs projects from within ACC. This will let the integration pull a list of all your available projects so you can easily select and add them to issues, documents, and schedules without switching to the Splat Labs dashboard.
- Issues API integration: Attach Splat Labs viewer links to ACC issues programmatically. When the field team flags a concern, the related Gaussian Splat capture is automatically linked so reviewers get full 3D context without leaving ACC.
- Document management: Splat Labs captures as linked assets in Autodesk Docs, alongside drawings and specifications.
- Progress verification: Connect Splat Labs 4D Timelines to ACC schedule milestones so project managers can verify progress visually from the ACC dashboard.
- Model coordination: Use Gaussian Splat captures as a reality baseline during coordination reviews — comparing the coordinated BIM model to actual site conditions in the Splat Labs viewer.
- SSO/SAML support — Enterprise single sign-on so your Autodesk users authenticate to Splat Labs with the same corporate credentials they already use.
Summary
| Method | What you do | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Link to ACC issues | Paste Splat Labs viewer URL in issue description/comments | Today |
| Link to ACC documents | Store viewer URLs in Autodesk Docs (e.g. in a doc or folder) | Today |
| 4D Timeline + schedule | Attach Splat Labs 4D Timeline URL to schedule activities/milestones | Today |
| Native ACC integration | Splat Labs captures as first-class assets in ACC | Coming soon |
Start with Method 1 to add 3D context to your next issue, then expand to a document library (Method 2) and 4D progress timelines (Method 3). And stay tuned for the native ACC integration so photorealistic reality capture lives directly inside your construction cloud workflow.
Also using Revit? See How to Use Gaussian Splats with Revit for linking captures to your BIM model. Need help or early access to the ACC integration? Contact sales@rockrobotic.com.
