Providing project members the ability to use a product on your project involves two parts: (1) product access and (2) subscription assignment or trial. These are two distinct product workflows, which means inviting a member to a project doesn't provide them with a subscription.
Project administrators can invite members to use specific products on their project. This covers the product access part. However, even if a member is invited to use a product, they won't be able to use it if they don't have a subscription or an active trial. For example, if a project administrator invites a member to use Design Collaboration, but the member doesn't have a subscription to Autodesk BIM Collaborate or Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro, the member will be prompted to start a trial or purchase a subscription before they can start using Design Collaboration. The member could also be provided a subscription by an account administrator.
As another example, if a project administrator invites a member to use Build, Docs, and Model Coordination and the member has a subscription to Autodesk Build and has started a trial of Autodesk BIM Collaborate, the member can start using each product right away. If the trial of Autodesk BIM Collaborate expires, they wouldn't be able to use Model Coordination until they purchased a subscription or were assigned a subscription by an account administrator.
| Invited with access? | Has relevant subscription or trial? | Can use product? |
| Yes | No | No |
| Yes | Yes | Yes |
| No | Yes | No |
See the About Autodesk Construction Cloud™ topic to learn more about what products are available with each subscription offering.
As mentioned in the examples above, subscriptions can be assigned by an account administrator in the Account Administration service or they can be purchased by the invited member. When members provide their own subscription access, this is referred to as Bring Your Own Subscription.