BIM stands for Building Information Modeling and describes a continuous process that supports planning, building, and maintenance of the built environment using informatics.
Questions tagged [bim]
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Ifc object with multiple colors
Is it possible, within IFC 4.0, to define an Ifc object (IFC Wall for example) with multiple colors (which are IfcStyledItem)? How can we activate each color inside a BIM Viewer program (like layer in AutoCAD)?
Thanks,
TP Nguyen
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How do I determine whether a 3D coordinate is located within the boundaries of a 3D object in BIM? I'm using Xbim working with IFC-files
I have an IFC file of a 3D building model (BIM) split into constituent physical objects and I have properties that I want to assign to the correct object. The properties come with a location: they are scalar values associated with a point in 3D…
Oskar Billington
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How to I extract only the lowest-level objects in Xbim?
I have a BIM model in IFC format and I want to add a new property, say cost, to every object in the model using Xbim. I am building a .NET application. The following code works well, except, the property is also added to storeys, buildings and sites…
Oskar Billington
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Couldn't I model 3D elements directly in a IFC file?
I was wondering here if can't I model directly in a IFC file the 3D elements like walls, windows, doors, etc by using a software (or developing it).
I'm asking it because we are always trying to export an Arch project file to IFC but it always has…
Lucas Batista
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Revit API - How to get existing detail line Origin and Direction?
This might be a newb question but I haven't found any information on it. I've found info on how to create new detail lines but that's about it.
I'm trying to retrieve the origin and direction of an existing detail line but I can't figure out how. I…
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Revit API - C# - How to set View Title on Viewport
I'm trying to set a view title to show up on a Revit project using the Revit API however I can't figure out how to access it.
I'm able to place a viewport on the sheet and load the view title family into the project but I'm not able to assign the…
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How can I open a BIM viewer in Eclipse?
I tried to run a code snippet for a simple IFC viewer taken from the apstex website in Eclipse and I'm obviously lacking something for the 3D widget but I can't figure out for the life of me what I'm doing wrong. The setup worked and I can read and…
teebeutel
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AUTODESK FORGE BIM360 WEBHOOK ISSUES ROADMAP
We are looking into ways of visualizing Issues and Rfi’s (minimally) as geopositioned items in our GIS (Geographic Information System). We achieved some interesting results, though looking at automating the process, ideally, I would like to have…
Simon Terroitin
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Forge Viewer - can we make selections/highlight on loaded models and save in database so that we can show that selection next time user loads it?
Forge Viewer - can we make selections/highlight on loaded models and save in database so that we can show that selection next time user loads it?
Is this possible? Or how can we add sticky notes/RFI information /issues spot in the model.
I am…
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IfcOpenShell(Parse)_IFC PropertySet, printing issue
Hy, I am new to programming and I have problems with printing my property sets and values.
I have more elements in my IFC and want to Parse all Property Sets and values.
My current result is elements ID(for every element), but it takes the…
Jaka Senekovič
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Integrating sensor data into IFC file for visualization of BIM model in bimvie.ws
Currently using bimvie.ws to visualize an IFC file with javascript. Now we would like to add sensor (dummy) data, for let's say temperature, in order to improve functionality of the visualization.
However, we are not sure on how we can do that…
3D_GeoSpatialEng
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Need help to run BIMSurfer without running BIMServer
I need to run BIMSurfer over nginx without running BIMServer. As I noticed, BIMSurfer needs some js files that takes them from BIMServer. I don't need BIMServer to handle ifc files which I convert them beforehand. I looked into this link and…
Davood Falahati
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How to query ifc files?
I'm working on a project with BIM for my education and I want to extract data from ifc files.
The idea is to find information like finding floors with a specific height, shape and structure, then I would like to run pathfinding algorithms.
I can't…
Mathieu B
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Deserialize Tekla Structures *.lis files
I need to deserialize *.lis files generated from a BIM software called Tekla Structures. The file looks like this:
PROFILE DATABASE EXPORT VERSION = 3
PROFILE_NAME = "HEA100";
{
TYPE = 1; SUB_TYPE = 1001; COORDINATE = 0.000;
{
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BIMSurfer Javascript does not showing model
I have used BIMServer (https://github.com/opensourceBIM/BIMserver/releases) latest version with tomcat 9 and it is running well. I have also downloaded BIMSurfer (https://github.com/opensourcebim/BIMsurfer) latest version and tried to render IFC…
Kalpesh Joshi
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