Questions tagged [bim]

BIM stands for Building Information Modeling and describes a continuous process that supports planning, building, and maintenance of the built environment using informatics.

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Android using IFC files

Can someone tell me whether it is possible to access or modify IFC files from Android OS? If yes, Is there any third party libraries available to view IFC files in Android. IFC file means Industry Foundation Class is intended to describe building…
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How to create an IFC file from scratch?

We, at spacedesigner3d.com, would like to allow our users to export to industry foundation classes (IFC) format. That can enable architects and builders import projects drawn in our web-based application into environments like Revit or…
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Building information modelling using html 5 and webGL

We have to build a web application which works somewhat like bim surfer with additional capabilities. It should be able to display in 3D an IFC file with real-time graphics unlike the one shown on their site. An additional capability would be to…
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How to get the material data of specific IfcElement

In the basic operations in the xbim examples https://docs.xbim.net/examples/basic-model-operations.html, it shows how to retrieve the single value properties of a specific IfcElement. Based on this I've tried to get the material data. I've written…
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Are IFC entity type names case sensitive or not?

Can anybody help in knowing whether IFC entity type names are case sensitive or case insensitive. For example: Can we replace IFCPERSON with IfcPerson (camel case) or ifcperson (small) in an *.ifc file?
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IFC Loader for three.js?

At the moment I need to convert all my IFC files into Collada format to visualise them in Three.js. Is there any IFC Loader in three.js? I could not find anything. Is there any plan to develop an IFCLoader in the near future? How difficult it would…
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BIM server Database Access

I am a Java developer. Recently my company is planning to use BIM Server . Concept is , BIM server will be integrated with our current project and we will access the BIM Server database through some API . I made connectivity with localhost BIM…
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Extracting Geometry from IFC File

I have to extract the geometry of a ifc file in JAVA. My problem is, that i don't know how to do it. I tried to use openifctools but the documentation is really bad. For now i have the ifc file loaded, but i cannot get the geometry out of the model.…
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Result of function is returned without changing list items in if-statement

Thanks in advance for your input. I started learning Python today, because I want to define custom Python nodes in DynamoBIM (Revit) to be more flexible if there aren´t predefined / suitable nodes for my tasks in BIM. The PythonScript gets input…
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Custom Parser for EXPRESS data modeling language

I need to write a custom parser for EXPRESS - which is mentioned to be a data modeling language that is used to define and pass construction information around for CAD software. Here are couple…
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How to checkin IFC file to BIMserver using java for Users

The follow code is part of a Java client for the Opensource BIMserver. JsonBimServerClientFactory factory = new JsonBimServerClientFactory(""); BimServerClient client = factory.create(new UsernamePasswordAuthenticationInfo("exple@dd.com",…
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How to properly change the XBim Standard wall colour in WPF

I was successful enough to add a new wall (IfcWallStandardCase) to an existing IFC model and display it in the DrawingControl3D - with the help from Proper Wall 3D sample from XBim Toolkit, here's my code of adding colour to the wall: //add color to…
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Sprite Kit vs Scene Kit for Building information modelling

I am trying to develop a building information model viewer for iPad and I am faced with the current challenge. Should I use SpriteKit or SceneKit? I know SceneKit is meant for rendering 3D while SpriteKit is 2D. From my research so far, SceneKit…
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BIM and IoT sensor integration

I am working on BIM and IoT sensor integration for the digital twin and I intend to use Autodesk Platform Services for the integration.I previously used the developer's guide for Data Visualization Extension. But I'm facing difficulties because I…
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Get system with elements from a model

How do I get the elements in a HVAC system? I can access the list of the systems in a model with the following code: var systems = model.Instances.OfType(); This returns a list of all the systems in the model. How to access the elements…
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