Munich, Germany
Last session of the day: BricsCAD BIM, and Erik De Keyser is back on the podium telling us the Bricsys story - this is the fourth attempt at BIM during the journey of Bricsys founders, after the first attempt, then TriForma, then Architecturals and now BricsCAD BIM V17. Erik assures us he is ready to rock the BIM software world with a fully mature BIM in V17. BIM in BricsCAD V17 has arrived!
Kevin now takes over the stage talking about the BIM technology in V17.
Pieter Clarysse, the BIM guru @ Bricsys is doing the demos.
Three stages in this presentation and BIM offering:
- Structure browser
A new feature that allows you to get an overview of your BIM model, showing the functional hierarchy of data. - BIM section workflow
Parametric objects
BIM data in the drawing is now accessible via a tree-structure on the left panel which now allows to visualize as well as compose the hierarchy of BIM elements.
BIM compositions can be now be defined in the Composition browser and drag-N-dropped into existing BIM solids.
A new tool allows a part of the model to be islated and worked on while the rest of the model is hidden from view.
The new Room tool allows picking a space and creates a room around it.
The Properties panel of block entities operating under BIM is significantly enhanced with IFC Common, IFC Thermal and BIM section properties. - Expanding story of BIM and data
BIM: New features list:
- BricsCAD V17 now supports IFC2x3 Coordination View V2.0:
Certification with BuildingSmart is now complete. Export is available now, and import during V17 life time. - The list of BIM element types is extended with these types: Covering, CurtainWall, FlowTerminal, Footing, FurnishingElement, Member, Pile, Railing, Ramp, RampFlight, Roof, Site, Stair, StairFlight.
- BIMCLASSIFY is extended with an option 'Other' to classify entities as one of these BIM types.
- BIM elements carry all properties defined by the IFC2x3 Coordination View CV2.0. These properties are accessible in the Properties Panel.
- SITE, BUILDING and STORY: A dwg file contains one site and multiple buildings. A building contains multiple stories.
- BIM elements have a 'building' and a 'story' property that can be set.
- One building with three stories is available by default. Creating buildings and stories, or editing the properties of site, buildings and stories. - BIMROOM command offers two ways to create a room.
- Click a point inside the room area. Dynamic UCS defines the bottom plane of the room. In this plane, an area enclosed by walls is found and a room mark is placed. The room mark is a block consisting of a hatch and attributes for name, number and area.
- Select 3d solid. The 3d room is entirely defined by the solid.
- A Room corresponds to an IfcSpace, and has all properties as defined in IFC2x3 CV2.0 - DATAEXTRACTION has been extended to process all BIM elements, including windows, doors, rooms. All the abovementioned properties can be selected to extract.
- CLASSIFICATION: Window or Door classification can be done on a window or door definition dwg file. After selecting the option 'window' or 'door' in BIMCLASSIFY, press Enter to select nothing, then the drawing is classified. The properties panel allows to edit the drawing's Window or Door properties when nothing in the drawing is selected.
- STRUCTURE panel allows to examine the BIM model. By default, the structure of building elements is organized by spatial containment. Building elements are grouped first by Building, then by Story, then by BIM type, then by composition. This organization can be fully configured: any property, including all abovementioned ifc properties, can be used as a grouping or sorting rule.
Before closing, we now have Tiemen Strobbe, software developer on stage explaining about OpenBIM, showing us a demo of how BIM - classified drawing elements can be exported to OpenBIM software using IFC.
I apologize - this is a quickly assembled post. A more detailed BIM review will follow in the coming days/weeks.
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