Improved filter options
The following improvements have been made to the "Filter" option, available in the "View" group of the toolbar:
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Applications with a "Bill of quantities" tab
Character set in FIEBDC-3 export (.bc3)
As of version 2023.f, the character set to be used when exporting the bill of quantities in the standard FIEBDC-3 format (.bc3) can be selected from the "Bill of quantities" tab in the applications that have it. For this purpose, the "Character set" field has been included in the export configuration window and has three
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Mapping to resources
As of version 2023.e, applications with a "Bill of quantities" tab can map their model's elements to an item's resource. For this purpose, in the editing of a mapping file, the "Resource code" option has been added when components are modified in the "Classification" list. By activating this option, users can specify the resource code
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Quantities on the 2D/3D model
As of version 2023.d, all applications with a "Bill of quantities" tab now have a new set of tools that allow users to measure the work area. More specifically, the following options have been added: In order to make it easier to measure the quantities of the model, the work area has been modified to
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Defining conditions in the "Filter" tool
The "Filter" tool available in the "View" group of the toolbar has been improved. In previous versions, only a list of labels could be entered and the program displayed the quantity detail lines that contained them all. Now, logical operators (AND/OR) can be used, as well as different types of conditions (equals, does not equal,
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Zooming into 3D elements
A new button has been added to the detail lines of the bill of quantities tree. This allows the BIM objects associated with the detail line to be framed in the 3D view. As a result, it makes it easier to locate the components in space. This feature is equivalent to "Zoom into component" from
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Exporting documents attached to the FIEBDC-3 file to BIMserver.center
As of version 2023.c, the graphic information and attached documents associated with the concepts that make up the bill of quantities can be exported to the BIMserver.center project. The linking of these documents with the concepts is carried out in the standardised file FIEBDC-3 (.bc3) according to its specification. Open BIM Quantities can read the
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Sharing job certificates in the BIMserver.center project
As of version 2023.c, the job certificates defined in the "Bill of quantities" tab of the applications can be exported to the BIMserver.center project. The job certificates are generated according to the FIEBDC-3 standard (.bc3). Consequently, each certification is contained in a file with a different ".bc3" extension. The name of the file that includes
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Generating certificates
In version 2023.b, job certificates were included in the "Bill of quantities" tab of the applications. However, the only way to produce a certificate was to indicate a value for the quantity executed in each detail line. This could be a problem when a certificate for an item or a complete work section was required.
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Job certifications
As of version 2023.b, job certifications can be registered and managed from the "Bill of quantities" tab. A job certification consists of economically quantifying the job carried out up to a given moment in accordance with the items included in the bill of quantities that has been accepted and signed between both parties. To define
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Using the description instead of the summary for concepts in reports
The "Show the complete description instead of the summarised description" option has been added in the "BoQ Reports" configuration panel. When this option is checked, the text entered in the "Description" tab of its definition in the "Project database" is used as a reference for the items. Otherwise, the text entered in the "Summary" field
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Visible columns
Due to the increase of available options, the way to activate or deactivate the visibility of the columns in the bill of quantities table or in the databases has been modified. For this purpose, the "Columns" button has been added in the "View" group of the toolbar in the "Bill of quantities" tab, as well
