Management of the connection with Open BIM projects
In the 2020.a version, different tools have been implemented to manage the connection with Open BIM projects on the BIMserver.center platform.
In previous versions, a CYPECAD project was only linked to an Open BIM project on the BIMserver.center platform if the project had been started by importing a BIM model, which could not be unlinked. As of the 2020.a version, the new tools also users to link an existing CYPECAD project to an BIMserver.center Open BIM project and unlink it at any time.
The tools to manage the connection with an Open BIM project are grouped in the BIMserver.center menu. Some already existed in previous versions and others have been implemented in the 2020.a version:
- Link
This tool allows users to connect a project to a new or existing BIMserver.center project. When a project is linked to a BIMserver.center project, users can export the results, as well as import the 3D views from other technical fields that will be displayed in the 3D view of the BIM model. - Unlink
This tool allows users to unlink a project from a BIMserver.center project. - Import (available since the 2018.c version)
Unlike the "Link" tool, the "Import" tool reads the architectural model of the linked project and generates floors, columns, floor slab outlines and construction elements. It is only available when no new floors have been created. - Consult
This tool allows users to check the status of the IFCs that are present in the linked Open BIM project and update them. The design model in CYPECAD does not undergo any changes during the update. "Consult" is available when the project has been linked to an Open BIM project after it has been created. - Update (available from previous versions)
This tool operates differently if the CYPECAD project has been connected to a BIM project since its creation or if it has been connected later on.
- If the CYPECAD project has been linked to a BIM project from the start
This tool updates the design model and the BIM models of the other fields of the project that are represented in the 3D view of the BIM model in CYPECAD. - If the CYPECAD project has been linked to a BIM project after its creation
This tool only updates the BIM models of the other fields of the project that are represented in the 3D view of the BIM model in CYPECAD.
- If the CYPECAD project has been linked to a BIM project from the start
- Export (available from previous versions)
Exports the information generated by CYPECAD to the linked BIMserver.center platform project.
Export the animation of the deformed shape to the BIM model
In the 2020.a version the animated 3D views of the deformed shape can be exported. To do so, users have to mark the type of loadcase for which the deformed shape is to be exported in the panel that appears when the information generated by CYPECAD is exported to the Open BIM project, and define an amplification factor. This way, the IFC that is generated during the export will include the GLTF files that contain the different 3D views. The 3D views of the deformed shapes can be consulted in the BIMserver.center platform viewer.
