Workflows supported by the program
As an Open BIM tool connected to the BIMserver.center platform, CYPE Gas Supply offers a range of options for your workflow.
Data entry
Open design
- Free-form network design by manually entering node coordinates and drawing the sections that make up the installation in CYPE Gas Supply.
- Free-form network design by entering nodes and sections using templates in DXF-DWG or DWF format, or images (.jpeg, .jpg, .bmp, .wmf) imported into CYPE Gas Supply.
Automatic generation of installation geometry from DXF/DWG files
- Importing a DXF or DWG file via the "Import" option under "Geometry", and automatically generating the installation geometry based on the information contained within it. This file must use the metre as its drawing unit, and the grid must be close to the coordinate origin. For this option, only the layers containing the sections you wish to use for the generation should be enabled.
Importing data from BIMserver.center
If you link the CYPE Gas Supply project to a BIM project on the BIMserver.center platform, you can perform the following actions:
- Importing ground topography data if the BIM model contains an IFC file with the appropriate features. This allows you to visualise the topography in the 3D view of CYPE Gas Supply, display contour lines on the plan view in the general interface workspace, and use the imported topography during data entry, automatically identifying the elevation values of new nodes added to it. The available options include the following:
- Importing topographic models in IFC format generated by Open BIM Site.
- Importing topographic models in IFC format generated by other software (such as Aplitop’s TcpMDT apps available on BIMserver.center) and uploaded to the BIMserver.center project via the web platform. The terrain data must be defined as an IfcGeographicElement entity in an IFC4 file.
Data output
- Exporting reports to HTML, DOCX, PDF, RTF and TXT formats.
- Exporting drawings to DXF, DWG and PDF formats.
- Exporting information generated with CYPE Gas Supply to the BIMserver.center platform using IFC and GLTF formats. This allows it to be viewed by authorised project participants.
