When starting the program and clicking on "New", the program offers users the possibility to create a "New job", which can then be integrated into an existing project in BIMserver.center.

This is done in the "Project selection" window. On the left-hand side, you can log in with a BIMserver.center account.

• On the left-hand side, users can log in with a BIMserver.center account.
• On the right-hand side, the "Select project" option is used to choose an existing project. There is also the possibility to "Create a new project". In this case, the created project will be visible from BIMserver.centre from that moment on.
• The project can also be starting without being linked to the BIMserver.center platform. To do this, simply uncheck the box at the top left, "Link to a BIMserver.center project".

Once the new job has been created, the program interface is accessed, where the graphic window showing the model or models that have been imported stands out. At any time during the project, files can be shared or imported via the "BIMserver.center" group on the top right-hand side.

Importing BIM models

When creating a new job and selecting a project hosted on the BIMserver.center platform from "Select project", the "Import BIM models" window appears, which shows the files contained in that project in IFC format.

The program is able to include one or more of the existing models in the project. To do this, check the "Import" box and accept it.

When accessing the interface, the graphic window will display the imported models. Also, if they contain this information, the plan views needed to develop the system model will be imported and created.

Configuration wizard: selecting standards, downloading catalogues and classifying spaces

The program then opens the "Configuration" wizard, which consists of the following steps:

• In the first step, the applicable codes can be selected from those available for different countries and regions. The checks defined in the standard are then automatically imported.

Catalogues

In the next step, you can connect to the Open BIM Database to download and manage manufacturer catalogues. These catalogues will be available when you add system elements.

Spaces

Finally, in the last step, you can set up the automatic classification of the read spaces in the project’s IFC file according to the specific types required by the program.

To do this, you must first add entries to the list or assignment table. This can be done in two ways:

• Manually, using the "Add" button on the top toolbar of the list. To extract a group of areas from the model, follow these steps:
  • In the "Space" window that appears when you click the "Add" button, use the "Filters" to select the "Set" and/or "Parameter" to set the property by which you wish to filter. You can use the helper buttons on the right to view the sets and/or parameters available in the model’s spaces and select one of them (for example, "TypeName" or type name, or "Name", the name of the specific element).
  • Once selected, in "Value", you must enter the value of that property. To do this, you can click the helper button on the right to view the different values held by the model’s spaces for the selected set and/or parameter, and then select one of them.
  • When you click "Accept", a single entry will be added to the list for the group of spaces in the BIM model that have that value for that property.
• Automatically, using the wizard (the blue arrow button on the top toolbar of the list). This allows you to import all the spaces read from the IFC file together, based on the desired property. To do this:
  • In the "Select parameter" window that appears when you click on the wizard, select the desired property on the left-hand side (for example, "TypeName" or the type name, or "Name", the name of the specific element).
  • On the right, a list will appear showing the "Value" of the model spaces for the selected property. Here, tick the boxes for the elements you wish to import.
  • Upon clicking "Accept", a row will be generated in the table for each group of spaces that has each selected value for that property.

In both cases, each entry in the table can then be edited by clicking on the "Edit" option.

The following information must also be included for each entry in the list:

1. Select the zone type specific to the program that you wish to assign to the group of spaces (by ticking the "Requires a sprinkler system" and selecting a specific space type from those available for the previously selected regulations). In this case, in the list of spaces in this phase of the import wizard, the “Sprinklers” column will be ticked and the information in the “Type” column will be filled in.
2. Indicate whether each space in the group is a "Space for the tank" (this information will only be used to support the process initiated by the "Initial generation" option, which will allow a tank to be generated in that space).
3. Indicate whether it is a "Approved space for installation routing" by ticking the corresponding box (this information will be used to support the process initiated by the "Generate manifolds" option, and will allow the generation and routing of pipes through that enclosure). In this case, the "Valid" column will be marked in the list.
4. Indicate whether it is a "Staircase" by ticking the corresponding box. In this case, the "Staircase" column will be marked in the list.
5. Indicate whether there will be "Sprinkler protection above the false ceiling" by ticking the relevant box and entering the value for the "Air gap height" (if this box is ticked, the user must manually enter the air gap height; if it is unchecked, it will be calculated based on information extracted from the BIM model, but if the required entity is missing, it will be assumed that there is no false ceiling and, therefore, the programme will carry out the installation without protection on the false ceiling). In this case, the "Two layers" column will be selected in the list and, where applicable, the information in the "Height" column will be filled in.
6. This indicates whether each space in the group is a "Space for booster sets" (this information will only be used to support the process initiated by the "Initial generation" option, which will allow a lobbying group to be created in that space). By using the edit button on the right and ticking the relevant boxes, you can specify whether it is:
   • A "Space reserved for the pump supplying the sprinkler system",
   • A "Space reserved for the pump supplying the fire hose reel system",
   • A "Space reserved for the pump supplying the wet riser system".
   • This allows you to specify whether the booster set in that space will serve one system or another. In this case, tick the "Sprinkler pump", "Fire hose reel pump" and/or "Wet riser pump" columns in the list.
7. You can specify whether pipes can run vertically within the space by ticking the "Riser" box (this information will only be used to support the process initiated by the "Initial generation" option, which will generate a vertical pipe run in that space; subsequently, the "Generate collectors" process will use these runs to position the risers). Using the edit button on the right and ticking the various boxes, you can specify whether it is:
   • un "Paso vertical de instalaciones para rociadores",
   • un "Paso vertical de instalaciones para BIE",
   • un "Paso vertical de instalaciones para columna seca",
   • y/o un "Paso vertical de instalaciones para columna húmeda".
   • This determines whether the vertical pipe run created in that space will serve one system or another. In this case, the columns "SPK", "FHR", "Dry" and/or "Wet" will be ticked in the list.

• Fire hose reels
  • IfcEntity: IfcFireSuppressionTerminal
  • PredefinedType: HOSEREEL
• Wet column outlet
  • IfcEntity: IfcValve
  • PredefinedType: LANDINGVALVE
  • ObjectType: USERDEFINED
• Dry column outlet
  • IfcEntity: IfcValve
  • PredefinedType: LANDINGVALVE
  • ObjectType: USERDEFINED
• Dry column inlet
  • IfcEntity: IfcFireSuppressionTerminal
  • PredefinedType: BREECHINGINLET