Open BIM Switchboard is a program that can be used to design the enclosures present in the electrical system, such as switchboards, distribution panels and control and protection boxes.

When starting to work with Open BIM Switchboard, users can link to a previously created BIM model. The program can then import the information of the electrical system analysed in other tools, such as the existing panels and sub-panels, together with their switchgear, including busbars and bridgelines. It also imports the visualisation of the building geometry, if it exists in that model.

In any case, Open BIM Switchboard can also be used to design envelopes from scratch, without the need for the BIM model to contain geometrical information about the building or the designed system or switchgear.