Introduction to Bimplus WebSDK
Bimplus WebSDK library was created with intention to provide easy access to Allplan Bimplus API via simple and easy to use SDK. It contains list of functions which you can call to obtain data from API servers.
Installation
Bimplus WebSDK library is distributed via npm and github repository.
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Bimplus Web SDK
Bimplus provides a javascript SDK for accessing & manipulating building information stored in the Bimplus platform. The SDK provides a rich set of web-interface tools to view any part or aspect of the 3D model of the given building, showing or hiding specific layers, such as Disciplines or Collisions and other details. It also provides user controls for creating and managing Bimplus projects, collaborating with team/project members, issue tracking etc.
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npm installation
To install package via npm you need to install nodejs and npm . Then in command line run :
npm install bimplus-websdk
Github
Public github repository with latest bundle is here :
Features
The SDK offers various controllers for
- Rendering & visualizing 3D Models/Objects of any size
- Displaying Topologies (objects in a hierarchical tree structure)
- Project related controllers
- Object highlighting
- Setting object transparency
- Sectioning
- Client & Server side(ETag) caching for performance improvement
- Issue Tracking
- Performing CRUD operations on Attachments in projects/objects/issues
- Performing CRUD operations on Comments in Issues
- Performing CRUD operations on Pins (for visualizing issues)
- Slideshows & Slides
- Hyperlinks
Downloading & using the SDK
The source code for the SDK is located under https://github.com/Bimplusbimplus-admin/Web-SDK. Please go through the "Getting Started" & "Using the SDK" sections of README.MD text.
Web SDK Reference
- 3DModel Renderer
- Attachment
- Comment
- Hyperlink
- Issue
- IssueList
- Object Properties
- Spot
- Project
- Project List
- Slideshow
- Slideshow List
- Slide
- Slide List
- Teams
- Topology
- User
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3D Model Renderer
This control is used for rendering & displaying a 3D model of any size. This is the main view which displays the model.
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Attachment
This control is used for uploading & displaying the attachments (attachment control is already included for objects, issues & slideshows)
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Controller: attachmentsListController
Methods:
addAttachment(Object form_data): Add an attachment to the current object. It returns a deferred object
deleteAttachment(Object attachment): Deletes the specified attachment from the current object in local cache & db and returns a deferred object
findAll(String object_id): Loads object attachments from local db or make AJAX request to server and returns a deferred object
Here is a list of Ember action helper methods which could be called from template or with sendAction() method
createAttachment(): Create a new attachment object
showNewAttachment(): Show DOM element for new attachment creation
cancelNewAttachment(): Cancels the new attachment creation mode
deleteIssueAttachment(Object attachment): Deletes the specified attachment from the current issue object
downloadIssueAttachment(Object attachment): Download the specified attachment
hideAttachmentPreview(): Hides the attachment preview of DOM object(div)
Usage
Access to Allplan Bimplus API servers is not public, so you need a valid Bimplus account to use one of our servers.
With Bimplus account you obtain also unique application id for your application. If you don't have application id, please contact Allplan company to get one.
Please note that currently we have dev, stage, prod API servers and each of these uses separate accounts. It's not possible to use dev credentials to login into our prod or stage servers. Application id is the same for all api servers, so you can use the same for all our api servers.
In the next sections you can find some basic tutorials how to initialize and use Bimplus WebSDK.
Bimplus WebSdk initialization example
import BimWebSdk from 'bimplus-websdk';
// cache - flag if Bimplus WebSdk should use internal indexeddb cache to store all requests - Dexie plugin is required if it's turned on
// host - choose api server for connection, currently we have these servers - api-dev.bimplus.net, api-stage.bimplus.net, api.bimplus.net
// protocol - choose protocol - http or https
var apiConfig ={ cache: false,
host: "api-dev.bimplus.net",
protocol: "https://"
}
var api = new BimWebSdk.Api(apiConfig);
Authorization example - obsolete
Please note that authorization must be done prior to any other api calls ! It's important to set correct access token into api to provide credentials for other calls.
To successfully login you need to have account in Allplan Bimplus and application id assigned to your application.
Please note that dev, stage and prod api servers are using separate accounts so it's not possible to login to prod via dev credentials.
Application id is the same for all api servers and it identify your application.
api.authorize.post('demoEmail@allplan.com','password', 'XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX').done(function(data,status,xhr) {
api.setAccessToken(data.access_token);
}).fail(function(data) {
console.error('Login to Bimplus failed');
});
Authorization
Please note, authorization must be done prior to any other api calls! To authorize, the best practise is to use browser UI to OIDC server, using discovery URL. The details about connection (and possible changes in settings) can be manually or automatically retrieved there in JSON format.
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Development | https://api-dev.bimplus.net/v2/.well-known/openid-configuration |
Stage | https://api-stage.bimplus.net/v2/.well-known/openid-configuration |
Production | https://api.bimplus.net/v2/.well-known/openid-configuration |
To try calls in postman, you can specify authorization to 'OAuth 2.0' and set it up there.
To successfully login you need to have account in Allplan Bimplus and application id assigned to your application.
Please note that dev, stage and prod api servers are using separate accounts so it's not possible to login to prod via dev credentials.
Application id is the same for all api servers and it identify your application.
Set team by name function example
Here is the simple example how to obtain list of teams and set specific team by name into api. Api must be authorized otherwise this code will fail.
this.setTeamByName = function(teamName){
var tn = teamName ? teamName : this.defaultTeam;
var deferred = $.Deferred();
// prior the first execution of this code we need to login and set valid api access token into Bimplus WebSDK api
return api.teams.get().done(function(data){
var team = data.find(function(d){
return d.name === tn;
});
api.setTeamSlug(team.slug);
deferred.resolve(team.slug,team.id);
}).fail(function(result){
deferred.reject(result);
});
};
Get all projects example
Example how to get list of all projects. Please note that correct access token must be set in api and we must set also the teamslug via api.setTeamSlug(team.slug) call to specify for which team to obtain list of projects
api.projects.get().done(function(data){
deferred.resolve(data);
});
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Comment
This control is used for working with the comments (comments control is already included for objects, issues & slideshows)
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Hyperlink
This control is used for working with the hyperlinks (hyperlinks control is already included for objects, issues & slideshows)
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Issue
This control is used for working with issues inside a project. Please use Pins/Spot control for visualizing spots/pins(could be a problem) related to an issue (if the issue includes geometrical information)
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Issue List
This control is used for displaying a list of issues inside a project.
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Object Properties
This control is used for displaying object's properties. It includes comments, attachments & hyperlinks controls.
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Spot / Pin
This control is used for visualizing spots/pins(could be a problem) related to an issue (if the issue includes geometrical information)
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Projects
This control is used for displaying project information. A project consists of one or more models and each model contains one or more disciplines/layers in it. Each model & discipline could be switched on/off and the transparency of the disciplines could also be switched on/off.
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Project List
This control is used for displaying a list of projects inside a team.
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Slideshow
This control is used for working with a particular slideshow inside a project.
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Slideshow List
This control is used for displaying a list of slideshows inside a project.
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Slide
This control is used for working with a particular slide belonging to a slideshow.
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Slide List
This control is used for displaying a list of slides belonging to a slideshow.
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Teams
This control is used for displaying the list of teams.
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Topology
This control is used for displaying the topology structure of a model.
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User
This control is used for displaying user information & his application settings (context menus)
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