Using Allplan to log in to Bimplus

To upload data straight from Allplan to Bimplus, you must log in to Bimplus from your Allplan workstation. You get the necessary login details after registration with Bimplus.

 To use Allplan to log in to Bimplus

1. Click Login on the title bar of Allplan (Allplan V2017 and earlier: on the menu bar).

   The BIMPLUS dialog box opens.
   
   

2. Enter you login details.

   Note: Use the email address and password you specified when you registered with Bimplus. As an alternative, you can also use your login details for Allplan Connect.

3. Click Login.

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Linking an Allplan project with a Bimplus project

If you want to upload planning data of a specialist model from an Allplan project to Bimplus for the first time, you must link the Allplan project with the corresponding Bimplus project first.

The Bimplus project used for linking is usually created by the BIM coordinator responsible for the construction project. As an alternative, you can also create a new Bimplus project while uploading the data. However, only the owner or an administrator of a Bimplus team can create new Bimplus projects in this team. Therefore, the team owner or a team administrator must upload the data for the first time.

 To link an Allplan project with a Bimplus project

1. Make sure all design elements you want to upload to Bimplus are visible in the project.

   To do this, check the status of the drawing files, which should be set to current, open in edit mode or open in reference mode. Then check the status of the layers, which should be set to at least Visible, frozen.
   
   

2. Click Upload Model to Bimplus (Teamwork task - Bimplus task area; Allplan V2017 and earlier: File menu - Export - Export Bimplus Data).

   The Upload Model to Bimplus dialog box opens.
   
   

3. If you are a member of several Bimplus teams:
   Select the Bimplus team who is to edit the project in the TEAM area.
   
   

4. If the Bimplus project already exists:
   Select the Bimplus project to which you want to upload the planning data (possible for project administrators and project editors) in the PROJECT area - Projects table.

   Or:

   If the Bimplus project does not exist:
   In the PROJECT area below the Projects table, click Create new Bimplus project and type a name for the new Bimplus project (only possible for the team owner or a team administrator).
   
   

5. In the PROJECT area below the Models table, click Create new Bimplus model and type a name for the new Bimplus specialist model.
   
   

6. Click Upload.

   The program links the Allplan project with the selected Bimplus project, uploading the planning data to Bimplus.
   
   

7. As soon as the process has finished, you can see a message. Click OK to confirm this message.

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Getting information about the Bimplus project linked with an Allplan project

To get information about the Bimplus project linked with an Allplan project

1. Select the Task Board palette (see "Displaying the Task Board palette in Allplan").
   
   

2. Click Settings at the bottom of the palette.

   The Settings dialog box opens, displaying information about the Bimplus project linked with the current Allplan project and about the Bimplus team to which this Bimplus project is assigned.

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Updating the planning data of an Allplan project on Bimplus

As soon as an Allplan project is linked with a Bimplus project, you can decide whether you want to update or overwrite the data of the specialist model or create a new revision of the model. You can decide this every time you upload planning data from this Allplan project to Bimplus.

To update the planning data or create a new revision

1. Make sure all design elements you want to upload to Bimplus are visible in the project.

   To do this, check the status of the drawing files, which should be set to current, open in edit mode or open in reference mode. Then check the status of the layers, which should be set to at least Visible, frozen.
   
   

2. Click Upload Model to Bimplus (Teamwork task - Bimplus task area; Allplan V2017 and earlier: File menu - Export - Export Bimplus Data).

   The Upload Model to Bimplus dialog box opens.
   
   

3. If you are a member of several Bimplus teams:
   Select the Bimplus team to which the project is assigned in the TEAM area.

   Note: If you have the required rights, you can also create a new Bimplus project in another Bimplus team and add the model as a new model to this new Bimplus project.

4. In the Setting area, you can decide whether you want to update the existing model, overwrite it or create a new revision.

   Update the current model
   Updates the current model based on the selected design elements (see step 1) that have changed since the last upload.
   
   Upload current model again
   Replaces the current model with the design elements selected (see step 1).

   Create a new revision
   Creates a new revision of the model, keeping the original version. You can still display and edit the old version using the Bimplus web portal.
   
   

5. Click Upload.

   This uploads the planning data from Allplan to Bimplus.
   
   

6. As soon as the process has finished, you can see a message. Click OK to confirm this message.

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