When you add your own planning data to a construction project for the first time by uploading the data to Bimplus, you usually create your own specialist model in the relevant Bimplus project. You maintain this model over the course of the construction project.
→ You exported the planning data in IFC or SketchUp format from the planning tool |
Click Models.
You can see the specialist models of the current project.
Click Add model.
Select the required IFC file or SketchUp file in the Open dialog box.
Click Open.
You can see the Add model dialog box. Enter a name for the specialist model in the Model name box.
This is the name by which you can identify the planning data after import to Bimplus.
Click Upload.
This uploads the planning data to Bimplus.
As soon as the upload is complete, close the Add model dialog box by clicking CLOSE.
To keep the planning data of your specialist model up to date over the course of the construction project, you must update the planning data saved on Bimplus at regular intervals.
Every time you do this, you can decide to overwrite the current data or to create a new revision.
→ You exported the updated planning data in IFC or SketchUp format from the planning tool |
Click Models.
You can see the specialist models of the current project.
If
Point to the model that you want to update. Click Options and then Update model.
Or:
If
Click Update model or create new revision in the Options column of the model that you want to update.
Or:
On the side menu, open the tree structure and go to the
Select the required IFC file or SketchUp file in the Open dialog box.
Click Open.
You can see the Update model dialog box. Decide whether you want to overwrite the existing model or create a new revision:
Update
Overwrites the current model with the planning data in the file.
New revision
Creates a new revision of the model, keeping the original version. You can still view and edit the original version by using the BIMPLUS web portal.Click UPLOAD.
This uploads the updated planning data to Bimplus.