Using Allplan to sign in to Bimplus

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

To use Allplan to sign in to Bimplus

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

   The BIMPLUS dialog box opens.
   
   

2. Enter your email address and password.

   Note: Use the email address and password you specified when you registered with Bimplus. As an alternative, you can also use your details for signing in to 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 current, open in edit mode or open in reference mode. Then check the status of the layers, which should be 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:
   Go to the Team area and select the Bimplus team who is to work on the project.
   
   

4. If the Bimplus project already exists:
   Go to the Projects table in the Project area and select the Bimplus project to which you want to upload the planning data (this can be done by project administrators and project editors).

   Or:

   If the Bimplus project does not exist yet:
   Go to the Project area, click Create new Bimplus project under the Projects table and enter a name for the new Bimplus project (this can be done only by the team owner or a team administrator).
   
   

5. Go to the Project area, click Create new Bimplus model under the Models table and enter 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 is complete, you can see a message. Click OK to confirm this message.

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Getting information about the Bimplus link

To get information about the Bimplus link with an Allplan project

1. Select the Task Board palette (see “Showing the Task Board palette in Allplan”).
   
   

2. Click Settings at the bottom of the palette.

   The Settings for ... dialog box displays the following information:
   

   Bimplus team
   Shows the name of the Bimplus team or the project folder containing the Bimplus project that is linked with the current Allplan project.

   Bimplus project
   Shows the name of the Bimplus project that is linked with the current Allplan project.

   Bimplus model
   Shows the name of the specialist model given to the current Allplan project in the Bimplus project.

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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 current, open in edit mode or open in reference mode. Then check the status of the layers, which should be 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. Go to the Setting area and 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 the 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 on the Bimplus web portal
   
   

4. Click Upload.

   This uploads the planning data from Allplan to Bimplus.
   
   

5. As soon as the process is complete, you can see a message. Click OK to confirm this message.

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