Uploading a new specialist model
When you add your own planning data to a construction project by uploading the data to Bimplus for the first time, you usually create your own specialist model in the Bimplus project. You maintain this model over the course of the construction project.
To create a new specialist model in a Bimplus project
- Make sure the project for which you want to create a new specialist model is the current project (see “Selecting the current Bimplus project”)
- Select the navigation menu by clicking
Show navigation menu on the title bar of the BIMPLUS web portal. 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.
Updating the planning data of a specialist model on Bimplus
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.
Each time you do this, you can decide to overwrite the current data or to create a new revision.
To update the planning data of a specialist model or to create a new revision
- Make sure the project for which you want to update the planning data of your specialist model is the current project (see “Selecting the current Bimplus project”)
- Select the navigation menu by clicking Show navigation menu on the title bar of the BIMPLUS web portal.
Click
Models.You can see the specialist models of the current project.
If
Icon view is selected:
Point to the model that you want to update, click
Options and then 
Update model.Or:
If
Table view is selected:
Go to the Options column of the model that you want to update and click Update model or create new revision.Or:
Open the tree structure on the side menu. Go to the
Model that you want to update, click Options and then Update model.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 on the BIMPLUS web portal.Click UPLOAD.
This uploads the updated planning data to Bimplus.
