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Connect with Bimplus. Relation(workflow) between Bimplus portal and Bimplus api
Become a Bimplus compliant developer/partner. Register and authorize yourself to access the Bimplus resources. Relation between teams and projects
Create a team. Create an user. Assign the newly created user to the newly created team. Verify whether he/she is part of the team
Create, modify and access different resources/objects of the building model using the Bimplus api
Create a project, add some objects(walls, columns) and view it using the web viewer
Get the list of available projects and its properties
Add properties to the project
Add a thumbnail to the project
Project topology and object topology tree
Find the geometry of an object. Get to know the types of geometry available
Get the project layers and element types. Find the relation between them
Filter the building information using different filter criteria
Import an existing project in the form of IFC/SketchUp file
Create and assign issues to projects. Locate/visualize the issues in the project
Add attachments to the whole building as well as to the individual objects
Find out how many teams I am part of. Remove myself from some of the teams
Authentication token for multiple logins and cross client authentication using temporary token

Connect with Bimplus. Relation(workflow) between Bimplus portal and Bimplus api

is the first place of contact of the user/developer for using the Bimplus platform. It includes a where you can purchase different editions of Bimplus cloud platform. you can also find a few critical foundation apps like the Bimplus Explorer, Bimplus Viewer and Bimplus Problem Spotter. The portal takes care of the user registration(developer registration) as well.

The Bimplus API provides an interface for accessing the building information and models. It connects the building project information to a vast number of developers providing innovative Apps / applications that can operate on the building models and information.

The figure below describes the relation between the Bimplus portal and the API.

Bimplus Developer Guide > User Stories > StartProcess.png

Become a Bimplus compliant developer/partner. Register and authorize yourself to access the Bimplus resources. Relation between teams and projects

Please register for accessing the Bimplus resources and become a Bimplus compliant developer and a partner. You will receive an authentication token after the registration.

A Team is a tenant/company which work on the projects. The team has to be specified and setup through the portal as so called to present a . The team slug will be used to know which tenant database to work on.

Using the authentication token and the team slug, you can start working with the building projects which you are a member of, using our Bimplus api.

Please find a quick start tutorial .

Create a team. Create an user. Assign the newly created user to the newly created team. Verify whether he/she is part of the team

The Bimplus provides a few user administration relevant services. They are:

Please use the Bimplus Team Management Service (POST https://api.bimplus.net/v2/teams) for creating a team. This will basically create a data storage for the team. See in the Request/Response tab where we have created the "best-company" team. Also, please note that the team slug "best-company" will be part of the subsequent requests for accessing the resources and performing the desired actions on them.

Create a new user using the Bimplus User Management Service(POST https://api.bimplus.net/v2/users).

Add the user which you have created to the team using the Bimplus Membership Management Service(POST https://api.bimplus.net/v2//members).

Verify whether the user has been added to the team by using the Bimplus Membership Management Service(GET https://api.bimplus.net/v2//members). In the response tab, you can see the user(test@bimplus.net) who is part of the "best-company" team.

Create, modify and access different resources/objects of the building model using the Bimplus api

The project slug (which should be provided during the creation of a project) should be provided as part of the URL for accessing all the project relevant resources. This is also necessary to verify the user’s access rights on the project in an early stage of processing the API call (before any business data will be touched and any business logic will be executed)

These are the project relevant services available at the moment:

For further details see the Bimplus api reference

Create a project, add some objects(walls, columns) and view it using the web viewer

1. Create a new project

Use the Bimplus Project Service for creating a new project.

POST

Resource: projects

URL: https://api.bimplus.net/v2/<team>/projects

Example: https://api.bimplus.net/v2/bimplus/projects

JSON Structure:

Name	Mandatory / Optional	Type	Description
name	optional	string	Name of the project
shortDescr	optional	string	Short description of the project
created	will be ignored	string (date)	Creation date of the project

Creates a new project.

Authorization: BimPlus 9c1874a62c974dcfa75e0132c423a088
Content-Type: application/json

{
"name" : "Your Wonderful Model",
"shortDescr" : "The best building model in the world"
}

Status: 201 Created

{
    "name": "Your Wonderful Model",
    "shortDescr": "The best building model in the world",
    "thumbnail": null,
    "created": "2013-07-11T11:02:11.6567346Z",
    "changed": "2013-07-11T11:02:11.6567346Z",
    "disciplines": null,
    "id": "0bc9e4b7-d679-43d7-86e3-0ded12fc0736"
}

2. Create a topology node

A Topology node has to be created for adding the objects (Column, Wall). As a topology node is also an object, the Bimplus Object Service has to be used for creating the topology object. Please see the request tab. The id of the project is provided for the parent attribute of the json object(topology)

POST

Resource: objects

URL: https://api.bimplus.net/v2/<team>/objects

Example: https://api.bimplus.net/v2/bimplus/objects

JSON Structure:

Name	Mandatory / Optional	Type	Description
parent	optional	string (guid)	The id of the parent to which the object can be associated
type	mandatory	string	Element type of the object
attributes	optional	string	Attributes of the object
children	optional	Object	Children of the object

Creates a new object

Authorization: BimPlus 9c1874a62c974dcfa75e0132c423a088
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "parent": "0bc9e4b7-d679-43d7-86e3-0ded12fc0736",
    "type": "TopologyDivision",
    "attributes": {
        "element": {
            "isparent": false,
            "elementtyp": "e003e080-f21b-4f8a-8c4c-4c9c5026cf50",
            "logparentid": "b65b2534-55fe-4fe7-806a-da5bd1bccf75",
            "divisionid": "ac21b9a1-8853-4658-9fbf-0cf62340bd18",
            "materialsurfaceid": "cdbd7fbc-0d02-4be5-adb3-04b7f0b2a638"
        },
        "general": {
            "isobjectvalid": true,
			"name": "First floor"
        }
    }
}

Status: 201 Created

{
    "id": "7f76a497-e322-4b78-b820-1ce85ebc39db",
    "type": "TopologyDivision",
    "attributes": {
        "element": {
            "isparent": false,
            "elementtyp": "e003e080-f21b-4f8a-8c4c-4c9c5026cf50",
            "logparentid": "b65b2534-55fe-4fe7-806a-da5bd1bccf75",
            "divisionid": "ac21b9a1-8853-4658-9fbf-0cf62340bd18",
            "materialsurfaceid": "cdbd7fbc-0d02-4be5-adb3-04b7f0b2a638"
        },
        "general": {
            "name": "First floor",
            "isobjectvalid": true
        }
    }
}

3. Add a wall to the project

Again we use the Bimplus Object Service for creating the wall object in the project. Please note that the wall is added to the topology node and not the project (i.e See the request tab. The id of the topology node is provided for the parent attribute of the json object(wall))

POST

Resource: objects

URL: https://api.bimplus.net/v2/<team>/objects

Example: https://api.bimplus.net/v2/bimplus/objects

JSON Structure:

Name	Mandatory / Optional	Type	Description
parent	optional	string (guid)	The id of the parent to which the object can be associated
type	mandatory	string	Element type of the object
attributes	optional	string	Attributes of the object
children	optional	Object	Children of the object

Creates a new object

Authorization: BimPlus 9c1874a62c974dcfa75e0132c423a088
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "parent" : "7f76a497-e322-4b78-b820-1ce85ebc39db",
    "type": "Wall",
    "attributes": {
        "element": {
            "isparent": false,
            "nr": 0,
            "matrix": "AAAAAAAA8D8AAAAAAAAAgAAAAAAAAACAINejcP1YsEAAAAAAAAAAgAAAAAAAAPA/AAAAAAAAAIAK16Nw/fy2QAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAADwPwAArkfheoS/AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA8D8=",
            "elementtyp": "10074eef-9418-4d64-9c6d-23932835a7f1",
             "divisionid": "ac21b9a1-8853-4658-9fbf-0cf62340bd18"
        },
        "general": {
            "name": "Brickwall",
            "isobjectvalid": true
        },
        "quantity": {
            "width": 115
        },
        "allplan": {
            "allplan_guid": "08b8195a-a2ad-11e2-9993-002215ea7d6b",
            "allplan_id": 2065507287,
            "allplan_text": "<PP>Wall",
            "dateofexport": "2013-05-01T09:32:13"
        },
        "geometry": {
            "mesh": "{\"C\":4278255360,\"V\":[4450.01,115.01,0.01,3200.01,115.01,0.01,3200.01,0.01,0.01,4450.01,0.01,0.01,2315.01,0.01,0.01,2315.01,115.01,0.01,0.01,115.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,4450.01,115.01,2750.01,4450.01,0.01,2750.01,0.01,0.01,2750.01,0.01,115.01,2750.01,2315.01,115.01,2190.01,3200.01,115.01,2190.01,3200.01,0.01,2190.01,2315.01,0.01,2190.01],\"F\":[4,0,1,2,3,4,4,5,6,7,4,8,9,10,11,4,0,3,9,8,8,6,5,12,13,1,0,8,11,4,7,6,11,10,8,3,2,14,15,4,7,10,9,4,12,15,14,13,4,15,12,5,4,4,13,14,2,1]}"
        }
    }
}

Status: 201 Created

{
    "id": "921bc1f6-228a-4f79-937a-0251b60436b4",
    "type": "Wall",
    "attributes": {
        "element": {
            "isparent": false,
            "nr": 0,
            "elementtyp": "10074eef-9418-4d64-9c6d-23932835a7f1",
            "logparentid": "0bc9e4b7-d679-43d7-86e3-0ded12fc0736",
            "divisionid": "ac21b9a1-8853-4658-9fbf-0cf62340bd18",
            "materialsurfaceid": "cdbd7fbc-0d02-4be5-adb3-04b7f0b2a638"
        },
        "general": {
            "name": "Brickwall",
            "isobjectvalid": true
        },
        "allplan": {
            "allplan_guid": "08b8195a-a2ad-11e2-9993-002215ea7d6b",
            "allplan_id": 2065507287,
            "allplan_text": "<PP>Wall",
            "dateofexport": "2013-05-01T09:32:13"
        },
        "geometry": {
            "mesh": "{\"C\":0,\"V\":[4450.01,115.01,0.01,3200.01,115.01,0.01,3200.01,0.01,0.01,4450.01,0.01,0.01,2315.01,0.01,0.01,2315.01,115.01,0.01,0.01,115.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,4450.01,115.01,2750.01,4450.01,0.01,2750.01,0.01,0.01,2750.01,0.01,115.01,2750.01,2315.01,115.01,2190.01,3200.01,115.01,2190.01,3200.01,0.01,2190.01,2315.01,0.01,2190.01],\"F\":[4,0,1,2,3,4,4,5,6,7,4,8,9,10,11,4,0,3,9,8,8,6,5,12,13,1,0,8,11,4,7,6,11,10,8,3,2,14,15,4,7,10,9,4,12,15,14,13,4,15,12,5,4,4,13,14,2,1]}"
        }
    }
}

4. Add a column to the project

Again we use the Bimplus Object Service for creating the column object in the project. Please note that the wall is added to the topology node and not the project (i.e See the request tab. The id of the topology node is provided for the parent attribute of the json object(wall))

POST

Resource: objects

URL: https://api.bimplus.net/v2/<team>/objects

Example: https://api.bimplus.net/v2/bimplus/objects

JSON Structure:

Name	Mandatory / Optional	Type	Description
parent	optional	string (guid)	The id of the parent to which the object can be associated
type	mandatory	string	Element type of the object
attributes	optional	string	Attributes of the object
children	optional	Object	Children of the object

Creates a new object

Authorization: BimPlus 9c1874a62c974dcfa75e0132c423a088
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "parent" : "7f76a497-e322-4b78-b820-1ce85ebc39db",
    "type": "Column",
    "attributes": {
        "element": {
            "isparent": false,
            "nr": 0,
            "matrix": "AAAAAAAA8D8AAAAAAAAAgAAAAAAAAACAINejcP1YsEAAAAAAAAAAgAAAAAAAAPA/AAAAAAAAAIAK16Nw/fy2QAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAADwPwAArkfheoS/AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA8D8=",
            "divisionid": "ac21b9a1-8853-4658-9fbf-0cf62340bd18"
        },
        "general": {
            "name": "BrickColumn",
            "isobjectvalid": true
        },
        "quantity": {
            "width": 115,
			"volume" : 24
        },
        "geometry": {
            "mesh": "{\"C\":0,\"V\":[3843.438,-1048.958,-1565.0,3943.438,-1048.958,-1565.0,3943.438,-948.958,-1565.0,3843.438,-948.958,-1565.0,3843.438,-1048.958,635.0,3943.438,-1048.958,635.0,3943.438,-948.958,635.0,3843.438,-948.958,635.0],\"F\":[4,3,0,1,2,4,4,7,6,5,4,0,3,7,4,4,1,0,4,5,4,2,1,5,6,4,3,2,6,7]}"
        }
    }
}

Status: 201 Created

{
    "id": "de5a8d7e-701f-42ff-9731-f32fb1fb767d",
    "type": "Column",
    "attributes": {
        "element": {
            "isparent": false,
            "nr": 0,
            "elementtyp": "2e308afe-d078-4c20-b53c-76b2da66d848",
            "logparentid": "0bc9e4b7-d679-43d7-86e3-0ded12fc0736",
            "divisionid": "ac21b9a1-8853-4658-9fbf-0cf62340bd18",
            "materialsurfaceid": "cdbd7fbc-0d02-4be5-adb3-04b7f0b2a638"
        },
        "general": {
            "name": "BrickColumn",
            "isobjectvalid": true
        },
        "geometry": {
            "mesh": "{\"C\":0,\"V\":[3843.438,-1048.958,-1565.0,3943.438,-1048.958,-1565.0,3943.438,-948.958,-1565.0,3843.438,-948.958,-1565.0,3843.438,-1048.958,635.0,3943.438,-1048.958,635.0,3943.438,-948.958,635.0,3843.438,-948.958,635.0],\"F\":[4,3,0,1,2,4,4,7,6,5,4,0,3,7,4,4,1,0,4,5,4,2,1,5,6,4,3,2,6,7]}"
        }
    }
}

5. Verify whether the wall and column is added to the project by seeing the object topology

For verifying whether the wall and the column is added to the project, we have to call GET https://api.bimplus.net/v2/nemetschek/objects//topology. Please note that the API call GET https://api.bimplus.net/v2/nemetschek/projects//topology will only give you its children (i.e topology) details. So, if your project is very big, you can first call GET https://api.bimplus.net/v2/nemetschek/projects//topology and get the topology id(i.e 7f76a497-e322-4b78-b820-1ce85ebc39db in our example). Using the topology id we can get the object(wall, column in our case) details using the call GET https://api.bimplus.net/v2/nemetschek/objects/7f76a497-e322-4b78-b820-1ce85ebc39db/topology.

GET

Resource: objects/<object_id>/topology

URL: https://api.bimplus.net/v2/<team>/objects/<object_id>/topology

Example: {nolink:https://api.bimplus.net/v2/bimplus/objects/0bc9e4b7-d679-43d7-86e3-0ded12fc0736/topology

Get all the project properties of a project using its id.

Authorization: BimPlus 9c1874a62c974dcfa75e0132c423a088
Content-Type: application/json

Status: 200 OK

{
    "parent": null,
    "name": "Your Wonderful Model",
    "type": "ID_Project",
    "children": [
        {
            "parent": "0bc9e4b7-d679-43d7-86e3-0ded12fc0736",
            "name": "First floor",
            "type": "ID_TopologyDivision",
            "children": [
                {
                    "parent": "7f76a497-e322-4b78-b820-1ce85ebc39db",
                    "name": "Brickwall",
                    "type": "ID_ArchWall",
                    "children": [],
                    "id": "921bc1f6-228a-4f79-937a-0251b60436b4"
                },
                {
                    "parent": "7f76a497-e322-4b78-b820-1ce85ebc39db",
                    "name": "BrickColumn",
                    "type": "ID_ArchColumn",
                    "children": [],
                    "id": "de5a8d7e-701f-42ff-9731-f32fb1fb767d"
                }
            ],
            "id": "7f76a497-e322-4b78-b820-1ce85ebc39db"
        }
    ],
    "id": "0bc9e4b7-d679-43d7-86e3-0ded12fc0736"
}

6. See your result visually by using the web viewer.

Get the list of available projects and its properties

This API call(GET https://api.bimplus.net/v2//projects) should retrieve the list of projects available to the team. In this call, only a few properties of the projects will be visible.

Using the project id got from the previous call, the full property list can be accessed using this API call(GET https://api.bimplus.net/v2//projects/)

Add a thumbnail to the project

Thumbnail can be added to a project by using the Bimplus Project Service(POST https://api.bimplus.net/v2//projects//thumbnail). There is also a service available for downloading the thumbnail.

Thumbnail API call:

Web Viewer:

Please, note that there is a seperate attachment service available for uploading attachments other than thumbnail.

Add properties to the project

The project can be updated with the necessary attributes. The list of available Bimplus attributes can be seen here

Update the project with the project properties

PUT

Resource: projects/<project_id>

URL: https://api.bimplus.net/v2/<team>/projects/<project_id>

Example: https://api.bimplus.net/v2/bimplus/projects/0d2ce2cc-3588-45d6-a59a-f6b89ebed34e

JSON Structure:

Name	Mandatory / Optional	Type	Description
name	optional	string	Name of the project
shortDescr	optional	string	Short description of the project
created	will be ignored	string (date)	Creation date of the project
changed	will be ignored	string (date)	Changed date of the project

Update or replace a specified existing project with a new one.

Authorization: BimPlus 9c1874a62c974dcfa75e0132c423a088
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "properties": {
        "MainFloorArea": "456m²",
        "Architect": {
            "name": "NemetschekTech.GmbH",
            "phone1": "089/12793-1115",
            "phone2": "0171/71384483",
            "email": "MyName@Nemetschek.com",
            "city": "Munich",
            "zip": "81829",
            "street": "Konrad-Zuse-Platz1"
        },
        "Customer": {
            "name": "Bimplus customer",
            "phone1": "001-201-1279345",
            "email": "MyName@Nemetschek.com",
            "city": "New Jersy",
            "zip": "08201"
        }
    }
}

Status: 200 OK

See the updated project properties

GET

Resource: projects/<project_id>

URL: https://api.bimplus.net/v2/<team>/projects/<project_id>

Example: https://api.bimplus.net/v2/bimplus/projects/586b02be-43b8-4e27-b698-e067e85e38e2

Get all the project properties of a project using its id.

Authorization: BimPlus 9c1874a62c974dcfa75e0132c423a088
Content-Type: application/json

Status: 200 OK

{
    "name": "Your Awesome Building",
    "shortDescr": "The example project",
    "thumbnail": "/nemetschek/projects/0d2ce2cc-3588-45d6-a59a-f6b89ebed34e/thumbnail/download",
    "created": "0001-01-01T00:00:00",
    "changed": "0001-01-01T00:00:00",
    "disciplines": [
        {
            "id": "0f106af0-a919-44c5-b211-15bd5ef620b6",
            "name": "ID_BuildingModel",
            "divisionId": "ac21b9a1-8853-4658-9fbf-0cf62340bd18",
            "divisionName": null,
            "revisions": []
        }
    ],
    "properties": {
        "mainfloorarea": "456m²",
        "architect": {
            "name": "NemetschekTech.GmbH",
            "street": "Konrad-Zuse-Platz1",
            "phone1": "089/12793-1115",
            "phone2": "0171/71384483",
            "email": "MyName@Nemetschek.com",
            "zip": "81829",
            "city": "Munich"
        },
        "customer": {
            "name": "Bimplus customer",
            "phone1": "001-201-1279345",
            "email": "MyName@Nemetschek.com",
            "zip": "08201",
            "city": "New Jersy"
        }
    },
    "id": "0d2ce2cc-3588-45d6-a59a-f6b89ebed34e"
}

Project topology and object topology tree

Topology is a hierarchical tree representing all its child nodes. A topology tree consist of components which can have a graphical representation(objects or elements) or components which does not have a graphical representation(nodes). A topology tree can be obtained both on the project as well as on the object level.

Please use the Bimplus Project Service for obtaining/filtering the project topology tree. This will yield the topology nodes filtered till the sub-project level.

{
"parent": null,
"name": null,
"type": "Project",
"children": \[{
            "parent": "0d2ce2cc-3588-45d6-a59a-f6b89ebed34e",
            "name": null,
            "type": "ID_TopologyDivision",
            "children": [],
            "id": "195db084-3715-4ebc-b164-3ee47a495b2e"
        }
\],
"id": "0d2ce2cc-3588-45d6-a59a-f6b89ebed34e"
}

{
"name": "Your Awesome Building",
"shortDescr": "Updating the example project",
"created": "0001-01-01T00:00:00",
"changed": "0001-01-01T00:00:00",
"disciplines": \[{
            "id": "0f106af0-a919-44c5-b211-15bd5ef620b6",
            "name": "ID_BuildingModel",
            "divisionId": "ac21b9a1-8853-4658-9fbf-0cf62340bd18",
            "divisionName": null,
            "revisions": []
        }
\],
"id": "0d2ce2cc-3588-45d6-a59a-f6b89ebed34e"
}

Please use the Bimplus Object Service for obtaining/filtering the object topology tree. This will yield the topology nodes with all the properties, attributes, geometry and children.

{
    "parent": null,
    "name": "Updated_Brickwall",
    "type": "ID_ArchWall",
    "children": [],
    "id": "7cf910cb-e357-43f6-aa3a-b45c26380f75"
}

{
"id": "7cf910cb-e357-43f6-aa3a-b45c26380f75",
"type": "Wall",
"attributes": {
"element": {
            "isparent": true,
            "nr": 0,
            "matrix": "AAAAAAAA8D8AAAAAAAAAgAAAAAAAAACAINejcP1YsEAAAAAAAAAAgAAAAAAAAPA/AAAAAAAAAIAK16Nw/fy
                       2QAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAADwPwAArkfheoS/AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA8D8=",
            "elementtyp": "10074eef-9418-4d64-9c6d-23932835a7f1",
            "logparentid": "0d2ce2cc-3588-45d6-a59a-f6b89ebed34e",
            "divisionid": "ac21b9a1-8853-4658-9fbf-0cf62340bd18"
        },
"general": {
            "name": "Updated_Brickwall",
            "isobjectvalid": true
        },
"allplan": {
            "allplan_guid": "08b8195a-a2ad-11e2-9993-002215ea7d6b",
            "allplan_id": 2065507287,
            "allplan_text": "<PP>Wall",
            "dateofexport": "2013-05-01T09:32:13"
        },
"geometry": {
"mesh": "{\"C\":0,\"V\":[4450.01,115.01,0.01,3200.01,115.01,0.01,3200.01,0.01,0.01,4450.01,0.01,0.01,2315.01,
          0.01,0.01,2315.01,115.01,0.01,0.01,115.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,4450.01,115.01,2750.01,4450.01,0.01,
          2750.01,0.01,0.01,2750.01,0.01,115.01,2750.01,2315.01,115.01,2190.01,3200.01,115.01,2190.01,3200.01,
          0.01,2190.01,2315.01,0.01,2190.01],\"F\":[4,0,1,2,3,4,4,5,6,7,4,8,9,10,11,4,0,3,9,8,8,6,5,12,13,1,0,
          8,11,4,7,6,11,10,8,3,2,14,15,4,7,10,9,4,12,15,14,13,4,15,12,5,4,4,13,14,2,1]}"
}
}
}

A project is basically an object. For a better understanding, here the same project is represented using the different API calls.

{
    "name": "Your Awesome Building",
    "shortDescr": "Updating the example project",
    "thumbnail": "/nemetschek/projects/0d2ce2cc-3588-45d6-a59a-f6b89ebed34e/thumbnail/download",
    "created": "0001-01-01T00:00:00",
    "changed": "0001-01-01T00:00:00",
    "disciplines": [
        {
            "id": "0f106af0-a919-44c5-b211-15bd5ef620b6",
            "name": "ID_BuildingModel",
            "divisionId": "ac21b9a1-8853-4658-9fbf-0cf62340bd18",
            "divisionName": null,
            "revisions": []
        }
    ],
    "id": "0d2ce2cc-3588-45d6-a59a-f6b89ebed34e"
}

{
    "parent": null,
    "name": "Your Awesome Building",
    "type": "ID_Project",
    "children": [
        {
            "parent": "0d2ce2cc-3588-45d6-a59a-f6b89ebed34e",
            "name": "Your Awesome Building",
            "type": "ID_TopologyDivision",
            "children": [],
            "id": "c1c6c2bc-f38e-4c01-ae5a-864baaa0b2d0"
        }
    ],
    "id": "0d2ce2cc-3588-45d6-a59a-f6b89ebed34e"
}

{
    "id": "0d2ce2cc-3588-45d6-a59a-f6b89ebed34e",
    "type": "Project",
    "attributes": {
        "element": {
            "isparent": true,
            "elementtyp": "8d27ae6d-3c9a-4201-8a4d-bf0225861788",
            "materialsurfaceid": "cdbd7fbc-0d02-4be5-adb3-04b7f0b2a638"
        },
        "general": {
            "name": "Your Awesome Building",
            "description": "Updating the example project",
            "isobjectvalid": true
        }
    }
}

{
    "parent": null,
    "name": "Your Awesome Building",
    "type": "ID_Project",
    "children": [
        {
            "parent": "0d2ce2cc-3588-45d6-a59a-f6b89ebed34e",
            "name": "Your Awesome Building",
            "type": "ID_TopologyDivision",
            "children": [
                {
                    "parent": "c1c6c2bc-f38e-4c01-ae5a-864baaa0b2d0",
                    "name": "Brickwall",
                    "type": "ID_ArchWall",
                    "children": [],
                    "id": "7cf910cb-e357-43f6-aa3a-b45c26380f75"
                }
            ],
            "id": "c1c6c2bc-f38e-4c01-ae5a-864baaa0b2d0"
        }
    ],
    "id": "0d2ce2cc-3588-45d6-a59a-f6b89ebed34e"
}

Find the geometry of an object. Get to know the types of geometry available

The geometrical information(graphical representation) of a building can be accessed through the Bimplus Object Service. There are different types of geometry available for optimizing and viewing on different devices.

There are three type of Geometry objects.

mesh: It is the default geometry type. It is an uncompressed mesh format where the geometry object will be compressed on the server before storing it into the database. Please use this API call(GET https://api.bimplus.net/v2//objects/) for getting the mesh information of an object.

{
"id": "7cf910cb-e357-43f6-aa3a-b45c26380f75",
"type": "Wall",
"attributes": {
"element": {
            "isparent": true,
            "nr": 0,
            "matrix": "AAAAAAAA8D8AAAAAAAAAgAAAAAAAAACAINejcP1YsEAAAAAAAAAAgAAAAAAAAPA/AAAAAAAAAIAK16Nw/fy
                       2QAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAADwPwAArkfheoS/AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA8D8=",
            "elementtyp": "10074eef-9418-4d64-9c6d-23932835a7f1",
            "logparentid": "0d2ce2cc-3588-45d6-a59a-f6b89ebed34e",
            "divisionid": "ac21b9a1-8853-4658-9fbf-0cf62340bd18"
        },
"general": {
            "name": "Updated_Brickwall",
            "isobjectvalid": true
        },
"allplan": {
            "allplan_guid": "08b8195a-a2ad-11e2-9993-002215ea7d6b",
            "allplan_id": 2065507287,
            "allplan_text": "<PP>Wall",
            "dateofexport": "2013-05-01T09:32:13"
        },
"geometry": {
"mesh": "{\"C\":0,\"V\":[4450.01,115.01,0.01,3200.01,115.01,0.01,3200.01,0.01,0.01,4450.01,0.01,0.01,2315.01,
          0.01,0.01,2315.01,115.01,0.01,0.01,115.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,4450.01,115.01,2750.01,4450.01,0.01,
          2750.01,0.01,0.01,2750.01,0.01,115.01,2750.01,2315.01,115.01,2190.01,3200.01,115.01,2190.01,3200.01,
          0.01,2190.01,2315.01,0.01,2190.01],\"F\":[4,0,1,2,3,4,4,5,6,7,4,8,9,10,11,4,0,3,9,8,8,6,5,12,13,1,0,
          8,11,4,7,6,11,10,8,3,2,14,15,4,7,10,9,4,12,15,14,13,4,15,12,5,4,4,13,14,2,1]}"
}
}
}

meshblob: It is a compressed mesh format intended to be used in the desktop CAD applications. Internal CAD format of the geometry will be converted into a Bimplus compressed mesh format with the help of a DLL in order to minimize the JSON object. Please use this API call(GET https://api.bimplus.net/v2//objects//geometries/meshblob) for getting the meshblob information of an object.

{
    "elementsCount": 1,
    "objects": [
        {
            "id": "7cf910cb-e357-43f6-aa3a-b45c26380f75",
            "parent": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
            "type": "Wall",
            "attributes": {
                "geometry": {
                    "compress": true,
                    "picture": "H4sIAAAAAAAEANVXW3PbRBTWylIsuUmctml6T900t7aua+eetiHOndAQDLS8pBnhyzYVUeQiyR0cGJ545y9QGB
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				NpTQ9lcLpPNjExmxzIjufHRbDo1V7OgOGXTmucUrXSqUCtZZvkyrV+pblJ7yq5Zloo10qt0i3pu+QbdzKxe9UxrxSw5RaeemZstunT
				BYk9tr1C16rRCnTh7Qb1ZNW1PoZUNqlwvlqm2ZTxXrJg1t33LmKV2xbQ3nKplUcVjRsrL87FYTFGU2G3yfN316FZmDg/LHrPbzSxRm
				zpmObNiut6LubW1SFsCO9jSzJfdiMb6+luPwsQFFpfH28JFtmm7ZmFP5OrVmu3NOE6xjoRuUq03Sk0kJMyG4h4el6WaWYGsxwAKQGWQ
				SKg/s5pqajoURfxW0apRw5A0TBbrkCTlJ/Z+eJU97IFsFGWjJBtl2ajIBpWN67KxIRs3ZMOUjZdkY1N6cGnxuMwvacelwNj/QX3AzBb
				DZEa6quGa21Qzbv01Jwv0QFO2ra3De03TNXbr4EPBPj3+xfeP7vc3Y1rgvc5uh/hQ1Efl/a4W9r/zHqYF3idQkXzEkQgSEZnQ11QW+R
				WOAtRbAW2AdkASgIn0vYB9gP2ATsABQBfgIADB1w8DjsAQXRiSgiGRrSK8n74dRwHHAMcB3YATAMyjnwT0AE4BegF9gH7AAGAQcBpwB
				nAWkAacA2QA5wFZQA4wxKBNiyf+FrqHWow98C0eBowARgFjgHHABGAScAFwEXAJa7WoiHZzm4NEIa+QOtlGxrS0YMn7g9felEsf5F+e
				Snz8zkfX8q92vr90Z/uNaYL9w9T3nv2wW5Xea1Ro26EgHgQK7VxBLNGgkAzP0PV2o0LHDoUGG/ZyBUE0KOzbodCwxP4dRooZ/CVfezd
				POiO8CBQORCwRKHRFGBkoHIxw05eP3c6TQxF7ESgcjtiLQOFIRKiFgopaabqy1BLdMO0Y+0uJriHzXPfvKLejXPDz7TgnIOA0Id2cUPh
				r5AQn0G1bQKQ4AQH/a8lJTkBAVyI9nND4a+QUJ9AqUHyklxMJ7jjp4wQE5Dbp50Qrf40MhAzz5xgMTepbejpkGNKfnOEEBKQ7OcuJdhG
				PdGgV35dzITt8XzKhAKEiyHlOQEAFkCwnOoS3udCyvsZQ6BUsrQ43s51oO/BLxReDG3u9iYOOqyzb3vBQOrXllquOZZYeHGIj7ARjv4c
				fXaXx8eJoeXQsNzk8QrMTk+v+EaRPwRs0QL8TPgFpVEjTkMaElIc0LqQZSBNCmoU0KaQ5SBeENA/popAWIF0S0iJ2Hyb8x6GIPtHjKDh
				NX+Jp6tcQogSj9SfD7LRgl8NsXrBPhdkZwV7mSekn5qxgV8K6c4J9Oqw7L9jVsO6CYJ8Js4uCLYTYpHBJE61ENIykcEsTDUK0gaRwTRN
				lL4o7KdzTfmUfByiTH9gdlZEMXMRnhygxnCP4tP+Gje/YwLGRFG5r+MD4go3v2cB5kQxc/40xOCBwBqDN/8jkz9m4z8a3mF+EQ0OP/4w
				xaOVf4YkIifYJk75m4xc2PsUTERbtLpPusfE7G1/iI+dPBQ0gCIMQAAA=",
                    "type": 3,
                    "matrix": "AAAAAAAA8D8AAAAAAAAAgAAAAAAAAACAINejcP1YsEAAAAAAAAAAgAAAAAAAAPA/AAAAAAAAAIAK16Nw/fy2QAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAA
                              DwPwAArkfheoS/AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA8D8="
                }
            }
        }
    ]
}

threejs: It is a format which is optimized for viewing on mobile devices or in browsers where the native model is filtered and tessellated in order to deliver minimal JSON size and maximal navigation speed (FPS). This model has ThreeJS JSON v 3.1 format and can be directly parsed by the client.Please use this API call(GET https://api.bimplus.net/v2//objects//geometries/threejs) for getting the threejs information of an object.

{
    "elementsCount": 1,
    "viewbox": {
        "x": -5081.562,
        "y": 5005.8785,
        "z": 1231.1029999999996,
        "width": 5950,
        "height": 5540.835,
        "depth": 7065.71
    },
    "colors": [
        -9868951
    ],
    "objects": [
        {
            "id": "f5cc3c6c-1fdf-499d-a38d-0582adadc216",
            "type": "RoofLayer",
            "attributes": {
                "geometry": {
                    "threejs": {
                        "faces": [
                            0,
                            2,
                            1,
                            3,
                            0,
                            5,
                            3,
                            9,
                            1,
                            1,
                            14,
                            1,
                            5,
                            6,
                            15,
                            12,
                            1,
                            7,
                            4,
                            13,
                            14
                        ],
                        "vertices": [
                            -2106.562,
                            7588.114,
                            -2301.752,
                            -8056.562,
                            7588.114,
                            -2301.752,
                            -8056.562,
                            -880.999,
                            -4742.212,
                            6700,
                            -880.999,
                            -4742.212,
                            7412.539,
                            -1821.578,
                            -5522.212,
                            7412.539,
                            -1821.578
                        ],
                        "metadata": {
                            "formatVersion": 3,
                            "colorid": 0
                        }
                    }
                },
                "quantity": {
                    "length": 7065.71,
                    "height": 150,
                    "volume": 7911354818.818842,
                    "area": 52742365.4587924
                },
                "general": {
                    "name": "<PP>RoofLayer"
                }
            }
        }
    ]
}

Get the project layers and element types. Find the relation between them

A group of element types constitute a layer. But an element type cannot belong to two layers. Both the element types and layers are predefined.

Please see the list of element types here

The list of element types can be accessed through this API call(GET https://api.bimplus.net/v2//element-types)

The list of layers can be accessed through this API call(GET https://api.bimplus.net/v2//element-types/disciplines)

Filter the building information using different filter criteria

The "ThreeJS" or the "meshblob" information can be filtered by the layer.

Please use this API call (GET https://api.bimplus.net/v2/<team>/objects/<object_id>/disciplines/<discipline_id>/geometries/threejs) to get the object tree with selected property list whose geometry type is "ThreeJS" filtered by layer

Please use this API call (GET https://api.bimplus.net/v2/<team>/objects/<object_id>/disciplines/<discipline_id>/geometries/meshblob) to get the object tree whose geometry type is "compressed geometry mesh (meshblob)" filtered by layer

Import an existing project in the form of IFC/SketchUp file

Projects in the form of IFC/SketchUp files can be imported into the Bimplus platform by using the Bimplus Import Service

Create and assign issues to projects. Locate/visualize the issues in the project

Any problems or remarks can be reported and assigned to a project in the form of issues. To understand the problem better, comments or attachments can be added to the issue.

Please use the Bimplus Project Service for creating/deleting an issue or for getting all the issues assigned to a project

Please use the Bimplus Issue Service for doing all the specific issue related actions

Pins are used to visualize the issues. Pins are relation between an issue and an object. It defines position of an issue in the 3D space.

A Pin can be created by using the Bimplus Issue Service (POST https://api.bimplus.net/v2//issues//pins)

There is also a Bimplus PIN Service available for doing all the specific pin related actions.

Add attachments to the whole building as well as to the individual objects

The pictures or any other documents(pdf, ifc etc) can be attached to both the project as well as the individual objects.

Please use the Bimplus Project Service (POST https://api.bimplus.net/v2//projects//attachments) for adding an attachment to the project.

Verify whether the picture has been attached to the project using the Bimplus Project Service (GET https://api.bimplus.net/v2//projects//attachments)

Please use the Bimplus Object Service (POST https://api.bimplus.net/v2//objects/attachments) for adding an attachment to the object.

Verify whether the picture has been attached to the object using the Bimplus Object Service (GET https://api.bimplus.net/v2//objects//attachments)

Find out how many teams I am part of. Remove myself from some of the teams

Please use the Bimplus Team Management Service (GET https://api.bimplus.net/v2/teams) to get the team list in which you are member of.

After getting the team list, use the Bimplus Membership Management Service (DELETE https://api.bimplus.net/v2//members/) to delete yourself from some of the teams that you don't want to be part of.

Authentication token for multiple logins and cross client authentication using temporary token

Please use the client_id as part of the authentication request. The client_id is a unique identifier for the client which is authorizing the user against the API server. The client_id will be generated from the server during the authentication request(Please see the response of the authentication request). A token can be generated based on the client_id and the user_id which will allow multiple logins at the same time and increase security because the token is only valid for this device(Browser, Mobile App).

Bimplus Developer Guide > User Stories > Auth_Single_Login.png

Bimplus Developer Guide > User Stories > Auth_Multiple_Logins.png

As you see from the above picture, call 1 generates the client_id from the server. Using this client_id, a new token is regenerated using the call 2(using the same API call with client_id as the additional parameter) which can be used for multiple logins at the same time. If the token generated without the client_id is used to login multiple times at the same time, then the second login will cause the logout of the first login.

Example:

POST

Resource: authorize

URL: https://api.bimplus.net/v2/authorize

JSON Structure:

Name	Mandatory / Optional	Type	Description
user_id	mandatory	string	The email address of the user
password	mandatory	string	The user's password
client_id	optional	string	The identifier of the used client
application_id	optional	string	The id of the application

Authenticate by requesting and receiving a token.

Content-Type: application/json

{
 "user_id" : "test@bimplus.net",
 "password" : "test"
}

Status: 200 OK

{
access_token: "e3271e89d8ea474c82745039bc2bed0d"
expires_in: 2591999
client_id: "9fd0bb9d-570b-4719-bfae-93e2f879c19a"
token_type: "BimPlus"
}

Use the client_id "9fd0bb9d-570b-4719-bfae-93e2f879c19a" to generate a token for multiple logins.

POST

Resource: authorize

URL: https://api.bimplus.net/v2/authorize

JSON Structure:

Name	Mandatory / Optional	Type	Description
user_id	mandatory	string	The email address of the user
password	mandatory	string	The user's password
client_id	optional	string	The identifier of the used client
application_id	optional	string	The id of the application

Authenticate by requesting and receiving a token.

Content-Type: application/json

{
 "user_id" : "test@bimplus.net",
 "password" : "test",
 "client_id" : "9fd0bb9d-570b-4719-bfae-93e2f879c19a"
}

Status: 200 OK

{
access_token: "c33fa174169e46999fe82fb07fc53e3d"
expires_in: 2591999
client_id: "9fd0bb9d-570b-4719-bfae-93e2f879c19a"
token_type: "BimPlus"
}

For switching the client, the cross token service can be used. This service is basically used for requesting a disposable temporary token which will be used for authenticating against different clients. Based on the given authentication token the user is identified and a one time token is generated and returned. This one time cross token is valid only for 5 minutes and is used for logging into the given device/client using cross authentication service . As a result of this call, this one time cross token will be removed but the new token which will be generated can be used in the header for the subsequent API calls.

Here is the cross token workflow:

Bimplus Developer Guide > User Stories > CrossTokenWorkflow.png