The Project navigation palette gives you an overview of the data structure of the current project and its specialist models. By using the MODELS and BUILDING STRUCTURE areas in this palette, you control which objects are visible in full view. As the settings in these two areas overlap, BIM Explorer displays only objects that are visible in both areas.
In addition, you can use the MODELS area to make models or their subordinate object types transparent.
→ The Bimplus project is loaded in BIM Explorer (see “Loading the building model into BIM Explorer”) |
Go to the left sidebar and click Show project details.
You can see the Project navigation palette on the left side.
You can use the MODELS area of the Project navigation palette to make the specialist models and the object classes in these models visible, invisible or transparent. You can define this setting for an entire specialist model or for each individual object class in this model.
→ The Bimplus project is loaded in BIM Explorer (see “Loading the building model into BIM Explorer”) |
The BUILDING STRUCTURE area shows the hierarchical structure of each specialist model in accordance with the Allplan building structure or the specifications for the IFC format with the following levels: site (IFCSite), building (IFCBuilding) and story (IFCBuildingStory).
The Allplan drawing file structure is only available in Allplan. As this structure is defined neither in IFC nor in BIM, you cannot find it in Bimplus either. The same applies to the Allplan layer structure, which has a completely different meaning in BIM and IFC.
→ The Bimplus project is loaded in BIM Explorer (see “Loading the building model into BIM Explorer”) |
Click Toggle visibility to change the objects in the structural levels from visible to invisible or from invisible to visible.
Note: The visibility settings in the MODELS area override the settings in the BUILDING STRUCTURE area. Consequently, only the objects of the models selected in the “MODELS” area are visible in full view. |
To see all components of the building model, you can hide objects that cover these components.
As an alternative, you can isolate objects. This option is particularly useful for complex building models, as you can focus on particular components.
→ The Bimplus project is loaded in BIM Explorer (see “Loading the building model into BIM Explorer”) |
Click Hide objects again to close this tool.
The objects you clicked are still hidden.
Note: To make all objects visible again, click Reset viewport. |
→ The Bimplus project is loaded in BIM Explorer (see “Loading the building model into BIM Explorer”) |
Go to the toolbar under the full view and click Isolate working objects.
This makes all other objects transparent so that you can clearly see the selected objects.
Note: To make all objects visible again, click Isolate working objects again to close this tool. |
You can create sections through the building model. These sections are parallel to the x, y or z-plane. If you want, you can move the cutting plane so that it is perpendicular to the x, y or z-plane.
Note to Allplan users: Allplan and Bimplus use different coordinate systems (z-axis in Allplan = y-axis in Bimplus; y-axis in Allplan = negative z-axis in Bimplus). |
→ The Bimplus project is loaded in BIM Explorer (see “Loading the building model into BIM Explorer”) |
Go to the toolbar under the full view and click Section of model. Select the cutting plane you want to use. You can choose between X, Y and Z.
Note: To turn off the section, click Section of model again. |