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At BIM365, we work with multiple AEC clients where projects still begin with 2D CAD drawings (architecture, structure, and MEP). A common workflow we observe is: design development in 2D, followed by ...
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I'm working with a Forge Viewer application that loads linked models uploaded in a .zip file (root model + linked model). When selecting different objects and trying to zoom to fit them, fitToView() ...
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I'm implementing 3D viewer for BIM models with react-three/fiber and I've faced with interecting issue: during rotation my models becomes to disappear, like they moves "behind" the camera, ...
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I have a React project where I’m trying to load and display an .ifc file using the @thatopen/components library. However, I keep running into either: “This camera needs a world to work!” or WASM ...
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I'm using web-ifc version 0.0.59 to explore IFC files. I'm also using @thatopen/components and associated packages but I find it easier to use the web-ifc package to explore the structure and element ...
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I try to run a python script outside blender headless via blender -b --python import_ifc_model.py command I have installed Blender 4.2.1, the add-on Bonsai (new name before it was blenderbim) and the ...
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I am a Three.js developer. I know 'thatopencompany' recently for ifc files (BIM) too. We want to create a website like https://planner5d.com/. I need some data of .ifc files like space, floors, lamp ...
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I'm currently working on an IfcViewer application using Xbim, and HelixToolkit. So far i've had no problem with the display if IFC files, and objects. Recently I've introduced objects where the ...
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I'm currently working on a project where I need to load point cloud files of various formats (mainly LAS, LAZ, PLY) and visualize them. Specifically, I've managed to load PLY files using Python's ...
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as working with ifc.js Components using Fragment IFC Streaming I had an issue handling files in backend I need to know which files I need to put in backend to have it streaming ? `let filestream = fs....
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I'm currently working on selecting individual elements within the IFC model. I'm essentially using a ray-caster (SimpleRayCaster) to cast a ray onto the object, which is functioning well. I'm ...
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I'm trying to create an action to check whether current selection in Autodesk Navisworks is a part of specific clash test results, and on top of that, to select all clash results where any of the ...
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I'm working on a project where I need to apply rotation matrices obtained from Open3D to objects represented in IFC OpenShell. As per the documentations for the two: in Open3D, the rotation matrix ...
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I work with large revit model and lot of time goes in model opening, unfortunately I have to open the model with all Worksets ON for my work. Looking for a way to schedule a task for Revit to start ...
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I am new to .NET xBim Toolkit and I wonder if it can help with calculating the volume of some objects in an IFC model. In particular, there is module called XbimGeometry but I am unsure if and how it ...
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I'm pulling the SQL lite file for models from ACC but am having a few issues. SELECT ids.id AS dbId, ids.external_id AS externalId, attrs.name ...
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I am an absolute beginner in ifcopenshell python and blender BIM. I am trying to extract all external walls from an existing IFC file and then writing them into a new IFC file. what i tried was to use ...
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When using a translated SVF from a Revit file upload to ACC, is it possible to add properties to the model elements that are not originally included in the Revit file and make those available to the ...
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Currently i try to run a code but I keepr receiving errors, tried everything to fix error but unfortunatly no results. hoping someone can help me. # Importeer de functies uit ifc_functions.py import ...
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I am using Azure Tabular Analytics. I have the *.bim file where I added few calculations. Over the period, I kept creating new calculation fields but did not removed the old ones that are not in use. ...
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I have to extract some convection coolers out of an ifc-file. They're saved as BildingElementProxys & are in relation with IfcRelContainedInSpatialStructure. My approach is to get all the ...
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I am new to working with .ifc files in python. What is the best way to create a triangle mesh when I have two arrays - one with vertices and one with faces - in a new .ifc file and how can I do this ...
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I am working on BIM and IoT sensor integration for the digital twin and I intend to use Autodesk Platform Services for the integration.I previously used the developer's guide for Data Visualization ...
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I'm developing a software that can display 3D IFC building models. I'm using Xbim, and Helix toolkit for that. I managed to display the geometry correctly, but there is something off with the shading ...
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when i try to connect with the forge connector in power automate, it sayes no items in the folder (bim 360). [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/1V1Qg.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/...
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I am a new user of Autodesk Forge and I am stuck in the very first step. I cannot figure out what to do after I created an app on Forge's website. Can you please help me with this? I would appreciate ...
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This question is aimed at the Autodesk Forge experts here. I have started looking into Forge recently and wondered if Forge can do what I have in mind. I have a few location data (x,y,z) and a simple ...
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Does anyone know if there is already a widespread way of creating IFC files, or at least IFC objects, using C#? I am trying to create objects based on class instances that result from a calculation ...
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I've been trying to use the forge viewer and I cannot get it to translate the .rvt files with the room info. I read you need to specify: "generateMasterViews": True and in the headers 'x-ads-...
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How do I get the elements in a HVAC system? I can access the list of the systems in a model with the following code: var systems = model.Instances.OfType<IfcSystem>(); This returns a list of ...
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Thanks in advance for your input. I started learning Python today, because I want to define custom Python nodes in DynamoBIM (Revit) to be more flexible if there aren´t predefined / suitable nodes for ...
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I have a revit file in which there are a few doors. When i try to extract the bounding box of the door then the sweep of the door is also included in the bounding box which i dont want. I just want ...
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I am using xBIM toolkit. I need to write bar (IfcReinforcingBar) and try to do this following wall creation example. But I am totally lost. Does anybody already do this and could share is code with me ...
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I did an experiment to compare the loading performance of different BIM models in Autodesk Forge Viewer on the same machine. The duration is measured until PROGRESS_UPDATE_EVENT (state=2 and ...
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I am trying to generate the gbXML file using solar computer plugin GBIS. However it has updated to 15% only in more than one hour. Is it normal for gbXML file to generate or export. For more ...
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I am looking into ways to colour an element in my BIM file (Walls, Floors etc.) with multiple colours. The idea is that when I have a wall or floor through multiple rooms, I want to colour that wall ...
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I have BIM model that I am using in 2018 version of Unity engine. When import the model into my project on 2019 OR 2020 version of the Unity engine, clippings on certain surfaces of the model occurs. ...
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Is there a way to set BIM 360 3D views to all have the same home view? I tried setting it up inside Revit, and it works for my views when I open in Revit. But once I publish it and upload to BIM 360 ...
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I need to find "exterior wall facing" in c# revit API...please help me. I want the wall facing.. the wall is in which facing like southEast, southwest, northeast, northwest. I have referred ...
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im trying to extract all the IfcProduct-shapes from a ifc file and return them (with their corresponding Product) to another part of my program. The problem is that when i try to return a dictionary ...
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I am working off of the basic example for amending data (https://github.com/xBimTeam/XbimEssentials). The only thing I'm changing is within the code below, where I want to add an IfcPropertyTableValue ...
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Is it possible, within IFC 4.0, to define an Ifc object (IFC Wall for example) with multiple colors (which are IfcStyledItem)? How can we activate each color inside a BIM Viewer program (like layer in ...
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I have an IFC file of a 3D building model (BIM) split into constituent physical objects and I have properties that I want to assign to the correct object. The properties come with a location: they are ...
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I have a BIM model in IFC format and I want to add a new property, say cost, to every object in the model using Xbim. I am building a .NET application. The following code works well, except, the ...
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I was wondering here if can't I model directly in a IFC file the 3D elements like walls, windows, doors, etc by using a software (or developing it). I'm asking it because we are always trying to ...
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In the basic operations in the xbim examples https://docs.xbim.net/examples/basic-model-operations.html, it shows how to retrieve the single value properties of a specific IfcElement. Based on this I'...
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This might be a newb question but I haven't found any information on it. I've found info on how to create new detail lines but that's about it. I'm trying to retrieve the origin and direction of an ...
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I'm trying to set a view title to show up on a Revit project using the Revit API however I can't figure out how to access it. I'm able to place a viewport on the sheet and load the view title family ...
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I tried to run a code snippet for a simple IFC viewer taken from the apstex website in Eclipse and I'm obviously lacking something for the 3D widget but I can't figure out for the life of me what I'm ...
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We are looking into ways of visualizing Issues and Rfi’s (minimally) as geopositioned items in our GIS (Geographic Information System). We achieved some interesting results, though looking at ...
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