AutoComplete BIM data

Commands

BIMAUTOMATCH

About the AutoComplete BIM data

Instead of assigning compositions to every element manually, BIMAUTOMATCH detects the difference between interior and exterior walls and their respective composition and automatically assigns it to other walls. It can also make distinctions between different floors, different sides of the building, walls with a balcony, etc.


Note:

Before you use BIMAUTOMATCH make sure that you have Bimified () everything. AutoMatch works best with a fully Bimified model.

AutoComplete BIM data in one file

  1. Do one of the following:
    • Select Automatch from the Classify tab in the Ribbon.
    • Select Model > Automatch in the Quad.
    • Type BIMAUTOMATCH and press Enter.
    You are prompted: Compositions/BIM Properties/Window Parameters/Stair Parameters:


  2. Select one of the following:
    • Compositions: Copy compositions.
    • BIM Properties: Copy BIM Properties.
    • Window Parameters: Copy window parameters.
    • Stair Parameters: Copy Stair Parameters.
  3. Under Select Source, choose Autocomplete.
  4. If the file contains multiple buildings, BIMAUTOMATCH asks you to define the source building.
    You are prompted:


    Select the building from the menu.

  5. If BIMAUTOMATCH finds a logical distinguishing feature between objects it will automatically use this. When it can not, BIMAUTOMATCH asks you to define the source composition or window.
    You are prompted:


AutoComplete BIM data with an external file

  1. Do one of the following:
    • Select Automatch from the Classify tab in the Ribbon.
    • Select Model > Automatch in the Quad.
    • Type BIMAUTOMATCH and press Enter.
    You are prompted: Compositions/BIM Properties/Window Parameters/Stair Parameters:


  2. Select one of the following:
    • Compositions: Copy compositions.
    • BIM Properties: Copy BIM Properties.
    • Window Parameters: Copy parameters of windows.
    • Stair Parameters: Copy properties of stairs.
  3. Under Select Source, choose External file.
  4. Select source file and click Open.
  5. If the file contains multiple buildings, BIMAUTOMATCH asks you to define the source building.
    You are prompted:


  6. Select the building from the menu.

Procedure: using autocomplete in one file

  1. Open up a file to start from. Here we use a basic rectangular building that looks like this:


    Note: No BIM data or compositions should be added yet.
  2. Add the compositions that you want. Don't do this for all your elements, but only for one element of each type. In our example we give a composition to 1 outer wall, 1 inner wall, 1 floor slab and the roof:


    Note: It could be that you have different types of outer walls, for example the wall facing north that needs more insulation. In this case, you give one of these northern walls a different composition.
  3. In this example, we also want to adjust the parameters of our windows. Select only 1 of the windows and change the parameter you want in the properties panel.


    The window before changes.


    Changing the FrameDepth in the property panel of the window.


    The window after the changes.
  4. Select Automatch from the Classify tab in the Ribbon or select Model > Automatch in the Quad or type BIMAUTOMATCH and press Enter.
    The following box appears:


    We want the compositions and the window parameters that we chose to be completed in our entire drawing, so we check the boxes from Compositions and Window Parameters.

  5. Select Autocomplete. The compositions and window parameters within your file are automatically copied. The drawing looks like this:


    By using BIMAUTOMATCH, we very quickly have all our compositions and window parameters as we want them, without having to worry about forgetting anything.
    Note: You can see that different types of outer walls are no problem. All the walls facing north have been given the correct adjusted composition.

Procedure: using autocomplete with an external file

  1. Open up a project that is similar in style to another project that you already finished. In this case, we take another rectangular building, similar to the one we looked at before:


  2. Select Automatch from the Classify tab in the Ribbon or select Model > Automatch in the Quad or type BIMAUTOMATCH and press Enter.
    The following window appears:


    We want the compositions and the window parameters that we chose to be completed in our entire drawing, so we check the boxes from Compositions and Window Parameters.

  3. Select External file.
  4. Select the file that we made in the previous procedure. The compositions and window parameters from the external file will be copied to your new file. The drawing looks like this:




    Note: It can be handy to make a library of building styles with their typical compositions, in order to use BIMAUTOMATCH with external files in a very efficient way.