Version control panel

The Version Control panel allows you to keep track of changes in your BIM project (all the files in the project folder) and restore the files to a previous version.

Home tab

  1. List of projects
  2. Refresh button
  3. Create a new project
List of projects
Lists all project added.
The project can be deleted from the panel:
When the project is no longer located in its initial location (and the path to the project is not correct), it will be marked as below:
In this case, the project can be restored by selecting the new location of the project:
Refresh button
Reloads the projects to reflect any changes that might have happened outside of BricsCAD®, for example, a project folder that was deleted.
Create a new project
Opens the Create Version Control Project dialog box to create a new version control project (e.g. Office Building).
An ignore file, that will indicate the type of the files that will not be shown (.bak, .dwl, .dwl2) in the version control panel is automatically created.
The newly added files will be marked with .

Local Changes tab

4. Current project name

5. Local Changes Tab

6. History Tab

7. Commit message box

8. Commit changes

Current project name
Shows the current project name.
Local Changes Tab
Lists all changed files from the project and shows their states:
  • modified files
  • removed files
  • newly added files
Refresh button

The changes tab should reflect these changes outside of BricsCAD® automatically, but the user can force a reload changes by pressing the refresh button.

History Tab
Lists all created versions control.
Commit message
Provide a commit message to be able to commit changes.
Commit changes
Commits the current state under the commit message version control name.
Note: A commit requires a changed file or a new or removed file. If there are no local changes in the project, the message "There are not local changes in this project. Save your files before committing the changes." appears.
Note: An intial automatic commit is performing for settings properties.

History tab

9. Restore files

Restore files
Restores local files to this version.
Note: The files should be closed first.