BIMQUICKBUILDING command

Transforms solids into buildings.

BricsCAD BIM

Description

Creates a separate drawing for the generated BIM building. In this drawing, walls, slabs and roofs, as well as spatial elements such as floors and spaces will be automatically created.

Note:
  • When creating new buildings, the DEFAULTSTORYNAMINGSCHEME system variable defines the naming and numbering of the spatial elements. You can access this info in the Spatial Locations Manager dialog box.
  • When adding new stories to an existing building, the Story Naming Scheme property of the building overrides the value of the DEFAULTSTORYNAMINGSCHEME system variable.
  • With the Story Bar open (STORYBAR system variable is set to 1 or 2), you can easily switch between the defined floors in Top View Mode to start creating walls.

Method

The command opens the Quick Building command context panel.

  1. Entities (selected)
  2. Building mode
  3. Spaces mode
  4. Configuration
  5. Add floor
  6. Import / Export
  7. Wall and Slab Thickness
Entities (selected)
Select entities in the drawing
Allows you to choose which entities to select.
Entire drawing
By default, the panel selects all 3D solids in the model space.
Buildings mode
Overlapping input solids will be unionized and for each resulting solid a building will be created. Additional input is needed to divide the building in multiple storeys. They will be sliced into floors, separated by slabs and confined by walls.
Configuration
Displays the elevation table.

  • Floor: displays the storey number.

  • Height: sets and displays the storey height (elevation value).

  • #: sets and displays the number of equal storeys height (number of floors).

  • Fill: if checked, an automatic number of storeys are generated according to the elevation input (Height) value and the remaining available height (elevation value).

  • : duplicates a storey.

  • : deletes a storey.

Add floor
Adds a storey.
Import / Export
Imports from or exports to an elevation table as CSV format file.
Wall and Slab Thickness
Sets and displays the value of the wall and slab thickness.
Note: The elevation input (Height) and Wall and Slab Thickness respects the insertion units of the drawing.
Spaces mode
The individual input solids will be considered as spaces in a building. For each group of touching solids, a building will be created. Each resulting building will consist of floor slabs and inner walls, corresponding to the touching face pairs of the input solids.

Options within the command

change Selection
Allows you to select entities in the drawing, as, by default, the entire drawing is selected.
Import
Uses a CSV or TXT file to configure the storey heights of the building.
Note: For instance, a text line for 2 storeys configuration can be:
Floor;Height- mm;Amount;Fill
 0 - 10;3250.000000;11;Yes
 12 - 16;5000.000000;5;No
sPaces
Generates spaces for buildings.