BimSectionOpen

Opens the drawing file related to a BIM section entity; or the 3D BIM model related to a BIM section drawing.

Accessing the Command

Commandline: BIMSECTIONOPEN

Quad: Select Section Object | Model | Open Model

Ribbon: Annotate | Generate Sections | Open Section Model

Toolbar: BIM Toolbar | BIM Section Update

: BimSectionOpen

To open the 3D BIM model related to a BIM section drawing

Prompts you in the command bar:

Select BIM section entity or BIM section results: (Either select a section block in Model Space or a viewport in a Paper Space layout.)

Entities in set: 1

Select BIM section entity or BIM section results: (Press Enter to open the 3D model.)

To open the drawing file(s) related to a BIM section entity

Prompts you in the command bar:

Select BIM section entity or BIM section results: (Select a BIM section entity.)

Entities in set: 1

Select BIM section entity or BIM section results: (Select more BIM section entities, or press Enter.)

Command Options

No options.

Procedures

Opening a generated drawing

Related Commands

BimPatch - Allows to replace part of a generated section.

BimSection - Creates a BIM section entity.

SectionPlane - Creates a section entity that creates sections of 3D solids.

SectionPlaneSettings - Defines the properties of a section plane entity in the Drawing Explorer - Section Planes dialog.

SectionPlaneToBlock - Saves the selected section plane to a 2D cross section / elevation block or a 3D cutaway section block.

BimTag - Creates associative tags in generated BIM section drawings for the corresponding building entities in a 3D BIM model.

BimSectionUpdate - Exports or updates the result of a BIM section in a drawing.