BimSectionUpdate

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

Accessing the Command

Commandline: BIMSECTIONUPDATE

Quad: Select Section Object | Model | Generate Section

Ribbon: Annotate | Generate Sections | Update Section

Toolbar: BIM Toolbar | BIM Section Update

: BimSectionUpdate

To create or update BIM sections when in a BIM 3D model

Open the BIM 3D model.

Launch the BimSectionUpdate command.

Prompts you in the command bar:

Select BIM section entity to generate or BIM section result to update: (Select a BIM section entity or a BIM room*.)

Entities in set:1

Select BIM section entity to generate or BIM section result to update: (Select more BIM section entities or BIM rooms, or press Enter.)

Bricsys reports:

xx section(s) were generated

C:\BricsCAD\Villa\Section Plane (1)

...

C:\BricsCAD\Villa\Section Plane (xx)

*BIM rooms can be selected if the interior elevations have been created by the Interior option of the BimSection command.

To update a BIM section drawing

Open the BIM section drawing.

Launch the BimSectionUpdate command.

Prompts you in the command bar:

Select BIM section entity to generate or BIM section result to update: (Either select a section in Model Space or a viewport in a Paper Space layout.)

Entities in set:1

Select BIM section entity to generate or BIM section result to update: (Either select a section in Model Space or a viewport in a Paper Space layout; or Press Enter.)

Procedures

To Update a BIM Section

Related Commands

BimPatch - Allows to replace part of a generated section.

BimSection - Creates a BIM section entity.

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

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.