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
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.