BIM workspace

User interface

The user interface changes based on the current workspace.

The BricsCAD BIM workspace includes all tools, commands, and settings required to create and edit building elements. Start by creating building elements, opening an existing drawing or importing a building model.

Tip: See the The BricsCAD application window article for information on the layout and components of the BricsCAD user interface.

BIM Toolbars

The BIM toolbar includes essential tools frequently used in BIM modeling.

To display a BIM toolbar, do one of the following:

  • Launch the TOOLBAR command.
  • Right-click a toolbar, ribbon, or panel, select Toolbars and choose BIM from the context menu.

The BIM workspace displays the Access 3D toolbar by default.

Tip: See the Toolbars and Creating toolbars articles for information about customizing existing toolbars or creating your own custom toolbar.

BIM Ribbon

The BIM ribbon includes commonly used BIM tools and other graphical control elements, grouped by functionality.

Tip: See the Customizing the ribbon article for more information about customizing the ribbon.

Panels

The BIM workspace displays the following panels by default:

  • On the left-hand side: Tips, BricsCAD Assist, BIM Project Browser, Structure and Filter.
  • On the right-hand side: Properties, Layers, Library, Details, BIM Compositions, Render materials, BIM Profiles, BIM BCF and Cloud.

Panels specific to the BIM workspace



BIM Project Browser

The BIM Project Browser panel allows you to easily navigate through the entire content of a project: models, sections, drawings, and schedules.

BIM Compositions

In the BIM Compositions panel, you find a library of predefined compositions you can assign to various solids of the BIM model by dragging them on.

Assigning compositions to the elements in your model is a core step to increase the BIM model accuracy. Compositions can contain either multiple materials or a single ply.

BIM Profiles

The BIM Profiles panel shows a library of predefined profiles you can assign to linear solids by dragging them on.

BIM BCF

Here you can import BCF (BIM Collaboration Format) files and connect to a BCF server. The BCF topics are listed in this panel.

The top part of the BCF panel shows all the topics and can look similar to the Library panel.

The lower part of the BCF panel shows the currently active topic, with a bigger snapshot and the most common metadata: comment, author, status, etc.

Double-clicking on an issue activates the topic.