bim+

SCIA Engineer provides direct link to bim+, feature known from Allplan allowing easy and smooth cooperation between structural engineer and BIM manager who coordinates building model with other specialists involved in design process via bim+ portal.

Official bim+ manual provided by Alplan:

• https://doc.bimplus.net/display/bimpluspublic/Home

bim+ portal:

• https://portal.bimplus.net/

 

Availability of the described features is indicated in this table:

Start bim+ interface in SCIA Engineer

You can open bim+ from View - toolbars menu or by right clicking in toolbar area and turn it on as other windows (main tree, property tree, etc.).

Once you start bim+ window, you will be asked to login first. If you do not have an account you can find a link to create new one in log in window.

For full access to bim+ features, your model needs to be connected to bim+ project. to do sou you have these options:

• open already connected model
• import IFC downloaded from bim+ portal
• upload current model to bim+

Add new model to bim+

If your actual project is not connected to bim+, you will have option to directly upload it. In upload dialog you can specify:

• Team - group of specialists working on one project
• Project - specify on which project you want to participate, where you want to upload your structural analysis model.
  • You can create new one by input of projects name and then click on "Add" button
  • Newly added project will be available in list of projects
• Model - Input name of your model (example: "Building - structural analysis") and click on "Add" button
  • Newly added model will be available in list of models
• Revision - you can specify if your upload is additional revision of current model
  • You can specify revision name and short description
  • Or turn revision off if this is first time upload of current model

Upload exports model to IFC and send it directly to bim+ portal.

Taskboard

Once you connect your model to bim+ project, bim+ interface will provide this type of functions:

Header part:

• Name of logged user
• Link to bim+ portal
• Log out

Preview

• part where the image related to task is shown

Buttons

• Upload - upload new revision
• New - creates new task
  • select member, and click on "New" button - this selected members will be part of task
  • this selection can be changed later on
• Delete - deletes selected task
• BCF - export / import of BCF format
• Export to Excel - allows user to export full list of task to excel sheet

Task list

• List of tasks related to model
• User can click on task to visualize the image of it in preview, also project selection is set accordingly to related task
• By double click on task name you open the task and can see details

Task

Attached task to model can contain various information.

Header part:

• Name of logged user
• Link to bim+ portal
• Log out

Preview

• part where the image related to task is shown

Buttons

• Task board - return user to task board
• Save view - captures image of 3d window and attaches it to task
• Update selection - saves project selection to task
• Share link - save direct link to task to clipboard
• Deselect all - discard whole project selection and selection from task

Name of task

• Field to input name of the task
  • trash bin button - delete task
  • chain button - show link to task

Task detail tab

• Description - field to input additional task information
• Priority - sets priority (shown in task list)
• Status - sets status of task (open, solved, closed)
• Person responsible - sets responsible team member
• E-mail CC - copy email, where will be send notification and link to task (BIM manager email for example)
• Due date - specify the date, since the task should be resolved
• Tag - add tag to task for easier filter

Spots tab

• is not supported in SCIA Engineer

Comments tab

• Add comment - adds comment inputted to comment field

Attachments tab

• Add attachments - open dialog to attach file to task (picture, IFC, zip)

Hyperlinks tab

• Add named external link

Add revision to bim+

If your actual project is already connected to bim+,and you upload it, you will create a new revision of model. To do so just click on Upload button in Taskboard, and follow instruction given in upload revision dialog.