BIMcollab Don t let any issue slip away BCF Manager User Manual
Contents Overview... 3 Getting started... 4 Activation Key... 5 Settings... 8 BCF Manager... 9 Connect to BIMcollab... 10 Working with issues... 13 Available Issue properties... 14 Additional functionality for SimpleBIM... 15 Additional functionality for Navisworks... 16 2015 KUBUS BV R2.2.1 2
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Getting started Installation After installing you will find the BCF managers in the menu bar of your BIM application software. ARCHICAD menu-item Revit menu-item Add-in TEKLA Structures Navisworks simplebim Add-in 2015 KUBUS BV R2.2.1 4
Activation Key Licensing From version 2.0 on you can enjoy the full functionality of our BCF Managers for free. You only need to register yourself and request an activation key for you BCF manager. Here are three ways to get an activation key: 1. request an activation key within the BCF Manager in your 3D application 2. receive an activation key when registering at BIMcollab 3. request an activation key from our website 1. Activation key, from the BCF manager When you start the application for the first time, the BCF manager will ask you to activate your license. Click on 'Get activation key' if you do not have an activation key. If you register at BIMcollab you will receive an email with the free activation key along with access to a free private project on the BCF server join.bimcollab.com. Click on Activate license and enter your provided personal activation key. Your BCF Manager is now ready for use and you can connect directly with your project on join.bimcollab.com. 2015 KUBUS BV R2.2.1 5
2. Activation key, By registering at BIMcollab Create free Account Create your own free account for a BCF server on www.bimcollab.com. Klik on the button to join BIMcollab. Insert your email address, first name and last name. You will receive an email to verify your email address. Confirm your registration by clicking the link and get started. Start your 1st project After confirming your registration, fill out additional details and name your first project. With this project you can start from scratch. You will also have a test project where you can jump right in and work with existing issues. Activation key You can find your BCF Manager activation key on your getting started page. You also received an additional confirmation email where all the information is provided. 2015 KUBUS BV R2.2.1 6
3. Activation key, By request on our website Request Activation key Got to www.bimcollab.com and request your free activation key. On the support site of the BCF Manager, the link to request the activation key is provided. Fill in your email adres and klik on Request activation key. You will receive an email to verify your email address. Confirm your registration by clicking the link, register on BIMcollab and the free activation key will be provided. Complete your data After confirming your registration, fill out additional details and name your first project. With this project you can start from scratch. You will also have a test project where you can jump right in and work with existing issues. You will be redirected to your own join.bimcollab.com site where you will find important information, links and your personal BCF Manager activation key. The ' getting started ' page is always available from the pull-down menu under your own name. In addition you will also receive a confirmation email with your personal activation key for all BCF managers. 2015 KUBUS BV R2.2.1 7
Settings Set your email address (used as your author name ) in the Settings dialog box via the menu-command Settings. For TEKLA Structures, use the buttons at the bottom of the BCF manager. Type in the name you want to use for creating comments and issues. This email address is only used as your author-name in the off-line mode. In the online mode the user which is used to login is used as author for all modifications Proxy server In some cases, the BCF manager activation is unintentionally blocked by a proxy server in your network. in most cases this is automatically detected. If for some reason this in not the case proxy server data can be entered in the settings page. You may have to ask your IT department for assistance. 2015 KUBUS BV R2.2.1 8
BCF Manager The BCF Manager main dialog box is empty when you start. Minimize the BCF Manager dialog box when not in use. List of all the issues of your project main properties are listed Use column headers to sort the issues Start to make a New offline project, connect to BIMcollab or import existing BCF files to your BCF Manager. New or Opened offline projects can be saved as a BCF file. Issues of Connected projects can be saved to BIMcollab. History of comments Viewpoint 2015 KUBUS BV R2.2.1 9
Connect to BIMcollab With the Connect button you can connect to any private BIMcollab site or to your personal account on join.bimcollab.com. Enter your credentials Click the connect button to make the connection. If the connection is OK, there will be a drop down showing projects available to you. Select the one you re working on and click OK. The projects issues are downloaded in the BCF manager. Select project to enable the OK button. 2015 KUBUS BV R2.2.1 10
create new issues in BCF Manager edited issue ready to be published publish, reload or save issues to the project double-click on the issue to zoom to the main viewpoint of the issue edit, reactivate, close or reopen the issues buttons are depending on the status of the issue double-click on the viewpoint to zoom to this viewpoint Click the I get information about linked objects Click on a comment to see the associated viewpoint. Double-click on a comment to edit the comment Double-click on the snapshot to zoom to the viewpoint in the model 2015 KUBUS BV R2.2.1 11
Important information regarding linked models in Revit or Reference models in TEKLA Structures An issue makes use of the IFC identifiers that are written in every IFC component called GUID s. BCF stores these in the viewpoint to select and show the corresponding components. These GUIDs are unique and cannot be given to different components. When you use a IFC file as a link in ARCHICAD or Revit, it depends on the application and the version how it handles these GUIDs. ARCHICAD From ARCHICAD 18 there is a solution build in to overcome this issue. It is therefore possible to zoom to components from a linked file. For Revit, such a solution is not (yet) available. Revit Linked files in Revit will not be shown when zooming to an issue due to lack of support for this from Revit. We recommend the following workflow when using (multiple) links in a Revit file: Use the zoom to as usual, then select the scopebox checkbox in the view properties. This wil create an section box around the visible components. You can use the function; Reveal Hidden Elements to view the components in linked models. This way the context of an issue can be made clear. TEKLA Structures Due to certain limitations the current release of the BCF manager for TEKLA does not have the ability to isolate components that are in the TEKLA reference models. Only the components from the TEKLA project can be made visible when zooming to an issue. 2015 KUBUS BV R2.2.1 12
Working with issues Editing a (new) issue When you create a new issue or start editing an existing issue you will enter the issue dialog box like below. You can change the issue properties. You can add a new comment and/or viewpoint to the issue for example to explain the modification. When you Edit, Reactivate or Close an issue, you can also add a comment and/or viewpoint. When you create a new issue a viewpoint is automatically added. When you edit an issue use this camera-button to add a viewpoint, created from the current modelview. A viewpoint added by selecting an image or by taking a photo does not contain linked information to the BIM model. Edit snapshot (Only in Revit version) Store the selection of elements Select the objects you want visible in the viewpoint: selected objects, all visible objects no objects (whole model). Note: For TEKLA Structures the option to link the visible components is not available. To link components, first select them in the 3D view and choose; viewpoint/ selected. Whole model results in showing the whole model when you zoom-to the viewpoint while linking no components. Next to linking visible elements, you can choose to add a selection to an issue. With this you can make certain elements visible and have elements selected when you zoom to it. Setup a illustrative 2D or 3D view when you create or edit an issue for a good viewpoint. Camera position, zoom-factor and cutting planes are also saved to the viewpoint. 2015 KUBUS BV R2.2.1 13
Available Issue properties Title and description Always try to give a short title and a clear description to the issue for easy understanding. Responsible team member You can assign an issue to any of the team members who are Assignable as defined by the project leader. Status of the issue We have a strict workflow regarding the status of an issue: Active -> Resolved -> Closed. The status can only be changed with buttons. A Resolved issue can also be Reactivated and a Closed issue can be Reopened. Classify the issue Select Type, Area and Labels from predefined lists to classify the issue. Milestones and Areas can be defined by the project leader of a project in the web-application of BIMcollab. Type and labels are predefined or can be set for BIMcollab projects by the BIMcollab administrator. Schedule the resolution With priority, milestone and deadline you can schedule the issue. A milestone can contain an end-date as setup by the project leader. The deadline can only be changed per issue in the web-application of BIMcollab. Viewpoints A viewpoint can contain a snapshot of the issue, a list of id s of involved objects and a camera position. When you create issues in a BIM tool which supports BIMcollab or BCF files, these are added automatically. When you select an image or take a photo to add to the issue, there is no link to the BIM model. Area s Area s can be used for geometrical area s in a construction project like foundation, roof or left-wing, top-floor, etc. But also for more logical area s like design, mep, structural, construction or other classifications. Note: Milestone and Area are not available in off-line mode of BCF manager when working with BCF files. 2015 KUBUS BV R2.2.1 14
Additional functionality for SimpleBIM Property validation and automatic issue generation With the validation tool in SimpleBIM it is easy to perform multiple tasks with an (excel) template. With this you can check the validity of properties of components. For more information about the use of these templates see: http://www.datacubist.com/tutorials/ When a template is loaded with apply Template from the Editor, validation marks appear behind the elements. A red mark means that there is an issue with the validity. In the BCF manager these items can be shown with the button; Validate. From a list a selection can be made to create issues. This wil automatically add issues to the BCF manager, including linked objects, camera view, Title and Snapshot. 2015 KUBUS BV R2.2.1 15
Additional functionality for Navisworks Clash detective results and automatic issue generation Navisworks can perform tests on models with the clash detective. The BCF manager for Navisworks can convert the results from these tests into Issues. To achieve this click on the Open Clash report button. From a list a selection can be made to create issues. This wil automatically add issues to the BCF manager, including linked objects, camera view, Title and Snapshot. 2015 KUBUS BV R2.2.1 16
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