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BBIM Spatial Structure other than building

  1. S

    to create another storey I go to Project Overview > Spatial Manager and select My Site > My Building to have

    what if I need to add another building or an area outside it? in my case I need a canopy/platform area for a railway station

    when I click on My Site there is no add option

    as usual, thanks in advance for any help

  2. N

    @steverugi try selecting/highlighting My Building and magic just happens :)

  3. S

    thank you @Nigel

    @steverugi try selecting/highlighting My Building and magic just happens :)

    unfortunately, as I mentioned in my message, I can only rename My Building but how do I add another IfcBuilding or, even better, a new IfcSite in my IfcProject? thanks for your help

  4. C

    What I do for those Cases is creating an Empty Object, place it inside the Container (Collection) you want to, and then Assign it the correct Class to it.

    Please be aware that depending on which IFC viewer you're using some spatial containers may not be fully supported. The Schema supports many Sites in a Project and many Buildings in a Site. Also you don't need to use Buildings you can use External Spatial elements. But eventually someone more versed in the Schema can add to this.

  5. S

    @camontellano

    Please be aware that depending on which IFC viewer you're using some spatial containers may not be fully supported. The Schema supports many Sites in a Project and many Buildings in a Site. Also you don't need to use Buildings you can use External Spatial elements.

    useful hint, thanks

  6. J

    You can also just duplicate the empty object, BlenderBIM should automatically create the collection.

  7. N

    @steverugi sorry I didn't read your question properly, as @JanF said duplicating the empty works but I think the Spatial Editor could be improved to do this

  8. G

    You can also select the IfcSite empty and go into the Aggregates subpanel which has a button to add a new building.

  9. S

    You can also select the IfcSite empty and go into the Aggregates subpanel which has a button to add a new building.

    nice one! thanks @Gorgious

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