Is There an Open API to Generate BCF with Snapshots from Clash?

G by gabriel_makedrive on 6 Aug 2024, edited 9 Aug 2024 #

Hi,

I'm trying to generate a clash from an IFC file and export the results as a BCF with a snapshot. I've already managed to generate the BCF but haven't found a viable way to create the snapshot. Is it necessary to manually change the view for the user and take a screenshot? Or is it possible to process this entirely on the backend?

M by Moult on 6 Aug 2024 # +1 votes

This is currently only implemented in Blender. We don't yet have a "snapshot" rendering method that works without Blender.

B by Bimlooser on 7 Aug 2024 # +1 votes

I've already managed to generate the BCF but haven't found a viable way to create the snapshot.

Can you please give me some hints about creating BCF?

Thanks

G by gabriel_makedrive on 8 Aug 2024 #

@Moult said:

This is currently only implemented in Blender. We don't yet have a "snapshot" rendering method that works without Blender.

Just to confirm and try to understand what i'm doing wrong, the process in Blender to generate a BCF from clash:

Import a clashset
Check the "Create snapshots"
Execute IFC Clash
Change export name to end with ".BCF"

That's the error i get:

Any solution to make this work?

E by ejs on 9 Aug 2024, edited 9 Aug 2024 #

@Moult said:

This is currently only implemented in Blender. We don't yet have a "snapshot" rendering method that works without Blender.

And this is exactly what I need to be able to enrich the imported ToDos from Trimble Connect. The viewpoint, camera settings and the snapshot are provided by TC.

G by gabriel_makedrive on 9 Aug 2024 #

@Bimlooser said:

I've already managed to generate the BCF but haven't found a viable way to create the snapshot.

Can you please give me some hints about creating BCF?

Thanks

For now i'm using the bcf-api-xml (https://github.com/bimdata/BCF-API-XML-translator), can create and read bcfzip files

For create you can use the function to_zip()