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OpenBIM & manufacturer content

  1. D by duncan on 24 Nov 2020, edited 28 Nov 2020 #

    I've created a new page on the wiki https://wiki.osarch.org/index.php?title=OpenBIM_Manufacturer_Content

    Anyone have comments or experience to add?

    I have a small job creating content for a manufacturer and am looking for the best way to make the content available in a useful way to as many software platforms as possible. My authoring software is Revit as well as whatever free/libre tools we agree here are useful. For example I discussed with @Cyril and @Moult that maybe modeling the objects for IFC export from scratch in FreeCAD would give a better result than exporting them to IFC from Revit.

    So, what do people think I should do? And please edit the wiki adding your knowledge.

  2. M by Moult on 24 Nov 2020 # +1 votes

    I've added a bit more to the table at the bottom, which hopefully can help people make an informed decision.

  3. I by infeeeee on 26 Nov 2020 # +1 votes

    I think it's useful to look what filetypes are supported on Bimobject.com. They are one of the biggest manufacturer content site. They support 69 different file formats, some of them are just containers like zip or non bim filetypes like hatch patterns or pdfs. Here is the list of their supported filetypes for reference:

    3ds

    Allplan

    ARC Plus

    ARCHICAD

    ArchiCAD AAT file

    ArchiWIZARD

    ArchLine

    Artlantis

    AutoCAD

    Autodesk Civil 3D

    AutoDesk Inventor Assembly

    AutoDesk Inventor Part

    Bentley MicroStation

    BIMx

    Cinema 4D

    COBie Product Data Sheet

    COBie Product Data Template

    Collada

    DWF

    DXF

    Dynamo

    Excel

    fbx

    Filmbox 3D Asset Exchange (FBX)

    Hatch Patterns

    HTML

    IES

    Ifc

    Initial Graphics Exchange

    Installation File (EXE)

    itm

    JPG

    JSON

    JT

    Light Data

    Log File

    Materials & Textures

    Microsoft Visio

    MiniCAD

    MLIB

    OBJ

    PDF

    PLA (ArchiCAD Model)

    PNG

    Point Cloud

    Powerpoint

    Revit

    Revit Family Type Catalog

    Revit Installer

    Revit Lookup Table

    Revit Shared Parameters

    Rhino

    SAT

    Sketchup

    SolidWorks Assembly

    SolidWorks Part

    Step

    STL

    Tekla Structures Model

    TurboCAD

    Twinmotion

    VDI 3805

    Vectorworks

    Video

    WinRAR

    Word

    WRL

    XML

    Zip

  4. D by duncan on 26 Nov 2020 #
  5. J by JanF on 26 Nov 2020 #

    I would argue that dwg stores parametric capabilities to a certain extent, parametric blocks in dwg are quite powerful, or do you mean something else?

  6. S by stephen_l on 26 Nov 2020 #

    You mean AEC Objects, with obscure "objects enablers" like ?

  7. J by JanF on 27 Nov 2020 #

    Sorry, I don't really understand your question

  8. S by stephen_l on 27 Nov 2020, edited 27 Nov 2020 #

    AEC Objects are parametric objects embed into .dwg, they require special software handlers and mostly are in use in domain specific applications like Architectural Desktop (discontinued), AutoCAD Architecture, or AutoCAD MEP. In order for other ADSK software to be able to read them, one must install dedicated "object enabler".

  9. J by JanF on 27 Nov 2020, edited 27 Nov 2020 #

    Nah, I simply meant the parametric blocks you can build in the block manager and if I remember correctly Autocad architecture has a library of those. Thay can have attributes and parameters.

    (Not that anyone in their right mind would ever try to seriously do that and hilariously it seems to be more or less limited to xy plane)

  10. D by duncan on 28 Nov 2020 #

    Anyone know how to make reference notes in the wiki? It'd be fine to mention parametric blocks, just not in the main text.

  11. M by Moult on 28 Nov 2020 # +1 votes

    @duncan use <ref>foo bar</ref>

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