BIM : importing files

Command: PrB_Import

With this command you can read files of types that are not recognised by AutoCAD.

BIM stands for Building Information Modeling. What does that mean?

In short: BIM is keeping the important information of a 3D Model, and not only the geometry. For example a beam is not only a volume existing of planes and lines, but it has a name, material, welding data, position number, etc... These data are what we call BIM data. Parabuild saves this data in the drawing together with the geometric data.

BIM data can be exchanged between different application with the help of the IFC format.

Only the Ifc and CIS/2 formats support exchanging of BIM data.

The other formats support only the exchanging of geometry.

The following file types can be read:

• Ifc 2x3 : Allows you to read files coming from for example Revit or ArchiCAD, with BIM data.
• Measuring points : Allows you to read a simple text file that contains the measuring points that were obtained on site. For each measure point a point object is created.