Instead of assigning compositions to every element manually, BIMAUTOMATCH detects the
difference between interior and exterior walls and their respective composition and
automatically assigns it to other walls. It can also make distinctions between
different floors, different sides of the building, walls with a balcony, etc.
Note:
Before you use BIMAUTOMATCH make sure that you have Bimified () everything.
AutoMatch works best with a fully Bimified model.
AutoComplete BIM data in one file
Do one of the following:
Select Automatch from the
Classify tab in the Ribbon.
Select Model > Automatch in the Quad.
Type BIMAUTOMATCH and press Enter.
You are prompted: Compositions/BIM Properties/Window
Parameters/Stair Parameters:
Select one of the following:
Compositions: Copy compositions.
BIM Properties: Copy BIM Properties.
Window Parameters: Copy window parameters.
Stair Parameters: Copy Stair Parameters.
Under Select Source, choose
Autocomplete.
f the file contains multiple buildings, BIMAUTOMATCH asks you to define the
source building.
You are prompted:
Select the building from the menu.
If BIMAUTOMATCH finds a logical distinguishing feature between objects it
will automatically use this. When it can not, BIMAUTOMATCH asks you to
define the source composition or window.
You are prompted:
AutoComplete BIM data with an external file
Do one of the following:
Select Automatch from the
Classify tab in the Ribbon.
Select Model > Automatch in the Quad.
Type BIMAUTOMATCH and press Enter.
You are prompted: Compositions/BIM Properties/Window
Parameters/Stair Parameters:
Select one of the following:
Compositions: Copy compositions.
BIM Properties: Copy BIM Properties.
Window Parameters: Copy parameters of
windows.
Stair Parameters: Copy properties of
stairs.
Under Select Source, choose External
file.
Select source file and click Open.
If the file contains multiple buildings, BIMAUTOMATCH asks you to define the
source building.
You are prompted:
Select the building from the menu.
Procedure: using autocomplete in one file
Open up a file to start from. Here we use a basic rectangular building that
looks like this:
Note: No BIM data or compositions should be
added yet.
Add the compositions that you want. Don't do this for all your elements, but
only for one element of each type. In our example we give a composition to 1
outer wall, 1 inner wall, 1 floor slab and the roof:
Note: It could be that you have different types
of outer walls, for example the wall facing north that needs more
insulation. In this case, you give one of these northern walls a
different composition.
In this example, we also want to adjust the parameters of our windows.
Select only 1 of the windows and change the parameter you want in the
properties panel.
The window before changes.
Changing the FrameDepth in the
property panel of the window.
The window after the changes.
Select Automatch from the
Classify tab in the Ribbon or select Model > Automatch in the Quad or type BIMAUTOMATCH and press Enter.
The following box appears:
We want the compositions and the window parameters that we chose
to be completed in our entire drawing, so we check the boxes
from Compositions and Window
Parameters.
Select Autocomplete. The compositions and window
parameters within your file are automatically copied. The drawing looks like
this:
By using BIMAUTOMATCH, we very quickly have all our compositions and
window parameters as we want them, without having to worry about
forgetting anything.
Note: You can see that
different types of outer walls are no problem. All the walls
facing north have been given the correct adjusted
composition.
Procedure: using autocomplete with an external file
Open up a project that is similar in style to another project that you
already finished. In this case, we take another rectangular building,
similar to the one we looked at before:
Select Automatch from the
Classify tab in the Ribbon or select Model > Automatch in the Quad or type BIMAUTOMATCH and press
Enter.
The following window appears:
We want the compositions and the window parameters that we
chose to be completed in our entire drawing, so we check the boxes from
Compositions and Window
Parameters.
Select External file.
Select the file that we made in the previous procedure. The compositions and
window parameters from the external file will be copied to your new file.
The drawing looks like this:
Note: It can be handy to make a library of
building styles with their typical compositions, in order to
use BIMAUTOMATCH with external files in a very efficient
way.
) everything.
AutoMatch works best with a fully Bimified model.
