BIM project browser panel

The BIM project browser panel offers a central location to manage your BIM projects.

  1. Menu
  2. Sections
  3. Schedules
  4. Sheets
  5. Models

Menu

Refresh
Refreshes the BIM Project Browser panel to match changes in the model.
Project Setup
Opens the Project Setup dialog box that gives a complete overview of the project's files, in different categories.
Sheetset Setup
Opens the Sheetset Setup dialog box that allows to set up the complete set of sheets required to fit all bimsections in the project.
Enable Background Update
Calculates section results automatically, without interrupting the user workflow.

Sections

Displays a list of project sections organized by type: floor plans and elevations. You can expand a section type to see its sections.

A context menu displays when you right-click on a section:

  • Section Properties…: opens the Section Properties dialog box where you can see and edit the properties of a section, such as the name and the result path.
  • Select Section Entity: selects the section entity in the project model drawing.
  • Rename: renames the section entity.
  • Update: recalculates the section result.
  • Display Section Result: displays the section result in the corresponding sheet and zooms in on its viewport. If not already open, the drawing is opened.

Schedules

Displays a list of project schedules.

A context menu displays when you right-click on the Schedules section.

  • Add Schedule (Wizard)…: opens the Wizard Page dialog box that allows you to create a schedule based on a new or an existing data extraction definition.
  • Add Schedule (From dxd)…: opens the Create Schedule dialog box that allows you to quickly add a BIM schedule, without the creation of a new .dxd file.

A context menu displays when you right-click on a schedule.

  • Schedule Properties…: opens the Schedule Properties dialog box that allows you to modify the properties of a schedule.
  • Create/Update Table: creates a sheet with the schedule or updates the sheet.
  • Create/Update CSV: creates a CSV file with the schedule information and saves it in the folder where the model file is located or updates the CSV file if it already exists.
  • Display Schedule: displays the schedule in the resulting drawing. If not already open, the drawing is opened.
  • Edit: opens the Wizard Page dialog box that allows you to edit the schedule.
  • Remove...: displays the Remove dialog box that allows you to choose between Schedule Entity and Sheet View/Result and removes the schedule.

Sheets

Displays a list of project sheets. You can expand a sheet name to see its sheet views.

A context menu appears when you right-click on the Sheets section:

  • Sheetset Setup…: opens the Sheetset Setup dialog box that allows you to create a layout from scratch.
  • Add Subset: adds a subset in the Sheets tab.
  • Add Sheet…: adds a new sheet in a subset in the Sheets tab.
  • Sheetset Options…: opens the Sheet sets tab in the Settings dialog box that allows you to modify the sheet sets options.

A context menu displays when you right-click on a sheet name:

  • Sheet Properties…: opens the Sheet Properties dialog box that allows you to modify the properties of a sheet.
  • Open Sheet: opens the corresponding sheet.
  • Remove…: opens the Remove dialog box that allows you to choose between Result Drawing and Sheet and removes the sheet.

A context menu displays when you right-click on a sheet view:

  • View Properties…: opens the Sheet View Properties dialog box that allows you to modify the properties of a sheet view.
  • Display View: displays the corresponding result and zooms in on its viewport.
  • Update: updates the sheet view. It executes the BIMSECTIONUPDATE command for the related BIM section.
A context menu displays when you right-click on a subset name:
  • Subset Properties…: opens the Subset Properties dialog box that allows you to modify the properties of a subset.

Models

Displays a list of project models.

A context menu displays when you right-click on a model with the following options:

  • Model Properties…: opens the Model Properties dialog box that allows you to see more information about the model.
  • Close Drawing: for a currently open model,it closes the model.
  • Open Drawing: for a currently closed model, it opens the model.
  • Remove from Model List: removes the drawing from the project model drawings.