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A wider onshape for BIM
baumar
OS Professional Posts: 76 PRO
Hi,
I am designing a modular house and would like to max out onshape's functionality for Building Information Modeling.
I saw a few entries in the forum mentioning the theme, but the discussion was not yet very substantial.
Of course this is a futuristic vision, but since the future starts now, I would like to give it a try.
The final idea of BIM is to combine all building information in a database and this is probably far beyond the current road map of onshape. But I think there might be already some potential function in place or in the pipeline, so I would like to ask.
Very interesting would be information about (planned) interfaces to existing BIM solutions, as the physical model is the corner stone of a BIM.
In the near term I would like to check out if I could use the assemblies to show how the parts will be joined from ground up for demonstration purpose and as an installation instruction. I didn't see yet animation features apart from showing the possible movements based on some restriction defined by joins. (the problem is that once you defined the mate the parts get connected so fast that you don't see the movement any more...)
Does anybody has tips and tricks how to visualize the joining of parts before you add the mates. Of course I could start a movie with snagit and do everything by hand, but maybe there are some better ways or functionality I ignore yet.
Another interesting function would be to integrate the model in a tool like google earth, as a whole and even more interesting in parts to visualize the building process and progress. I would be curious to find out about possibilities and experiences for this.
I am designing a modular house and would like to max out onshape's functionality for Building Information Modeling.
I saw a few entries in the forum mentioning the theme, but the discussion was not yet very substantial.
Of course this is a futuristic vision, but since the future starts now, I would like to give it a try.
The final idea of BIM is to combine all building information in a database and this is probably far beyond the current road map of onshape. But I think there might be already some potential function in place or in the pipeline, so I would like to ask.
Very interesting would be information about (planned) interfaces to existing BIM solutions, as the physical model is the corner stone of a BIM.
In the near term I would like to check out if I could use the assemblies to show how the parts will be joined from ground up for demonstration purpose and as an installation instruction. I didn't see yet animation features apart from showing the possible movements based on some restriction defined by joins. (the problem is that once you defined the mate the parts get connected so fast that you don't see the movement any more...)
Does anybody has tips and tricks how to visualize the joining of parts before you add the mates. Of course I could start a movie with snagit and do everything by hand, but maybe there are some better ways or functionality I ignore yet.
Another interesting function would be to integrate the model in a tool like google earth, as a whole and even more interesting in parts to visualize the building process and progress. I would be curious to find out about possibilities and experiences for this.
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