TARGET:
– quick selection of elements according to the expected criteria
– assigning documents related to individual elements
– creating and saving color versions of the project
COURSE (plugins used): OBJECTS INFO – EXTERNAL DOCUMENTS – GALLERY
1. Open the model to which you will assign technical documents, material cards and reference links.
2. Select one type of element. These will be the four-sash windows visible here. In order to find them quickly in the project and select them, they must be filtered by the properties they have in common, but also different from other windows.
3. To do this, first view one such window. Click on it and look at the properties panel. Use the properties: OverallWidth, OverallHeight (that is, width and height) and the classification of the item type ifc.
4. Now go to the Objects Info plugin. Use the “Filter” tool. After clicking the “Filter” icon of the Objects Info plugin, a window will appear.
5. Select the first parameter for filtering the elements included in the project. To do this, click on the empty white box. The list of items with properties will pop up immediately. Select “IfcEntity”.
6. Once you have determined in the left column which property you will filter the objects by, go to the “Value” column on the right. Click on the right side of the box to select the item type ifc from the drop-down list. Note that there is a sign between the two columns denoting the relationship between the property and its value. For an item to be filtered as “matched”, it must be equal to (=) the indicated value.
7. Note that as soon as the first condition is completed, the updated search results will appear at the bottom. You will see that there are 13 objects classified as windows in the project. The rest of the objects have different ifc types.
8. Now add two more properties and fill in their values. Confirm.
9. When this is done, the results will appear at the bottom. The number of project elements that meet the conditions and those that do not meet the conditions will be given in parentheses.
10. Additionally, when you click on an item with the results of matching items, they will turn green in the model view.
11. After clicking on the item and selecting the three windows that meet the conditions, close the Objects Info plugin window and open the External Documents plugin.
12. In the plugin window you can see that the “Selected” option is now active. Click on “Add” to assign the document file to the selected objects.
13. Enter a name and then click the blue icon on the right to select a file on disk.
14. A window will be displayed in which you must select a file.
15. After selecting the file, check the “Save to BVF” option and confirm.
16. With the “Selected” option active, when objects are selected in the model window, you can see the documents assigned to them in the plug-in window. By switching to “All” you will see in the plugin an overview of all documents assigned to elements in the project.
17. Close the window and deselect elements in the model. Now select only one of them. In the property pane on the right you can see the newly added property set – “Documents”. It contains files added according to the names you entered in the plugin window.
18. You can now use the “Filter” tool of the Objects Info plugin again. Search for the next type of windows, doors, partitions and equipment to assign individual documents to them. Continue working as shown above.
19. If your items are grouped, you can quickly select them. By right-clicking on one of the elements and then selecting “Select group” you will select the entire structure.
20. Assign a document.
21. Note that with External Documents, you can also add links to objects. For example, select a wall and assign a link to it to a website with information about the finishing material.
22. By clicking on the document from anywhere (from the plugin window / the properties panel) you will open the document file in the default program available on your computer or in the web browser. * Try to open the attached .pdf, .jpg or link to a website.
23. Now use the Gallery plugin. You can create proposals with it – color versions for an object.
24. Select the elements that you want to give the same color by holding down Ctrl and clicking on individual objects.
25. Slide the storeys apart to add color to the ceilings inside the glass structure as well. To do this, go to the View tab and use the Z slider.
26. By holding down the scroll wheel and moving the mouse you will move the camera view; by holding down the left mouse button and moving the mouse, you will be able to rotate and move the model.
27. Hold down Ctrl and select successive items to be selected together.
28. Assign colors now. To find a specific color, you can search for a RAL color online and then translate it into RGB colors to accurately reproduce the color in the browser.
29. Click on “Set color” and select “Custom color”.
30. Then select “Define custom colors”.
31. When the window expands, select the empty box in the palette on the right for the newly created color.
32. Enter the rgb values or select a color by dragging the eyedropper on the gradient color palette.
33. Click on “Add to Custom Colors” to add the preset color to your color palette. You’ll be able to quickly reuse that color in your project later.
34. Click OK to apply the color.
35. Remember that by sliding the storeys apart, you can quickly restore them to their original places by clicking on the “Reset” button located next to the sliders.
