The process for using this App requires creating an account and transferring the files into the software. Note: A360 also works as a web application on desktop devices. using IFC (Industry Foundation Classes).įor this post we deliberately chose a solution that was not in the Nemetschek portfolio (i.e GRAPHISOFT ARCHICAD and GRAPHISOFT BIMx are part of the Nemetschek brand) and selected instead an Autodesk product to demonstrate how an IFC model can be shared on mobile devices – Autodesk A360. So in this post we look at how our models can be shared using an openBIM methodology (e.g. IFC, BCF and COBie) are at the heart of a collaborative project that offers multiple uses of information to as many stakeholders as possible.

Like many of these posts the aim of this project is to show that openBIM (i.e. So without going into a whole host of reasons, we need open solutions to share our information as easily as possible. This change to a more collaborative culture needs to have as few barriers as possible so as an industry we must ensure that technology does not divide us further. The application of BIM requires many different stakeholders to come together.

As I said in that post I love BIMx as a mobile application, however it is largely restricted to GRAPHISOFT ARCHICAD users. In the last post we looked at how the LEGO Architecture meets BIM project could be shared with GRAPHISOFT BIMx.

Bimx file format