Features
The open source bimserver is 100% free and open source. This standard version comes with a lot of cool features.
You can also have a a look at the screenshots.
A glance of the features and opportunities the bimserver can give you:
| Import/export IFC |  |
The base of the BIMserver is open standards like IFC. |
| IFC Versioning | |
Go back in time. See who made which changes and when. |
| Filter & Query | |
Simple queries like “get only the windows from a model” , or “get one specific wall”. |
| Webservice client | |
Free client for exploration of the Bimserver SOAP interface. |
| ifcXML export |
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Still in beta for the next release, but already giving some good results. |
| CityGML export | |
Export your IFC Model to CityGML, including the BIM/IFC-Extension. |
| UserInterface | |
The server has a great (web)userinterface. |
| WebserviceInterface | |
The server has a great webserviceInterface (SOAP and REST). |
| Objectlinks | |
Directly link (using an REST-URL) to objects. |
| IFC Viewer client | |
Free version of the IFC Browser costum made for the open source bimserver. |
| IFD compatibility | |
Read and fill the IFD properties inside the IFC data. |
| Clash detection | |
Use the special client side application to check on clashes in the model. This is still in beta; e-mail us for questions and bugs. |
| Rendering pictures |
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Coming soon! Automatically rendering JPG pictures from every revision of the model. |
| Using RSS feeds | |
Using geoRSS feeds for change alerts of your model. |
| COINS compatibility |
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Stable COINS compatible dataprocessing and querying (needs additional funding). |
| gbXML export |
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Get Green Building XML data from your model (needs additional funding). |
| KML export |
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Exporting the model as (zipped) KML for use in Google Earth. |
| Excel |
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Exporting the modeldata in an MS Excel spreadsheet (needs additional funding). |
| OpenID Authentication |
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Login using your openID or LDAP account (needs additional funding). |
| COBIE compatibility |
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Construction Operations Building Information Exchange (COBIE) compatibility (needs additional funding). |
| Change-SMS |  |
Sends a mail or SMS message when somebody changes (parts of) your data (needs additional funding). |
| Sketchup export |
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Exporting collada data for use in Sketchup and Google Earth. |
| GIS link |
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Linking BIM models to GIS systems using OGC standards like WFS. |
| ifcXML import |
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This features gives you the possibility to import ifcXML (needs additional funding). |