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In the latest smallBIM video post I compare 4 free building information model viewers - Navisworks Manage, Solibri Anywhere, Autodesk Viewer and Open IFC Viewer. Which one is the best? Part 2 - Autodesk Viewer and Open IFC Viewer.

Just finished the course “Navisworks Advanced” by Jim Cowan! Navisworks is the tool that is used on all of the BIM and VDC Coordination projects that I've coordinated, managed, or directed. This is always the first Software that a coordinator should understand. This course is good for anyone who wants an in depth knowledge of how Navisworks can help in identifying construction issues as early in the lifecycle of the building as possible. Check it out: https://lnkd.in/gY5JK_Z9 #navisworks.

This is a great tool for saving time on any BIM project. Using it now for almost six months. This tool finds your clashes in Navisworks and marks them on your drawings so you can now control the direction of clash resolution instead of Navisworks taking you all over your drawing and model

TIMELINER - NAVISWORKS The TimeLiner tool enables you to link your model to an external construction schedule for visual time and cost based planning. This feature is available for Autodesk Navisworks Manage and Navisworks Simulate users.

Revit 2025.2’s new Family to Twinmotion Asset Substitution dramatically speeds up your visualization process by effortlessly swapping low-detail Revit families for high-resolution Twinmotion assets.

Issue: ------- Which file formats are supported in Navisworks Freedom? For example, can Navisworks Freedom support file format as PDMS, STP and STEP? Solution: ---------- The Navisworks Freedom can open following file formats: Native Navisworks Document (NWD). DWF (DWF, DWFX, W2D). Autodesk ReCap (RCS, RCP). Files of the .PDMS, .STP and .STEP and other types can be opened in Navisworks Manage, saved in native Navisworks NWD file format and opened in Navisworks Freedom.

Ignacy - What is it ? This is me lying on the bed while Solibri doing the hard work. Automation is a crucial part of BIM specialist role. It can be anything. 1. Dynamo scripts to create geometry automatically 2 Excel macro that propane data from one table to another. 3. Revit Add-on that create multiple sheets and views with only one click In this case is Solibri Autorun. 1. It can create your federated model within one click. 2. It runs a clash check automatically, 3. Save all the clash results in a presentation for further review. Simple. Automation doesn't need to be sophisticated. How you automate your daily routines?

A new tool was just added to bim blox. 🎉 an IFC tree viewer, which makes browsing through your IFC models easy and simple, by viewing it as an interactive tree graph🌳. Make sure to try it and leave your feedback 🤩

BIM isn't just about being a user, there's a lot of fun and expertise in being a developer too, and having the ability to solve problems. After a couple of video tutorials, I was able to create my first family from scratch. This "Family of Fan Coil Unit" which is a parametric one and has a lot of features #bimmodeling #bimspecialist #revitfamilies

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