3D FOR EVERYONE

3D files saved in IFC format with AUTOBIM3D Xport are compatible with all common BIM packages on the market. Once imported into a BIM model, your networks can be modified directly into your modelling package. And since all the data associated with your network drawing are encapsulated in the file itself, you will never be missing a 3D object or a REVIT family.

In a future update Tracéocad is planning to further develop AUTOBIM3D Xport with a RVT format export module that will let users save 3D files in REVIT’s native file format. It will be possible to edit and share your network plans in Revit, without the need to master the software.

KEEP WOKING YOUR OWN WAY, IN 2D

With AUTOBIM3D you can contribute to BIM projects in 3D while using your current 2D drawing skills and tools. Your productivity won’t suffer and neither will your budget.

All you have to do is to export 2D architecture plans from the BIM model and use them to create your network drawings in AUTOFLUID. Once they’re drafted, AUTOBIM3D exports them back to your BIM project, in 3D.

REVIT IS EASY WITH RVT-Connect

RVT-Connect, the free plug-in for Revit gathers the key tools for an efficient interconnection between REVIT and your 2D drafting package. It is available to download for all the collaborators on your BIM projects. Once installed you can for example, easily generate acurate drawing backgrounds of any given floor or embed IFCs that were created with AUTOBIM3D while keeping the right heigts. You can even save you networks in RVT format in no time and without any previous REVIT training.

And if you don’t use REVIT, let the architect or another collaborator install it and do the exports or imports into the model for you. It is the perfect ally for every engineering practice.

"REALISTIC" 2D PLANS

On today's building sites, only real enriched 2D fluids networks plans that were created and thought through in 2D are really fit for building. Plans generated directly from 3D models must be re-worked to include all the necessary detailed information that insure they’re read correctly on site. This extra time spent increases with each modification in the BIM model.

Therefore with AUTOBIM3D we've decided to turn the process on its head : starting with fast and accurate 2D design to then generating 3D network models for BIM projects.

PART OF AUTOFLUID

AUTOBIM works together with AUTOGAINE for drawing air conditioning networks, with AUTOTUBE for drawing heating and with AUTOSAN for plumbing.

These applications can be combined into one pack to cover the full range of functionalities for fluids networks engineering in 2D and in 3D.

Characteristics

• Referencing and positionning tool
• Dedicated specification tool for water levels
• 3D network generation command
• Spatial navigation command
• View style settings
• 3D network visibility settings
• Managing created networks (Renaming - Deleting - Merging)
• Export in DWG, IFC file formats and .RVT with RVT-Connect