BIMx

Graphisoft SE

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About this app

Graphisoft’s BIMx is an interactive, 3D model viewer app — please download to visualize or collaborate on architectural design projects on your mobile device(s).

Bridge the gap between the architectural design studio and the construction site with award-winning BIMx, the most popular visualization and coordination app for all architectural design project stakeholders.

BIMx offers professional visualization and game-like navigation to explore architectural design project – anywhere. BIMx features the ‘BIM Hyper-model’ – that helps non-design professionals easily explore the building model and understand the project deliverables.

BIMx connects the construction site with the architect’s office for streamlined collaboration. Real-time model cut-throughs, in-context measuring and project markups in the model context make BIMx your best on-site BIM companion. Drive the design narrative on the building site for fast, specific client feedback.

Standard BIMx features:

- BIMx hyper-model
- Superfast 2D documentation viewer
- Fly & Walk mode
- Gravity & Egress recognition
- Hyperlinked 2D & 3D views
- Access to any building component-related BIM information
- Option to access a Hyper-model element from outside of the app
- Real-time 3D cutaway
- Trace 2D drawings on 3D
- Cast shadows (new)
- Photorealistic mode
- Finger controls (zoom, pan, rotate)
- Location feedback during navigation
- Google Cardboard VR support on phones
- Measure on 2D drawings or directly in a BIM model

BIMx PRO features, available with BIMx PRO Subscription:

- Explore 3D models of any size thanks to the new streaming 3D engine
- Save Favorites
- Create compelling presentations
- Print support

Hyper-models created from Teamwork projects will also unlock the most popular PRO features when the user is connected to the Teamwork project on BIMcloud.

Explore the BIMx PRO features for free:
- with the built-in demo model
- with some featured models available on the BIMx Model Transfer site: https://bimx.graphisoft.com
- Subscriptions start with a two-week free trial period

Ratings and reviews

I love it. It is when you complete your drawing in ArchiCAD and then share your drawing to people who have no access to your ArchiCAD drawing model using BIMx app not only in 2D but also in 3D. This is another level, hope clients satisfy as they see realistic model of their proposed project.

Very nice app, although it lacks much guidance on how to use the app with a VR viewer. eg - how to move around? Do I have to use a joystick? Wouldn't it be better to have waypoints to click on? EDIT 1: Well, in the light of the answer and more exploration I've downgraded my review because it seems to me this could have been so much better than it is. No-one wants to wear Cardboard VR viewers, so a better way would have been to have integrated VR joystick functionality, or at least auto click on buttons (point, at the button, wait while the timer counts down, then autoclick). As things stand, you're on a constant walk without the ability to stop (unless you use the Cardboard viewer) which is poor and unhelpful for clients. Pity, because it's very close to being brilliant but by missing one function, it's not very practical. Could do better guys. EDIT 2: Looks like it will work with a joystick, but it took a couple of hours playing around with the joystick settings to get it connected to the app. In short, you can walk, stop, reverse all using a handheld Bluetooth joystick, which is pretty much most of what you'd like to do. So this time, I'm UPGRADING my rating. It is brilliant.

A handy tool but could be so much better. An anotate feature would be useful in 2d drawing mode. The measure feature would be useful it it would 'snap' to features/lines in 2d mode. Would also be good to be able to share drawings with dimensions from the measurement tool on. Its a shame the bimx explorer user cant decide on the section views they can see rather than the architect.

What's new

This update includes a new feature: accurate sun positioning by date and time.
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