Create a new project

You start by creating the project either from a previous project or you have created one that will be a template for the next one. You can create projects from Bimeye's standard templates or completely from scratch. To be able to create new projects, you must have the rights set for it in Bimeye.

 

Click  in the main navigation.

In the projects section all active projects in the company will appear. In order to create a new project click .

 

 

How to create a new Project from template

1. Select  Start from existing project  or  Start from template from the drop-down lists and enter desired Name of project. Project names can be changed later in the project settings if you wish.

 

Already here, you can select the Use phases option if you already know that the project will use Revit phases in the project. Including the different phases and the relationship to rooms in different phases, can be changed in the project's settings later.

 

2. Click .

 

3. Select the configurations you want to copy from the template project by multiple choice.

4. Click .

 

5. Click .

6. Assign a name to the model. This is the name that will appear in the design tool client when linking the model to BIMEYE. Recommendation: specify the file format (rvt/ifc/pla) in the Model name.

 Click .

 

 

7. Click . The new project is now created.

 

 

How to create a new Custom project

1. Select  and enter desired Name.

2. Click .

 

Selection of Categories by presets

(Explanation of how to create custom presets further down)

3. Choose Categories. The selection can be done with presets.

4. Click .

Selection of Categories manually

 

3. Choose Categories by multiple choice. Click  to assign the selected Categories to the project. Use the  in order to search for Categories.

The assigned Categories are shown here. By clicking  the Category of choice can be deleted.

4. Click .

Note! When you manually select categories, in addition to the category of objects you are interested in, there should always be the categories: BuildingStoreys, Internal_Building, Spaces_Room. These categories hold on to the relationships between objects and must always be part of a Bimeye project.

 

5. Click .

6. Assign a name to the model. This is the name that will appear in the design tool client when linking the model to BIMEYE. Recommendation: specify the file format (rvt/ifc/pla) in the Model name. Click .

7. Click . The new project is now created.

 

How to create a Category preset

Custom presets in Step 2 can be reused when creating a new project. 

1. Click .

2. Assign a name to the preset and click .

3. Choose Categories. Click  to assign the selected Categories to the project. Use the  in order to search for Categories.

The assigned Categories are shown here. By clicking  the Category of choice can be deleted.

How to edit a preset

To edit an existing preset, select it and click . 

How to duplicate a preset

To duplicate an existing preset, select it and click . Then assign a new name to the duplicated preset.

How to delete a preset

To delete an custom preset click . The selected preset will permanently be erased.