topic Preview picture when uploading model to BIMx model transfer in BIMx

Preview picture when uploading model to BIMx model transfer

Erwin Edel — Tue, 09 May 2023 14:36:12 GMT

The preview picture for BIMx, as far as I can tell, is the 4x3 fairly low res picture used in ArchiCAD (file > info > project preview). This is ok-ish for the BIMx app, however when uploading your file to the model transfer site to share it gets blown up about 2 or 3 times and it really shows as low res.

Is there any other way to define the BIMx preview picture? Does it have to be 4x3?

Re: Preview picture when uploading model to BIMx model transfer

Laszlo Nagy — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 13:48:29 GMT

Here is the official answer to your question:

https://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/tips/bimx/how-to-define-custom-preview-image-for-a-bimx-hyper-model/

Up to ARCHICAD 20, for best results, the image should be 320×240 pixels in size, a 4:3 ratio. If the image is another size, it will be cropped so as to achieve a 4:3 ratio and to fit the 320×240 pixel size.
From ARCHICAD 21 you can use any size and image resolution.

Re: Preview picture when uploading model to BIMx model transfer

Erwin Edel — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 14:53:48 GMT

Ah good to know it's been fixed / changed for ArchiCAD21.

Thank you for pointing me that way.

Still a shame that they bloat the picture to such a size on the BIMx model transfer site though.

As an example: https://bimx.graphisoft.com/model/2efb18ab-c95d-4e2f-aae6-30f9da2dc03e