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iggiv — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 15:41:13 GMT

Team,

I’m seeking your help or advice on creating a presentation portfolio showcasing my recent work. I’ve revisited a few versions of ArchiCAD, but unfortunately, I made a mistake by changing the settings of my attributes. This makes it impractical to open 10 files and update all the settings again. So, I need to use the BIMx files I had, but I’m facing a challenge.

I’d like to export the presentation as a movie, but I’m encountering a problem. The presentation requires me to click on to the next favorite slide. Is there a way to simply run the presentation by reducing the waiting time so that I can showcase the project as a movie without having to manually click on each slide.
I don’t expect to be able to export this presentation as a new file movie within the BIMx desktop. Therefore, I’ll need to use a third-party application that can record the screen presentation.

Does anyone have any tips on who to turn to for assistance with this?

Re: How to create a movie from an existing BIMx desktop Team, I’m seeking your help or advice on cre

Laszlo Nagy — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 18:09:33 GMT

OBS Studio is good for recording the screen, and it is free.

Re: How to create a movie from an existing BIMx desktop Team, I’m seeking your help or advice on cre

iggiv — Sat, 23 Aug 2025 13:36:23 GMT

Nagy,

Thank you for your comment. I’ll try that. However, I decided to stop at the end because I couldn’t make the Desktop BIMx presentation run without stopping. I ended up regenerating the clip movies, from old files of Twinmotion. I wanted to use BIMx because it has the original textures and colors, while in Twinmotion, these attributes were lost, and I had to change them. I thought it would take forever, but I realized I only had to change the outside textures and the one seen in the clip. Still, I appreciate your intention to help out, and I’ll look into this software to see if it can help me with other tasks.

Re: How to create a movie from an existing BIMx desktop Team, I’m seeking your help or advice on cre

Mahmoud Qenawi — Sun, 24 Aug 2025 06:26:43 GMT

I use a primitive way by recording the screen using (WIN-PC video screen shot), so you’ll find the resolution is very low.

Thanks @Laszlo Nagy , I’ll use OBS to record it in higher resolution.

Here’s my BIMx presentation created as a trial using a GS project sample (all credits to GS).

https://youtu.be/6OoQ6l2ivCU?si=Ww4TZQuS96bgVl4a

Re: How to create a movie from an existing BIMx desktop Team, I’m seeking your help or advice on cre

Roland Szabo — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 17:02:31 GMT

You can use BIMx on any platform to record such a video with custom timing. On desktop:

1. Click Play slideshow in the Favorites palette or Gallery to put BIMx into presentation mode.
2. Wait until the buttons and progress slider disappear from the screen (move the cursor off the buttons).

3. Press the right arrow on your keyboard to open the next view. This also hides all the buttons immediately.
4. Continue with the following views whenever you want.

Full screen (F key) is optional but recommended.
If you click Play in the bottom left corner, BIMx will automatically hide buttons after 3s and switch to the next view every 7s. You can speed it up with the left/right arrow keys; see also BIMx Desktop Help or this article.

Re: How to create a movie from an existing BIMx desktop Team, I’m seeking your help or advice on cre

Mahmoud Qenawi — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 18:51:09 GMT

Thanks @Roland Szabo

I like to know that right/left arrow keys can help show slides faster.