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Tekla BIMsight - free IFC collaboration software

Laszlo Nagy — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 10:26:17 GMT

Tekla announced a new product which is similar to Navisworks. It is called BIMsight and it is a collaboration tool based on the IFC format as far as I can tell.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/tekla-bimsight-revolutionizes-the-bim-software-market-116151364.html

As I can see from the below comparison to Navisworks, it has less features and handles less file formats but it is free.

http://revitoped.blogspot.com/2011/02/tekla-bimsight-free-divided-by-free-is.html

I am wondering how much impact can a product like this make in Navisworks' territory.

Re: Tekla BIMsight - free IFC collaboration software

TMA_80 — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 10:57:08 GMT

Thanks Lazlo, let's hope this would push the IFC developpement further.

Re: Tekla BIMsight - free IFC collaboration software

Eduardo Rolon — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:30:41 GMT

Where is Matthew with his review?

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Anonymous — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:46:37 GMT

ejrolon wrote:
Where is Matthew with his review?

C'mon guys. Give me a few minutes.

I just downloaded it and will be looking at it over the next few weeks (while I check out the new Tekla version 17).

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Mats_Knutsson — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 09:58:07 GMT

I sat down yesterday to watch House (great episode btw). I had a glass of red wine and some peanuts and started up my five year old dragster windows laptop (sound of a dragster, speed of a snail...) and installed BIMsight and spent 50 minutes with it.

BIMsight video tutorials among the best I've seen...

Looks very promising. Easy to use. Easy to save views. Easy to add comments to views/issues. I hope some of my clients will try BIMsight on huge IFC-arch+struct IFC-models to get some feedback on performance.

Looking forward to reports from some guru-testers...😉

Go Tekla!!!!

Re: Tekla BIMsight - free IFC collaboration software

Laszlo Nagy — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 10:20:18 GMT

I am also reading good reviews of it around the web.
Does not know as much as NavisWorks, but knows quite a bit and it it free while NavisWorks is pricey.

Re: Tekla BIMsight - free IFC collaboration software

Anonymous — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 10:55:02 GMT

laszlonagy wrote:
I am also reading good reviews of it around the web.
Does not know as much as NavisWorks, but knows quite a bit and it it free while NavisWorks is pricey.

Come on. It's only $2500 (in the US) unless you want the clash detection. Then it's $10,000.

I've been too busy to get a close look at BIMsight yet (though I've been looking over Tekla in some detail which is great). I'll be putting some big models into it as soon as I can. I'll let you all know what I find.

Re: Tekla BIMsight - free IFC collaboration software

Laszlo Nagy — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 11:06:51 GMT

Matthew wrote:
Come on. It's only $2500 (in the US) unless you want the clash detection. Then it's $10,000. .

We have a saying for deals like this in Hungarian:

It is worth it even for a fool.

or

It is a great deal even for a fool.

Re: Tekla BIMsight - free IFC collaboration software

Eduardo Rolon — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 13:20:45 GMT

I did try it briefly and noticed that slabs with curved edges do no import correctly. Did try all the defined exports for Tekla in AC with the same result.

Re: Tekla BIMsight - free IFC collaboration software

Eduardo Rolon — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 13:27:22 GMT

and how it looks in BimSight

Re: Tekla BIMsight - free IFC collaboration software

Anonymous — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:15:27 GMT

ejrolon wrote:
and how it looks in BimSight

That's a bit troubling. Did you open the IFC in another viewer program to see if the problem is with the import or export?

Re: Tekla BIMsight - free IFC collaboration software

Eduardo Rolon — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:33:47 GMT

Imported the IFC into AC again and apparently the problem slabs were converted to objects. The ones that remained as slabs had no problem with the curved edge. Aparently the problem ones were part of SEO's

Re: Tekla BIMsight - free IFC collaboration software

Laszlo Nagy — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 12:57:12 GMT

Eduardo,
Could you send the files involved to me?
I was contacted by the developers of Tekla BIMSight that they would like to look at the file so they can fix any bug.

Re: Tekla BIMsight - free IFC collaboration software

Laszlo Nagy — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 21:46:57 GMT

Eduardo have sent me the file and I have forwarded to the Tekla guys so they can fix the problem.

Re: Tekla BIMsight - free IFC collaboration software

Mats_Knutsson — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:23:24 GMT

Superuser up here are really exited and using it already. I'll try to get something in written.

Re: Tekla BIMsight - free IFC collaboration software

Anonymous — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:33:30 GMT

Mats_Knutsson wrote:
Superuser up here are really exited and using it already. I'll try to get something in written.

Does this Superuser use a phone boot to change from a regular user? Is he faster than a speeding bullet?
😉

Re: Tekla BIMsight - free IFC collaboration software

Anonymous — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:25:14 GMT

I've been putting it through the paces and am very impressed. The feature set is somewhat limited but it does what it needs to and I understand that there will be many improvements to come.

It is remarkably robust and fast. I have so far loaded up the complete architectural model for a large hospital with no significant impact on performance. I have not tried loading the complete model with all the trades. I expect this will at least slow it down a bit. I'll post back what I find.

This program is a big deal. I can't wait to use it on my new projects.

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Link — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 10:41:39 GMT

Haven't looked at it yet. Is it more than a viewer? Does it do collision detection, for example?

Cheers,
Link.

Re: Tekla BIMsight - free IFC collaboration software

Eduardo Rolon — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 11:05:01 GMT

It does collision detection.
The base movie is only 10 mins at their site.

Re: Tekla BIMsight - free IFC collaboration software

Mats_Knutsson — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 20:10:53 GMT

Krippahl wrote:
Mats_Knutsson wrote:
Superuser up here are really exited and using it already. I'll try to get something in written.
Does this Superuser use a phone boot to change from a regular user? Is he faster than a speeding bullet?
😉

Haha! No, this specific specimen is metamorphosed into an eternal super-user, complete with tight leggings and a shiny cape.