Tekla BIMsight - free IFC collaboration software

[Laszlo Nagy]

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-116151...

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.

[Anonymous]

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?

[Eduardo Rolon]

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

[Laszlo Nagy]

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.

[Laszlo Nagy]

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

[Mats_Knutsson]

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

[Anonymous]

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?
😉

[Anonymous]

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.

[Link]

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

Cheers,
Link.

[Eduardo Rolon]

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

[Mats_Knutsson]

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.