BIMx models

[Anonymous]

We are givng our clients BIMx model's more and more. It would be nice to have more control over the presentation of those model's

Ideally if we can have the ability to create a banner with logo's titleblocks etc or perhaps a splashscreen when you open the document to remind user's of copyright ownership etc

[Laura Yanoviak]

Specifically, I think we should have control over the Project Info that is displayed in the Information Panel of the app. We don't always want all of this information displayed, and some of it is repetitive (i.e. the site address).

[Anonymous]

Just to be clear, I am talking about this feature in the original BIMx model NOT the hyper-model. As we are providing these models to residential clients it is unreasonable to expect them to pay A$51.99 just to view a model of their house and only be able to do it if they have an iPad

[Eduardo Rolon]

You area aware that you can gift apps to the clients.

http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=43973&start=30

[Laszlo Nagy]

moloneyds wrote:
Just to be clear, I am talking about this feature in the original BIMx model NOT the hyper-model. As we are providing these models to residential clients it is unreasonable to expect them to pay A$51.99 just to view a model of their house and only be able to do it if they have an iPad

The price you are talking about is for the unlimited use of BIMx Docs on any number of projects.
For residential customers we are talking about one model, for which BIMX Docs is about 1/10th that price.

[Laura Yanoviak]

Regardless if it's BIMx Docs or just-plain BIMx, I think this wish is important.

For the record, we "gift" the app to our commercial clients, but hope to be able to provide this as an add-service in the near future.

[Anonymous]

I can absolutely see the merit in gifting the software for multiple dwelling, commercial or even large budget, however my bread and butter work is medium residential, where I am not interested in giving client hyperdocs. That falls into the realm of "too much information"

Using simple Bimx model's and restricting to gallery view's is ideal for us. For this I am simply looking to have our logo's, links to website and copyright information attached to the BIMx file so when our clients show their friends their new house, they see who created it.

[Laura Yanoviak]

Have you considered strategically placing textures with this information throughout your model? Such as an image on a TV screen or a framed print hanging on the wall? If that seems too tacky to you, you could just have a simple "sign" in an opening view. Granted, no hyperlink to your website, but the model can certainly display this information.

[David Maudlin]

Laura wrote:
If that seems too tacky to you, you could just have a simple "sign" in an opening view. Granted, no hyperlink to your website, but the model can certainly display this information.

I have also gone the sign route (looks like my construction site sign) and recently made a door object with 3D letters (being a door the user walks through the sign to enter the project). Both of these are visible when the walk-through begins. Not as good as permanent title and no web link, but better than no information.

David

[Laura Yanoviak]

Brilliant!