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Ability to Send Annotations (to "myself") from All BIMx Apps to BIMcloud / Archicad Project

adampelikan
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We would like to request a new feature for BIMx applications (all platforms) and BIMcloud integration:

Current Situation:

  • Sending annotations ("markups") from BIMx apps to a BIMcloud project currently requires sending to other users (why?????).

  • It is not possible to send annotations to oneself (i.e., the same user who created them) within the BIMcloud / Archicad project.

  • This limitation complicates workflows where users want to directly transfer their own on-site annotations back to the project for later processing without manual export/import.

  • This is a very frequent use case: an engineer or architect goes to the site with an iPad, creates photos, drawings, and annotations, and wants to see these annotations in Archicad immediately afterwards without involving other colleagues.

Requested Feature:

  • Enable users to send annotations from any BIMx app (iOS, Android, desktop) to their own user/project in BIMcloud and Archicad seamlessly.

  • Annotations should be imported immediately and automatically into Archicad’s annotation table without unnecessary messages or user interaction.

  • If any error occurs during annotation transfer (e.g., missing privileges in BIMcloud role), the user must be clearly notified that the annotations were not transferred.

  • The system should properly handle user permissions to support this workflow.

Benefits:

  • Streamlines the annotation workflow for individual users working on-site and transferring information back to BIMcloud projects.

  • Eliminates the need for manual export and import of BCF files as a workaround.

  • Improves user experience by making annotation transfer effortless and fast.

Thank you for considering this enhancement. We believe it will significantly improve BIMx usability.

AP

2 Comments
SeaGeoff
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Every team I know of who has tried to implement a workflow around BIMx Issue creation has abandoned the effort and returned to some other form of markup. As it is these attractive sounding features are more hassle than they are worth. 

 

In addition to sending issues to one's self, Graphisoft needs to offer a stand-alone BIMx Pro license so we can invite partners into the team who are not otherwise using Archicad or BIMcloud. And the issue creation features must be extended to the desktop version of BIMx. Enabling these two things would take sharing hyper models with builders, engineers and other consultants to whole new level. 

Yes to all of this. As a sole proprietor, being able to send annotations to myself from BIMx is THE ONLY WAY I can take advantage of this BIMx workflow.

 

It's such an obvious use case. I, the architect, am on site using BIMx to help me do construction administration OR I am using BIMx as part of a design presentation OR I am using BIMx to review my own work away from my office. I should be able to make notes in app and send them to myself so that I can make changes in Archicad when I'm back at my desk.

 

With this feature, BIMx becomes a more integrated part of my business model. Without this feature, BIMx continues to be an 80% effective app for most of us.

 

Lastly, like Geoff said, we MUST have a stand-alone BIMx Pro license option to invite non-Archicad users to create issues both on desktop and mobile. This license needs to be floating and shareable. I, as an Archicad using firm, need to be able to have this floating license to share with clients, contractors, consultants AND/OR they need to be able to get their own. The most common scenario would be me sharing a floating license with someone else for a few months or a year during a project. This is the way to get BIMx to be truly integrated into construction—and thus make GRAPHISOFT money.

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