Table of contents:

How to get to the 3D model

Plan drawing under the 3D model

How to navigate around the model

Taskbar

Working with an object

Information and Filter

How to access the 3D model

The user can open the model via the "drawings and files" tab in the left menu. Folders for each individual floor are listed, and on the right in the list view the user sees a cube icon . By clicking on it the 3D viewer opens and the corresponding model floor is displayed.

 

Floor plan under the 3D model

Floor plans or other PDF drawings can be displayed under the 3D model. This is set up under settings. (Note! User needs admin rights to set it up. See separate article)

Basic Navigation

• When opening the 3D model, the user starts outside the model, looking down on it.

Explore Mode

In Explore Mode, you can move freely within the model. This gives you full control of the perspective and is especially useful for inspecting details or viewing the entire project from various angles. This mode is enabled by default. How to use this mode:

• Rotate the model by clicking and dragging with the left mouse button.
• Zoom using the mouse wheel.
• Pan by holding the right mouse button and dragging.
• Use the keyboard (A, W, S, D) to move forward, backward, and sideways.
• Use Q and E to rotate around your own axis.

The taskbar

The taskbar is located in the middle of the screen and looks like this , 
and contains the following tasks:

• Home button - Sends you to the same overview screen as when you opened the model. All other settings are still enabled.
• Measurement tools - The user can choose between two different measurement tools. "Point to Point" or "Multiple axes".
  • Point to Point
    • Press a point. This will be the starting point for the measurement.
    • Press point no. 2. This will be the end point for the measurement(The result is displayed immediately).
    • To change the measurement, press and hold one of the points and move it to the desired position (New survey is displayed again immediately)
    • If the measurement is to be made with an angle, the user will see the horizontal and vertical length in addition to the desired measurement.
      
      
       
  • Multiple axes (Laser measurement)
    • Press the object the user wants to measure. The measurement is automatically displayed in vertical, horizontal and perpendicular to the object (stops the opposing object)
    • To adjust the measurement, press the center of the laser and move to the new desired measurement. (New measurement is displayed again immediately)
    • To adjust the location of the measurement, press the center of the laser and move to the new desired measurement. (The new measurement will appear again immediately)
    • If you want to move the measurement point (e.g. next object edge) use the arrows for adjustment. . 

Both measurements are finished by clicking on the measurement icon and then "remove all". 

(Note! All measurements that have less than 2mm deviation will not be shown in the viewer)

Section tool

• Section Plane (Single Cut)
• Click on Section Plane to create a single section.

• Select the object you want to create a section on (the section is automatically created perpendicular to the point the user selects).

• To move the section, you can either:

  • Click and hold the left mouse button on the arrow button and drag back and forth.

  • Click the eye icon above the taskbar to hide the section plane view.

  • Click "Flip direction" to rotate the section plane 180 degrees.
    
    
    
     

• Section Box (Cuts on all 4 sides of the object)

  • Click on Section Box to create a box.

  • Select the object you want to create the box around (the box is automatically created in all directions around the object).

  • Click and hold the left mouse button on the arrow button and drag in all directions to increase the area the box includes in the view.

  • Click the eye icon above the taskbar to hide the section box view.

• Reset
  • The user presses and all adjustments or tasks performed are reset to the original view and viewing window.
     
• Settings
  • Language - The options are English, Norwegian, Swedish.
  • Measurement unit - The options are m, cm and mm.
  • Highlight on hover - Shows transparent boxes of volume of rooms (if available in the model)
  • Navigation cube - For easier viewing perpendicular to the model from multiple angles.
  • Background color - For personal expression, you can choose the background color in the viewer yourself.

Working with an object

To work with an object, right-click on the object in the model to bring up a task menu. The following actions can be performed from here:

 

Hide / Show All

By pressing "Hide" the user can hide the display of the object. Press Show All to bring all hidden objects back into view.

 

Make Transparent

By pressing "transparent" the selected object is not completely hidden, but made transparent.

 

Isolate

By pressing "Isolate" all other objects are hidden and the user can only focus on the selected object.

Information and Filter

Information and Filter are located at the top right of the view and contain information about objects and allow the user to filter at the object level or higher level (model, floor, object types, etc.).

 

Information

The information field shows all available information that the object has from the IFC file.

 

Filter

The filter contains all parameters found in the IFC file and filters based on them.

Hierarchy

Filters between all parent groupings found in the IFC file. Most commonly used here are filters based on categories. Wall, floor, windows, etc...