This Quick Start Guide describes the basic online workflow of the BIMcollab palette in Allplan. It will get you up and running in no time.
Allplan 2024 has a BIMcollab plugin in the Technical Preview so that users can connect to their BIMcollab project directly from Allplan via an additional palette and create and edit issues without BCF import/export.
Seamless integration of the BIMcollab issue workflow into Allplan eliminates the time-consuming and error prone BCF import/export process.
The plugin provides full BIMcollab functionality in Allplan. This saves time and helps to avoid inconsistencies in the BIM process.
There is no need for a separate installation of the plugin, it is automatically installed with Allplan 2024.
Opening the BIMcollab palette in Allplan
Start Allplan
Go to Default settings > Customize User Interface > Palettes and place a checkmark at 'BIMcollab', the BIMcollab palette will open.
Workflow
Load the model(s) for which you want to create or review issues in Allplan
Connect to a project on a BIMcollab space from the Allplan BIMcollab palette
If there are already issues present in the project you connect to, they will be displayed in the issue list
Create new issues manually
Select issues in the issue list and see its details
When an issue is selected, you can quick edit it, or add a new comment to it
Double click the issue to zoom to its viewpoint in the model in Allplan
When you have made all the necessary changes, synchronize the project to BIMcollab, to share the issues with your team members
The BIMcollab palette
Synchronize the project
Search
BCF manager options: Settings, Info, Help
Name of the project you are connected to
Active filter and Filter issues
Issue list
Viewpoint information
Show snapshot of the selected issue larger
When an issue is selected: Description of the issue
Snapshot of the selected issue
Quick edit of the selected issue
Add a comment
View comments of the selected issue
View details of the selected issue
Comments or details of the selected issue
When a comment is selected instead of an issue, on the bottom half of the window, you will get a few more icons for editing and viewing comments:
Add viewpoint to the selected comment
Edit snapshot of the selected comment
Delete viewpoint of the selected comment
Edit the text of the selected comment here
Snapshot of the selected comment