General
Zoom-to and section box
Get to issues faster: Zoom-to and section box BCF stores viewpoints along with issues details. Viewpoints contain the camera position and a selection of components. Use the BCF Manager’s Zoom-to feature to quickly find that specific viewpoint in your ...
Quick Start Guides BCF Managers
Track and share issues in your own modeling or checking software with our extensive range of BCF Managers. To help you get started in no time, you can consult our Quick Start Guides. They describe the installation, activation and connection to a ...
Offline workflow BCF Manager
Creating, importing and exporting issues offline It is advised to always use the BCF Manager with an online workflow by connecting to BIMcollab Nexus. If this is not possible, you can create, import and export issues as BCF-files to exchange them ...
Can I start a project in BIMcollab Nexus from the BCF Manager?
No, it is not possible to create a new online BIMcollab Nexus project directly from the BCF Managers. Log in to your BIMcollab Nexus to start a new project and add team members. Once the project is setup in BIMcollab Nexus, you can connect to it from ...
Using authoring software like Revit, Archicad or Tekla with BIMcollab
Get the most out of the BCF Managers What can you do with the BCF Managers which are available? We have an ever increasing amount of BCF managers. Download the manager you need here. Here is an overview of the possibilities: Open/Save BCF files Our ...
How to coordinate models with Survey points
When using models with survey points, it's essential that all involved parties are aware of this and work in accordance with this survey point. Since the coordination of different models has been improved a lot in recent software versions, please ...
Identify yourself when working offline in the BCF manager
When working offline, your email address is used to identify yourself in the issues. The email address with which you have earlier connected to BIMcollab Nexus, will be used by default, but you can change it to another address if preferred. To do ...
How to use a BCF Manager with multiple BIMcollab projects at the same time
You can only work on and connect to one project at the same time from a BCF Manager in a certain BIM application. Publish (or save) the issues you are working on before opening another project in the BIM application. If you can start a second ...
How to overcome the limitations of linked (IFC) files in your modeling application
BCF issues use IFC identifiers that are written in every IFC component called GUID’s, which are unique. BCF stores these GUID’s in the viewpoint to select and show the corresponding components. Archicad, Tekla, and Revit all handle the linked IFC ...
Change the language settings of the BCF Manager
To set your language in the BCF Manager, click on the Options button and go to the Settings. In the Settings window, you can choose your preferred language. The new language settings will be applied after restarting the host application.