BimCraft Browser
0.7.1
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About BimCraft

Sheets

    Open a building model.

    Choose an IFC, RVT, RFA or DWG file, or a whole project folder, from your computer. Or drag either onto this page: a dragged folder opens without a permission prompt. Or start a new building and draw it here. It all stays in your browser; nothing is uploaded.

    • IFC

      The full model in 3D. Orbit it, turn storeys on and off, cut it with a section plane, and click any element to see its properties and quantities. Change names, tags and property values, then save a new IFC; your original stays as it was.

    • RVT and RFA

      A file card: the release it was saved in, project information, the preview picture and linked files. The 3D model inside an RVT is in an undocumented format, so to see it in 3D, export IFC from the app that made it (File, Export, IFC) and open the .ifc here.

    • DWG and DXF

      The drawing in 2D: model space and every sheet, pan and zoom, layers on and off, with live coordinates. Switch model space to 3D to orbit round its elevations, thickness, 3D faces, meshes and blocks. Print view shows it black on white with its line weights. Linked drawings and title-block pictures are found in the open folder. AutoCAD 2000 to 2018 formats.

    • A folder

      Every model in a project folder at once: numbered backups grouped with their model, linked files checked against the folder, and incomplete files flagged. Only the few kilobytes each card needs are read, so a network drive is fine.

    BimCraft settings

    These settings are only for BimCraft, and you can change them only here, in the app.

    Version

    Which build of BimCraft this is. Give these lines when you report a problem.

    Version
    BimCraft 0.7.1 (current)
    Running in
    Browser
    Other versions
    Menus, keys and mouse

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    When a model opens

    Rooms and spaces are see-through boxes that can hide the walls behind them, so they start hidden. The Spaces button still turns them on and off for the open model.

    Edge lines give the drafting look but cost memory. "Small models only" draws them for models under 300,000 triangles. Above 1.5 million triangles they are always off.

    Check against IDS

    Off: the IFC keeps only a reference and the IDS stays in this browser (a client's IDS may be confidential). On: the IDS travels inside the IFC to everyone you send it to.

    Drawings open in

    3D draws a large drawing much faster. Sheets, Print view and the equipment list stay on the tabs above the drawing. A drawing with nothing in model space, or a browser that can't show 3D, opens in 2D.

    Opening view

    The camera a model opens with. Fit looks at the whole model from a corner.

    A building turned in its site

    When a building's walls run at an angle to the model's axes (as models on survey or shared coordinates arrive), "Square to the building" shows it square: Fit, Top, Front, Side, the view cube and new sections follow its walls. The compass still points to the model's north.

    Placing library items

    When placing or pasting starts, the item's back snaps to the nearest wall. Tab or the Wall snap button turns it off for the moment.

    Corner indicator

    In the corner of the 3D views: a view cube to click a side to look from, an X/Y/Z axis icon, or nothing. The 2D drawing view has none.

    Section box
    mm

    How much space Section box round the pick leaves on every side of the picked elements.

    Location

    The system Measure › Location gives latitudes and longitudes in. The file's own map system and datum are always shown beside them.

    Your name on issues

    Goes on the issues (BCF) you make. Signed in, your account's name is used unless you type another here. Reset leaves it as it is.

    Assistants

    An assistant on this computer reaches BimCraft through CadCraft Studio, only while this is on. Off by default; turning it off disconnects at once.

    Activity
      Rendering

      Your machine
      What this browser lets CadCraft use for rendering. Sharing these specs helps us build more efficient engines; what is shared is aggregated and not associated with your account.

      Checking this machine…

      Layout

      Workspace

      Every app that has the workspace you pick opens in it; the others keep their toolbar and panels. Your toolbar style, menus and keys stay as they are.

      Work environments. Save your whole setup under a name (the layout, menu style and keys, toolbar, panels and My tools, for every app) and switch between setups. The theme and the language stay as they are.

      Lost a toolbar, a menu or a panel?

      Puts the toolbar (order, lock and buttons), the panels, the screen mode and the menu style back to how BimCraft starts. Your theme, language, sizes and BimCraft's own settings stay as they are.

      Theme

      The theme applies to every CadCraft app and the site.

      Language

      The language applies to every CadCraft app. The app reloads to change it.

      Units

      Global settings: each app can have its own measurement settings and defaults too.

      Switch a unit on to see it in the unit lists. The star marks the default for new drawings, measures and items. These choices are the same in every app in this browser.

      Loading the units…

      A file keeps its own unit (a drawing's units, a project's feet or meters), and that unit stays in its list even when it is turned off here.

      Hardware specs

      Sharing your hardware specs allows us to build more efficient engines. The information is aggregated and not associated with your account: the graphics card, processor cores, memory and screen size, the browser and system family, and the app — no files, no name, no address.

      First-time tours

      Off: no app starts its tour by itself. Each app's own settings can still turn its tour off, or take it again.

      Screen

      Browsers allow full screen only after a click or key press, so it starts on your first click in the drawing.

      Toolbar

      Toolbar rows

      Wrap shows every group. 2 rows and 1 row keep the drawing taller; scroll the toolbar sideways for the rest.

      Arrange: drag tools within their group, and drag a group by its name.

      Right-click the toolbar (or long-press it) for Arrange, Lock and Reset.

      Sizes and panels

      The bars, toolbars, panels and dialogs of BimCraft, bigger or smaller; the drawing keeps its own zoom. Panel text size works on top of it.

      Compact tightens the row heights, panel padding, toolbar buttons and panel text of BimCraft, so more fits on the screen. A touch screen keeps its large targets either way.

      You can also drag a panel's inner edge. Double-click the edge to put it back.

      Panels

      Drag a panel by its name to dock it left, right or at the bottom, or drop it over the drawing to float it. A new window can go on your other screen. Reset layout puts every panel back where it started.