GRAPHISOFT BIMx lets you create an interactive walk-through model out of your ARCHICAD project. The functions needed to create and share a BIMx model, and to view it on your computer, are included in ARCHICAD.
In addition, you can transfer the resulting BIMx model to mobile devices:
•Clients using the free BIMx app can experience a professional, 3D project presentation and benefit from a real-time exploration of the architectural design, without having to install any architectural software.
•The more sophisticated BIMx PRO application enables clients or contractors to view and navigate in the full project documentation - 2D as well as 3D.
BIMx 3D Model Format
From ARCHICAD’s 3D window, save your 3D model in BIMx Model (.bimx) format.
•You can view the BIMx 3D Model on your computer, using the desktop BIMx application included in ARCHICAD 19.
•Clients can view the model using the free BIMx Desktop Viewer application, downloadable from http://www.graphisoft.com/downloads/bimx/bimx_desktop.html
•You can share the BIMx 3D Model to the BIMx Model Transfer site at bimx.graphisoft.com
•You can open and explore the BIMx 3D Model on iPad or other mobile device, using either of the BIMx mobile apps.
BIMx Hyper-Model Format
Create a BIMx Hyper-model out of a Publisher Set, using either ARCHICAD’s Publisher or the wizard launched from File > Publish BIMx Hyper-model.
Unlike the BIMx 3D Model format (see above), the BIMx Hyper-model can contain the full documentation of your ARCHICAD project: the 3D model, plus views, layouts and even camera paths. (You can filter the 3D content as well as narrow the set of published layouts.)
•You can save the resulting file (.bimx format), view its 3D content in the BIMx Desktop Viewer application, or transfer it to a mobile device
•You can publish the Hyper-model to the BIMx Model Transfer site at bimx.graphisoft.com
The BIMx Hyper-model file can be used as follows:
•With the BIMx Desktop Viewer application or the free BIMx mobile app, you can view and navigate in the Hyper-model’s 3D views
•With the more sophisticated BIMx PRO mobile app, you can view the project’s full 2D/3D documentation set, within a logical and interconnected structure, on mobile devices only
Both the BIMx 3D Model (saved from the ARCHICAD file) and the Hyper-model (created from a Publisher Set) use the .bimx format.
For more information on BIMx Hyper-model features, see bimx.graphisoft.com.
Each of these topics is detailed below:
Save ARCHICAD Model as BIMx 3D Model
Open BIMx 3D Model in Desktop Application
Save or Upload BIMx Hyper-Model
BIMx Technical Requirements
•Hardware/software requirements for GRAPHISOFT BIMx are the same as for ARCHICAD 19. The Desktop BIMx Viewer is available in both 32- and 64-bit versions.
For more information, see http://www.graphisoft.com/support/system_requirements/.
•BIMx Desktop Viewer can read a BIMx model created in any version of ARCHICAD (including the 3D content of a BIMx Hyper-model file).
•A BIMx Hyper-model file created in ARCHICAD 19 is compatible with BIMx applications for iPad and other mobile devices. Users of the mobile apps must first refresh their mobile apps.
•When you explore the BIMx model, performance may vary depending on the size of your model and the memory capacity of your video graphics card. If you plan to work with large models, make sure you are using a high-capacity video card.
You can find a list of recommended video cards at: helpcenter.graphisoft.com/video-cards.
If your BIMx model is to be viewed on a mobile device, model size and device compatibility requirements apply.
For more information, consult BIMx Optimization.
As a rule, any ARCHICAD 19 license enables you to use BIMx functions. Some markets may have different license requirements; contact your distributor.
ARCHICAD with Software Service Agreement (SSA)
•Unlimited storage space for public models on the BIMx Model Transfer Site
•Option to password-protect uploaded BIMx models
•Option for private transfer of BIMx models to clients using the BIMx Model Transfer Site (hidden from public access)
•Extra storage space for unlisted and password-protected models
ARCHICAD with NO Software Service Agreement
•Unlimited storage space for public models on the BIMx Model Transfer Site
•All uploaded projects are public (no option to password-protect or unlist them)