Drawings and data

Issues (BCF)

Exchange issues with Revit, Archicad and other BIM tools as BCF topics that open at their viewpoint.

Every comment in Studio is a BCF topic, so the Comments tab is also the project's issues panel. A row shows the title, Resolved when closed, the type and priority, the assignee and how many comments its thread holds.

Make a topic from the view

Select the elements the issue is about.
In the Comments tab, type the title. Set Topic type (Issue unless you type another), Topic priority and Topic description if you want them.
Click Add comment.

The topic keeps the selection, the camera and a snapshot of the view.

Open a topic

Click a topic. Studio selects its elements and puts the camera where the topic's viewpoint was: a perspective camera opens 3D, an orthogonal one opens plan. What the viewpoint hides is hidden until Show all or another topic. An element the topic names that is not in this model is listed as "Not in this model".

Clip

a consultant's BCF file imported; a topic clicked; the camera moves to its viewpoint and the elements are selected

Import and export BCF

Import BCF… (⇧⌘J, or the button in the tab) reads BCF 2.1 or 3.0. Elements are found by their IFC GlobalId or path.
Export BCF… (⇧⌘B) writes 2.1 or 3.0 (3.0 unless you pick 2.1 beside the button). Each topic carries its thread, assignee, status, type, priority, a sheet cloud as a label, and a viewpoint with the camera, the elements' GlobalIds, what it hides and the snapshot.

Elements keep their GlobalIds across IFC exports, so topics find them in the other tool. See IFC and ifcxa.

Limit. Only Open and Closed are statuses: an imported status that means closed (Closed, Resolved, Done) becomes Closed, any other Open. Topics are not shown as pins on sheets yet.

Send a topic to the agent

Send to agent sends the topic's elements, title and latest comment as a request. See Comments.