Session 2.2
Understand and Analyse Clashes with BIM 360 Model Coordination and Power BI
Synopsis:
BIM 360 Model Coordination API has been released as a part of Forge API. Currently, it’s public beta. In this session, we will introduce you to Model Coordination API and show you an example of analysing clash test results using Power BI.
Learning Objectives:
1. Learn what you can do with Model Coordination API
2. Learn how to get started with Forge and Model Coordination API
3. Learn how to integrate Model Coordination clash test results with Power BI
Body:
BIM 360 Model Coordination provides a functionality that detect clashes among models from different disciplines for a project. It’s often referred as “Next Generation” of Navisworks or BIM 360 Glue. By specifying a coordination space or folder in BIM 360 Docs where the models stored, Model Coordination automatically triggers clash detection test.
Model Coordination functionality is fully accessible through API. Using API, you can:
– Create and view coordination space model sets and versions.
– Create virtual model set views by combining user defined views extracted from design files uploaded to BIM 360 Document Management.
– Run Navisworks-like clash tests against model set versions.
– Group clashes and assign their resolution to project users via the BIM 360 Issues Service.
– Permanently ignore clashes which are expected or are part of the design.
– Run SQL-like breakdown queries against a unified coordination space BIM property index.
You can automate certainly tasks. You can further analyse the clash result test, using a tool like Power BI. Using a visual tool like Power BI, you will be able to gain insight into the clash result data and it may help understand better for finding solution.
In this class, we will introduce you to Model Coordination API, and shows an example of integrating with Power BI as a tool to visualizing clash results in various ways.
Note: this class assumes your familiarity with context of clash detection and basic knowledge of web programming, such as HTML and REST API. Hands-on experience with Forge API will be a plus, but not necessary for decision makers.