Get your BIM model with iPhone, Android or iPad

goBIM is a application developed by Ian Keough, a Senior Technical Designer with Buro Happold Consulting Engineers, LLC. in New York to get rid of the trouble for transferring 3D BIM models from the desktop to your iPhone (an iPad-specific version in the process of being approved for the Apple App Store) or iPad to have the real time view in remote locations as well as on site.
goBIM tool is a BIM viewer that contains an exporter API that can translate any BIM model as well as Revit and Rhino models into a .gbz file and then load the model onto their tablet or smart phone through iTunes.

With goBIM facility managers will be capable of easily recognizing issues, generating work orders, and providing critical response by using Augmented Reality.



Building contractors will get the ability to explain a site thoroughly with their iPhone, Android or iPad and observe any stage of the project overlaid on the portable device applying its digital camera.

There exist two phases to the installation process. The users should install the goBIM Revit Exporter and the goBIM iPhone Application. This installation requires Autodesk Revit 2010 and an Apple iPhone. With goBIM Revit Exporter users can export their 3D model into a “.gbm” file exporter, then upload the files to their web server to be utilized with goBIM . Currently, there is an exporter for Autodesk®Revit obtainable for free on the goBIM Website, with exporters for other applications expected soon.

goBIM™ facilitates users to effortlessly manage navigation for models ranging from 2Mb – 4Mb in size (varying file size dependent on iPhone model), with options to manage larger models, dependent on additional load time from the Web.

goBIM for Revit:
goBim for Revit will look like a button in Revit 2010’s “Add-Ins” menu. After clicking “Export to goBIM” button a dialogue will be visible requiring a file address. This is the place where the user can save their goBIM file. Then the selected Revit geometry will be exported. It’s depend on the users to place it in a location on your server where the goBIM iPhone application will have access to it.

goBIM 1.3 Installation for Revit

• Dowload the correct installer for your system from the downloads page.
• Copy the “goBIM” folder provided to your C:Program Files folder
• Delete the folders C:\Program Files\goBIM\2010\ and C:\Program Files\goBIM\2011\
• Rename the file C:\Program Files\Autodesk Revit [VERSION]\Program\Revit.ini to C:\Program Files\Autodesk Revit [VERSION]\Program\Revit.iniOLD this will force Revit to recreate the Revit.ini file at startup. Where [VERSION] is “Architecture 2010″, “Structure 2011″, etc.
• Using your favorite text editor, edit the C:Program FilesAutodesk Revit Structure* 2010ProgramRevit.ini file to include the following:
  [ExternalApplications]
  EACount=1
  EAClassName1=ikeo.goBIM.goBIM_menu
  EAAssembly1=C:Program FilesgoBIMgoBIM_menu.dll
• Delete any existing goBIM .addin files. These are usually located inC:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Revit\Addins. If you typically install .addin files somewhere else then search that location for any existing goBIM addins and delete them.
• Run the Setup.exe file included in the installer package. This will create the appropriate install directories.

goBIM for iPhone:

While starting goBIM iPhone for the first time, the user will be pointed to a default model. To overview the models, the user must enter model URL and model name. These settings are available in the application by clicking the gear icon at the top of the screen. Enter the location of your goBIM file, which will be something like “http://www.myDomain.com/models/”. Then enter the name of the model like : “myAwesomeModel.gbm”.

Click the “Load Model” icon. The task bar in the app will demonstrate the percentage of the model that has loaded. This process can continue for a long time due to the speed of data connection and the size of the model file. It is suggested not attempting to load large goBIM models using the Edge network.

Downloadable link
http://go-bim.iankeough.com/wordpress/?page_id=23

Posted by Rajib Dey
Business Development
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Global Associates (Pioneer Company in 3D modeling with BIM & Sketchup)

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