Slides presented at the xbim Flex webinar Jan 21, where we explained our goals, the history of xbim and the xbim Toolkit, and talked more about the Flex Platform as a Service (PaaS). Flex is builds on the xbim Toolkit and allows developers to build scalable cloud-based web solutions for BIM data using the IFC OpenBIM format.
4. info@xbim.net
How can xbim help you?
• We help partners accelerate product development to
launch new solutions
• We help partners to drive new revenue streams.
• We help partners move to the cloud via our enterprise
grade Microsoft Azure platform
• We provide “Process Automation” for BIM applications
6. info@xbim.net
Open is in our DNA
Xbim Flex
Platform
launched
Ifc4x3 Support
Support for
Infrastructure
Linear Assets
BIM Workflow
and Micro
Services
BIM Automation
2020 :
Infrastructure,
Automation
- NetZeroFlow
Start of Cloud-
based version of
xbim
Professional
services for
Toolkit Users
2017 : xbim Ltd
founded
IFC4 support
New WebGL
Viewer
2015 : Viewpoint
Tier2Tier
DPoW
Support for BIM
Query Languages
Providing the
data for BIM
Library & DPoW
2014 : NBS BIM
Toolkit & National
BIM Library
COBie
Compatibility
Model Federation
Moved to GitHub
2012 : 4Projects
4BIM
Developed in
conjunction with
UNN
Introduced a
HTML5 web
viewer
Open sourced
with Commercial-
use licence
2010 : Released
Open Source with
4Projects
Initial .NET
version of XBIM
Capable of
reading and
writing IFC
models
2007 : Prof Steve
Lockley authors
XBIM Toolkit
7. info@xbim.net
Where we fit – BIM Server
“openBIM® extends the benefits of BIM
by improving the accessibility, usability,
management and sustainability of
digital data in the built asset industry.”
Standards Adherence
Product
Open
Platform
“Digital records are to be in a format
which is appropriately open and non-
proprietary”
Hackitt Report, 2018
Service
Proprietary
Common Data
Environments
BIM
Libraries /
Toolkits
Cloud BIM Services
Closed BIM Platforms
Open BIM Platforms
9. info@xbim.net
So what does xbim do?
BIM files from design tools. E.g.
• Autodesk Revit
• Tekla, Bentley etc
• Specialist Engineering tools
Data
3D
Flex Cloud
Platform
Dat
a
3
D
Dat
a
Data
3
D
3D
Docs
ISO OpenBIM
Standards
(IFC, COBie, BCF)
Open source software
library for IFC, COBie
etc.
Used by software
developers
Collaborative, cloud-
based OpenBIM Platform
and OpenAPI
Useful data
10. info@xbim.net
Benefits of the Flex Platform
• 100% based on OpenBIM, IFC
• Transforms BIM files into a “database”
• Highly scalable ‘serverless’ model processing
• Powerful querying and data interrogation
• Estate/Portfolio data-model
• Simple and quick to develop services
• Writeable data model : Turn BIMs into AIMs
• Multi-user, multi-tenant
• Sophisticated role-based access control
• Business Process Automation / Workflows
• Full control over data sovereignty
• Technology agnostic (Open API)
• Support and expertise of the xbim Team
15. info@xbim.net
How can I query / extract data from models?
GET https://api.xbim-dev.net/odata/
cfc26c1b-1430-4046-b0a9-b941a6555a8b/Spaces?
$expand=Model($select=AssetId),Components($top=0;$count=true)&
$select=Name,Description,LevelName,ModelName,BaseQuantities__GrossFloorArea, […]&
$filter=Model/AssetId eq 41824 and Model/AssetModelId eq 41856 and
BaseQuantities__GrossFloorArea/Real gt 100&
$top=40&
$count=true
19. info@xbim.net
Demo Summary
● Converting model Files
○ Federation, Estates
○ Access Control & Permissions
○ 3D Visualisation (Web and
Windows)
● Querying BIM Data
○ Flex Query language
○ Managing BIM Attributes
● Editing BIM Data
○ Creation of new records
○ Linking & Associating records
○ Editing Attributes
○ Version Control & Time-machine
● Flex Webkit / Flex Demo
○ For Rapid Application
development
○ 3D Viewer and Data Controls
20. info@xbim.net
Coming soon: Net Zero Flow project
1. Develop a Smart Workflow Automation Engine for BIM Processes. Building on the Flex OpenBIM
platform this will enable knowledge workers to orchestrate complex validation, augmentation and
calculations around BIM data; enabling repeatable digital data flows compliant with ISO19650 processes.
2. Create a micro-service on the Workflow Engine enabling Lifecycle Carbon Assessment calculation &
reporting. Extend Circular Ecology’s ICE Embodied Carbon database so that is OpenBIM compatible,
product and Net Zero focused.
3. Extend the existing Flex platform to support the interoperability with third-party data sets i.e. Carbon
Data, Operational cost data, Manufacturers' data.
4. Extend the open source xbim toolkit to support the new international standards for infrastructure
projects (IFC4.3)
21. info@xbim.net
We’re looking for partners
We’re looking for:
● Existing software business or
function serving the building industry
with BIM needs
● Identifiable clients and projects
● New use cases for Flex
Our business model:
● Partner with software businesses and
BIM specialists in the sector
● Jointly work with partners to help
them build & integrate a viable service
● Provide the Flex Platform on a
commercial subscription
This is where we can speak to the audience and out Go- To – Market.
Xbim has a partner model where we go to market with and through partners. At the end of the presentation we will tell you more about this, what we look for and next steps.
This webinar will most relevant if you are part of a software business/ function who is looking to build new application in the cloud
What do we offer partners
Who we work with (high level)
Steve Lockley – practising architect, expert in BIM data, creator of open source xbim Toolkit
Martin Cerny – software engineer, major author of xbim opensource, geospatial solutions expertise and Standards expert
Andy Ward – expert in developing software architecture, especially and cloud-based software; PaaS and SaaS, security expertise
Here
NB Iceberg demonstrates the point that API takes away the pain – but the graphic needs some work
Pretty much every BIM service we see is like an iceberg – you have a valuable innovative use case, but there’s a huge amount of hidden costs and effort to underpin it.
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That’s where Flex comes in. We provide a fully managed cloud-based building data management platform based on OpenBIM, which is trivial to integrate, so you can focus on the really valuable piece.
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As well as all those gnarly features under the water Flex, by turning BIM into data, gives access to a lot more “high value” use cases, including: Portfolio level reporting across projects/assets, Change management, taking BIM data into operation with a full writeable asset model.
The xbim toolkit is an open-source set of software components used by developers and coders to read, write, visualise and exchange BIM Data using buildingSmart Open BIM formats – namely IFC, COBie, and BCF data. Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) in particular is the ISO open standard format for exchanging and storing BIM data. Think of it as the PDF or HTML for BIM.
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The xbim toolkit gives full access to the whole IFC data model, enables developers to work with the valuable information and geometry in these formats, and is ideally suited to developers using Microsoft .NET and ‘cloud’ technologies – that are prevalent in our industry. It also provides some free software tools that are used directly by end users who work with BIM data. For example xbim Explorer is a free model viewer.
Later I’ll introduce xbim Flex, which is our new cloud-native BIM platform powered by the xbim Toolkit, which transforms how rapidly organisations can integrate and build new collaborative BIM services
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See Competitor doc
How can I convert BIM files into something I can visualize and quantify
How can I query / extract data in a BIM
How can I collaborate around Building data securely
How can I transform BIM data and integrate with other data sources
How can I report on the health of my building data
How can I keep BIM data current in operation? How can I supplement data?
Talk to it and the demo upload of Dorm via Flex Demo
NEXT: Extracting data
A Windows client application
Start in comms https://comms.xbim.net/flexdemo/conversations/583/edit/820
Revit
What we look for
What we offer
(We want to be selective here. We want partner to pitch to us)