Which tools does the Prostream BIM viewer include?

Turn ifc and revit files into 3d files to view and check them using the BIM viewer in Prostream.

The functions of the Prostream BIM Viewer

  1. Circle: With circling, you can easily turn your model in different directions.
  2. Panning: Panning is locking your model at the desired zoom level. Your model will no longer rotate.
  3. Zoom: Simply zoom in and out on your model. 
  4. First person: With the first person tool, you navigate through your model yourself. You can walk through any room you like. When you open this tool, a pop-up will explain how to navigate through a model. In the top right corner you can see where you are in the model.
  5. Camera interactions: With the different camera functions, you are able to adjust the image.
    1. Adjust to screen: This is how you keep the model fitting in the image. If your model moves out of the picture, you can use this tool to place it back in the middle.
    2. Focal distance: The distance in millimeters between the sensor of the camera and the centre of the lens. The lower the focal length number, the more you see. This is called wide-angle.The higher the focal length number, the closer the image. You have more zoom.
    3. Rotate: This rotates the image without rotating the model (the view).
  6. Unit of measurement: This includes various tools to measure distances within the model (horizontal, vertical, angles, calibration).
  7. Cross-sectional analysis: Possibility to create various cross-sections, both horizontal and vertical.
  8. Document browser: The document browser shows you all relevant documents of the building/model (for revit files even more extensive than for IFC files).
  9. Levels: Clicking on a level will only show the level in question. If you click on it again, all other levels appear again. This makes it easy to turn levels on and off.
  10. Model Browser: The model browser shows you all relevant elements of the building/model.
  11. Properties: Properties is best used together with the model browser. By switching them on at the same time, you have all documents and elements of the building together and you can see exactly what belongs to what.
  12. Settings: You might want to change the settings of the BIM viewer, but in principle they are set correctly for your device.
  13. Full screen: View your model in full screen. 

Depending on the type of model, the BIM viewer offers more functionality. For example: opening a REVIT model provides access to the interactive floor plans embedded in that model, provided this has been configured during engineering.