Open BIM Cost Estimator
Automatic cost estimates

Integration in the Open BIM workflow

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• Integration in the Open BIM workflow
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Integration in the Open BIM workflow

Using the BIMserver.center web platform, all the participants and applications that are part of an integrated project in the Open BIM workflow can communicate directly. This integration is carried outby exchanging IFC information files with a previously defined BIM model:

• Reading a BIM model
  BIM models are read from files in IFC format that are generated by CAD/BIM programs such as IFC Builder, Allplan, Archicad or Revit. This function allows Open BIM Cost Estimator to view the building model directly in the application.


• Exporting information in IFC files
  Open BIM Cost Estimator exports an IFC file that contains the budget supporting document (.pdf). This way, the BIM model of the project is updated and the Open BIM workflow is consolidated. Other BIM applications, such as Open BIM Memories CTE, can read this information in order to include it in the project.


• Synchronization with the BIM model
  Each time there is a modification in the BIM model, the program can incorporate the changes to the Open BIM Cost Estimator project so that users can work in parallel with other specialists from different disciplines.

More information can be found on the Open BIM technology in CYPE programs webpage.

 

Details

• Program download, available languages...
  
  
• User license
  The permits that must be included in the user license to be able to use Open BIM Cost Estimator depend on the value of the execution cost that is calculated by the program:
  
  
  • Up to 1,000,000 €
    Users can use the program for free.
  • Up to 5,000,000 €
    The user license must include the Open BIM Cost Estimator Pro permit.
  • More that 5,000,000 €
    The user license must include the Open BIM Cost Estimator Expert permit.

 

More information

More information on Open BIM Cost Estimator can be found by clicking on the following links:

• General information


• Aim of the program


• Scope of application


• User interface


• Method used to calculate the cost of the building


• Factors contemplated during price applications (geographic, socioeconomic, typological, construction, climatic and seismic)


• Integration in the Open BIM workflow


• Results, checks and generated support documents