BIM Compare Sheet Overlay Feature

What is Sheet Overlay?

The Sheet Overlay feature in BIM Compare enables you to view the Sheet drawing you used to capture in OpenSpace "overlayed"  on the aligned floor of your BIM model. Drawings uploaded to OpenSpace often have annotations and notes that are not available on the BIM model. If the drawing you’re using to do OpenSpace captures has door tags, room tags, dimensions, or any other annotated information, you can now view that information in BIM Compare.

If you’re an OpenSpace user not accustomed to using BIM regularly, OpenSpace already makes it easy to navigate through a model using BIM Compare. Sheet Overlay can help you connect the 3D information shown in BIM Compare to the 2D drawings you look at on site every day, and get the best of both worlds.

How do I use Sheet Overlay?

Open BIM Compare on your OpenSpace project. Note: Your project must have drawings uploaded, a BIM model uploaded and aligned, and at least one capture on at least one floor.

From BIM Compare, click the Overlay Sheet button as shown below:

The Sheet that is aligned to that location in the BIM becomes visible in the model. You can navigate BIM Compare as normal, and the sheet will stay visible. If you navigate to a different floor using the Pano/Capture side, the sheet for that new floor will be visible. If you navigate to a different floor using the BIM side, only the sheet associated with the Pano/Capture will be visible on the BIM side.

To turn off the Sheet Overlay, simply click the same button and the sheet will disappear.

FAQ

Can I change which sheet shows up in Sheet Overlay?

Not easily. You would do so by moving the capture to a different sheet. To do this (replace a Sheet that has Captures associated with it with a different version), please contact support@openspace.ai. You can also review this support article for more information on adding and editing Sheets/Floorplans.

If you have any additional questions please reach out to the OpenSpace Support team at support@openspace.ai