Saved Views in BIM Compare

Overview

With Saved Views, you can bookmark saved locations in BIM Compare, including BIM model visibility states (e.g., hide all ceilings and save this state) and BIM overlay elements. Saved Views functionality is available in BIM Compare on web and in our mobile app.

BIM Compare makes BIM data more accessible to field users via our OpenSpace Capture navigation. Saved Views takes that field accessibility up a notch by making it easy to save, find, and share BIM Compare views by anyone on the project—VDC managers and field users alike.

A Saved View consists of location, view direction, and hidden/visibility overrides for BIM elements. You can also create a Saved View with overlayed elements using BIM Element Overlay. 

Permissions

How to create a Saved View

• Click the BIM icon in the lower right to open BIM Compare.
• Navigate to your desired location, and hide BIM elements if desired.
  • Tip: You can also close out the capture side and create a Saved View from a full-screen view of your model.
• Click the Views button, located top center of the BIM viewer.
• Click Add view.

• Name the view.
• Additional custom view options:
  • Make this view private to me only, which makes it easier to find the views you want to keep and unclutters the Saved Views list
  • Include location
  • Use latest capture at location
• Select Save.

How to access Saved Views

• Open BIM Compare (lower right corner).
• Select the Views dropdown (top center of the BIM viewer).
• Click on the view you would like to review.

How to edit settings for a Saved View

Note that you cannot edit the location, view direction, or visibility settings of an existing Saved View. Instead, simply create a new Saved View with the changes you want. (Delete the old one if desired.)

• Open BIM Compare (lower right corner).
• Select the Views dropdown (top center of the BIM viewer).
• Click on the 3 dot overflow menu for the view you would like to edit.

• Click Edit. In the pop-up window you can edit the name of your Saved View, and toggle on or off the options to Make this view private to me only, Include location, and Use latest capture at location. 
• Select Save.

How to delete a Saved View

• Open BIM Compare (lower right corner).
• Select the Views dropdown (top center of the BIM viewer).
• Click on the 3 dot overflow menu for the view you would like to delete.
• Select Delete.

FAQs

When a new model is imported, do the Saved Views on previous models transfer/remain in the platform?

If a user sets up a Saved View with BIM element visibility overrides, and later uploads a new version of the same model, whether or not those BIM element overrides are still present in the Saved View on re-upload depends, based on source file format and what changes the user has made in that source file between the prior upload and the new upload.

More details:

1. If the coordinate system has not been changed between version uploads, Saved View locations will be stable across new version uploads for all supported source file types (RVT, IFC, NWC, NWD, DWG, etc.).
2. Saved View BIM visibility states will be stable across new version uploads for RVT files and most IFC files. Saved View BIM element visibility states will not be stable across new version uploads for other file types, including NWD and NWC, with some exceptions:
   • If you hide entire models using the Multiple Models dropdown when creating the Saved View, those entire model visibility states will be stable across new version uploads.
   • Individual elements selected and hidden, or models hidden using the model browser (rather than the Multiple Models dropdown), will not be stable across new version uploads for non-RVT/IFC files. The reason for this lack of stability is because most federated and cache file formats, like NWD and NWC, do not retain stable element IDs. Because the element IDs are not stable across new version uploads, those hidden elements cannot be identified by the system using a stable ID, so the element visibility states cannot be retained in the new version.

Is there a limit to how many Saved Views we can create?

No.

Are Saved Views accessible on the OpenSpace mobile app?

Yes, you can access Saved Views in BIM Compare in our mobile app. Saved Views are coming soon to the mobile BIM viewer with offline mode.

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