The purpose of this article is to explain how you can bulk import and update data held against components (or objects) in a BIM model if you are using custom data fields.
Note
To add/edit custom data against a Model components/objects, make sure the following permission ACL is activated - bim_param.mass_import_values_parameters
- Click Models & Plans
- Click the Model/Plan Assembly which contains the relevant models
- Click the Models tab
- Click the desired Model(s) to view
- Select the desired object in the Model (the object will be highlighted in RED)
- Click the "i" icon in the right panel
- Click the Import icon
- In the popup window, click Choose Model(s) and select the corresponding model from the drop-down menu
- Click Download
- Click Generate, then download the report
- Once downloaded, open the report to display the information linked from all BIM objects
- The columns with Blue headers stand for the Kairnial custom fields (rfields) against BIM components (objects) that can be updated accordingly.
- Once the data is populated, select and copy all of the cells from column uuid up to the last complete blue column you populated
Note
DO NOT include the columns r_category and r_name as importing these columns will return an error.
- Paste the copied cells onto the area
- If the data is valid, you will see a green tick in the corresponding cell. If not, you need to edit the data and restart the process
- Once finished, click Import