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Hi Matteo,

Just wondering if you are working through aligning with the schema changes release in August 2016? The only major one that is effecting me is:

Removed element "Comment/VerbalStatus". In V2.1 the status of a topic is represented only by the attrbute "Topic/TopicStatus".

Could you please update and point the VerbalStatus to TopicStatus instead?

Cheers,
Alex

Hi,

you explicit say on your web BCFier standalone does not support 3D view. This is a pitty. I would like to edit some BCF, but than the 3D-view and the objekts in the BCF are lost on resave.

cheers bernd

I really like this App, it is great to control what's in the BCF you exchange. It's a unix style of working, one process one simple app. :-)

BCFier needs integration with JIRA, this will be done using source code from the CASE/WeWork Issue Tracker:

https://github.com/WeConnect/issue-tracker

Does version 2.0.1 support responsibilities aligned with the BCF 2.0 schema?

If I applied an 'Assigned' status, I would like to add who this is assigned to and responsible.

Hey @CBenghi , I'm about to roll out a new version of BCFier with some improvements. Should I include support for XbimXplorer in the installer? If so how? I'm not familiar with it...

The problem is following:

1. AR makes his model
2. EL links it and makes his design, but as he has comments and questions to AR, he's using BCFier to capture them.
3. If AR opens BCF file with EL comments, he can't open attached views (2d).

Is there a way to overcome it? Is it possible to open 3d view with section box and make multiple views with different section box sizes and still be able to open them in AR model (without EL or linked EL)?

Latest releases of Solibri open .bcfzip files generated by BCFier as empty reports.

This seems to be a Solibri issue as if the .bcfzip file is manually extracted to a folder and re-zipped using Windows's default tool then the reports open fine.
The current version of BCFier uses System.IO.Compression, preious versions used https://dotnetzip.codeplex.com/ and it was working fine, so if Solibri doesn't fix it it might be worth re-implmementing the dotnetzip library.

The stand alone does not import *.bcf, only *.bcfzip

After starting a project, addins opens correctly, but after the hit of new BCF button, Revit 2018.2 crashes.

There is a need for priority definition. What are the plans for that?

Using Revit viewer for our structural engineers and project leads is a real handy option.
However, use of BCFier is not supported in this mode :(
When creating a view for an issue it immediately gets an error and doesn't produce a screenshot.
Can this be fixed? Or is creating a screenshot linked to locked options when in Viewer mode?

Hi Matteo,

Could you please advise as to what data BCFier is reading from the BCF to identify and isolate components within Revit?

I initially suspected it used the IfcGUID generated on export, after testing, It seems to be the element ID. Is this correct?

Thanks,
Alex

When you attach view to issue, view snapshot is being taken. Usually we crop it to reduce BFC file size, so it is relatively small. When you maximize BCFier window, image is scaled so you can no longer see it correctly.

I tried to unpack the exe of BCFier but it is not an known achive.

I do not have Administrator previlegs on every computer I work on. Is it possible to somehow get an portable BCFier for windows which do not need an installation?

cheers Bernd

To be implemented

Hi,

I cannot find a way to install this silently. I tried the switch "/silent" and also "/qn" and "/qb" but the install dialog still prompts the user to click. It would be great if there was a way to install silently. Is this a wishlist or am I doing it incorrectly? Thanks!

When you delete 1 issue message box could show it's name.

A colleague created a couple of notes in Tekla BimSight and created an BCF file.
I opened the BCF file in Revit and created some reactions on the notes.
After loading the BCF file back in Tekla BimSight I didn't see any changes i made in Revit.
How is this possible?

This feature does not seem to do anything upon clicking? Is this something that requires setup at source?

BCFier needs integration with Navisworks, this will be done using source code from the CASE/WeWork Issue Tracker:

https://github.com/WeConnect/issue-tracker

We have a naming convention for issues. Basically it is the discipline which is assigned for issue and 3 digit number.

When you edit statuses while issue is being selected, you can' tsee changes in dropdown. You need to click another issue to see changed statuses.
Also, if you open BCF with some statuses, wouldn't it be better to be able to use them, and not only ones from settings?

see title

• open bcf
• in the viewpoint click on view components
• nothing is shown, but there are a lot and one is selected

bernd

remove .txt
test.bcfzip.txt

When I select an issue from the BCF plugin window for Revit it is only showing the m&e and not the clashing structure model? is there a setting to ensure all models show?

When you open BCF in bimsight, there are issues, but their names (topics) and descriptions do not show up.

I would love to see a way to isolate element in view. I would line this to be a setting you could turn on and of in the settings.

BCFier needs integration with Revit 2017, this will be done using the MultiVersion project structure in the CASE/WeWork Issue Tracker:

https://github.com/WeConnect/issue-tracker

In BCFier Standalone Version and in Revit Plugin 2016 I get the wrong creation Date of my issue. Have downloaded from Webpage at 17.12.2015 the BCFier Version 2.0.2.0. Create BCF-File in Solibri Model Checker with Version 2.0.
Creation Date in BCFier is shown 142 days ago 27.07.2015.
In BCF-File in the Markup.bcf the creation date is correctly:
2015-12-17T13:55:33+01:00

I miss a way to see the objectid for all objects included in the view/issue.

In markup.bcf, the information is not present when bcf is created from revit plugin. Can this be made available in a future fix?
Thanks

I got an error opening a bcf saved with Allplan BIM services BIMPlus ...

remove.txt
testprj-testtask.bcfzip.txt

I can not tell whtat's wrong BCFier or Allplan ...

bernd

Once I create a new issue or open an existing BCF file, Revit 2017 crashes.
I tried a blank project, an existing project, and the Revit sample architectural project and got the same result.

I tried it with Revit 2018 and it works fine.

Hope this gets fixed.

When merging a BCF, how does the 'version control' work? Does it merge topics with the same Topic IDs and then the most recent BCF have its data appended after the original information? I understand their is a 'Topic ID' for each topic, do individual comments have their own GUIDs too?

When a screen grab is added to a new item in the BCF, the view coordinates are supposed to be captured so that anyone clicking on the image in BCFier when the model is open in Revit are taken to the original view. This is not happening - the view displayed in Revit when clicking the screen grab is of the whole model. This is true even if a component was selected - the only difference being that everything except the component is temporarily hidden.

Turning on the create view option in BCFier does not help. The saved views created are also of the complete model extent.

Hello,

I installed the BCFier plugins into my Revit 2016, but it cannot crop the view in 3D view based on my BCF 2.0 file that I generate from Solibri Model Checker.

I already switch ON the Section Box in my 3D View, but end up the same problem. It just zooms to the component that contains the issues.

But, you already created the awesome software that might can collaborate the issues among the person in-charge in a construction project. Good Job.

How about translation?

I'd be interested in translate the BCFier into German. I never did it on C# project.

Are you interested in translate BCFier into several languarges?

cheers bernd

Hello,

I'm trying to import a BCF file generated from another software to Revit using this plugin, but Revit systematically crash with no error message.

Here is the file that I try to import => https://mega.nz/#!xh1hHQ5J!WM8zYTlOJAgZC7TIg0wh7dlscQNFzqPmVbgcZNo_0lQ

Do you know what is wrong with this file?

Hi all. I tried to install BCFier, but when I opened a BCF file an error message popped up saying another application was using data. Definitely the add-in did not work. I unistalled it, by both cancelling BCFier folder from C/Program files/Autodesk/Revit2017/Add-ins/BCFier folder and then by uninstalling from Control Panel (I installed both the stand alone version and the Revit 2017 plug-in). When I re-opened Revit, the BCFier icon was still in the add-ins ribbon!!! Any way to get rid of the icon? Thanks.

ProgectId has been updated to GUID in the project.bcfp schema and has been set to required.

https://github.com/BuildingSMART/BCF-XML/blob/master/Schemas/project.xsd

We're having troubles importing a BCF XML 2.0 Viewpoint into BCFier for Revit when the perspective camera up- and direction vectors are not perpendicular.
The following camera within a perspective camera does cause an exception when the viewpoint is selected:

<CameraDirection>
  <X>0.764</X>
  <Y>-0.516</Y>
  <Z>-0.389</Z>
</CameraDirection>
<CameraUpVector>
  <X>-0.14</X>
  <Y>0.095</Y>
  <Z>0.986</Z>
</CameraUpVector>

The exception is thrown at this file, line 64 (return new ViewOrientation3D(newC, newUp, newView);).

If we set the vectors to, p.e. 1,0,0 and 0,0,1 (or any other values where we get a 90° angle between the vectors) it's working.
Our cameras come from a WebGL based viewer (Three.js) and we just hand them without changes to the BCF XML (and then open it in BCFier).

We're not sure if this is an error on our side or with BCFier, but we found that the camera seems to work in other products.

Hi,

It seems that statute and comment are not saved. Each time you reopen the file, all statutes are reinitialized to the 1rst item of the list (options)

Regards.
Great job !

Hi @teocomi ,
I'm trying to compile the addin for Navisworks.
I'm getting this error :
'Components' does not contain definition for 'Any [...] (missing using or assembly?)' (translated from french)
Apparently no 'Any' methods are existing in the visinfo.cs file...
What can I do to fix this and install the addin in Navisworks?
Thanks in advance

Hi Matteo,

I am having trouble isolating components from linked Revit files.

Scenario: Architect has linked the Structural RVT into theirs, they open the BCF and click on a viewpoint to view an issue of one of their doors hitting a Structural column, it will isolate the door but not that particular column.

Any ideas of what could be causing this issue?

Thanks,
Alex

Hi @teocomi I have another issue. When I Try to open a BCF file with BCFier, a message pops uo saying: "The process cannot access the file C:/Users/myname/AppData/Local/Temp/BCFier/a long alpha-numeric serial/another long alphanumeric serial/viewpoint.bcfv beacuse it is being used by another process". Is this maybe beacuse the AppData folder is a hidden one? I have no other applications open but Revit, in which I am using BCFier... Do I need perhaps to unhide the AppData folder?
Thanks.

Hi Matteo ,
I have been searching for some OpenSource implementation for BCF. I was quite excited to find your BCFier. It is a great small tool. It really is a pitty it is in C#. Since I'm a Linux guy I do not know any C#, means contributing is rather difficault. Apart from this I do not develop on Windows but work (have to work) quite a lot on Windows too ... Means BCFier may be of great use for me hopefully.

On your repo here is a plug in for xbimxplorer. How does it works, or how do I install this? Do I have to compile something to get it running?

cheers bernd

Hi there,
I installed BCfier by installer. Then I tried to build module for Revit which worked fine. I then copied the BCfier.Revit.dll and BCFier.dll to C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Revit\Addins\2016\Bcfier.Revit.

I did not change source code. Just tried if it works. Add-in opened but crashed after I clicked "New Bcf" button. I used Revit 2016, Windows 7, 64 bit.
Is it the proper procedure to update the build?

I did build the solution for Bcfier.win as well. (then copied .dll to proper location in program files). It works the same. It crashes after clicking "New Bcf".

Any idea what is wrong?

Is it possible to aslo include Ctrl+Enter in this logic?

Note that the GPL license isn't suitable for writing addons for non-free programs (i.e. Revit). From http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.en.html#GPLPluginsInNF:

Can I apply the GPL when writing a plug-in for a non-free program? (#GPLPluginsInNF)
If the program uses fork and exec to invoke plug-ins, then the plug-ins are separate programs, so the license for the main program makes no requirements for them. So you can use the GPL for a plug-in, and there are no special requirements.

If the program dynamically links plug-ins, and they make function calls to each other and share data structures, we believe they form a single program, which must be treated as an extension of both the main program and the plug-ins. This means that combination of the GPL-covered plug-in with the non-free main program would violate the GPL. However, you can resolve that legal problem by adding an exception to your plug-in's license, giving permission to link it with the non-free main program.

See also the question I am writing free software that uses a non-free library.

I'm not familiar with the technical implementation of Revit addons, but I suspect that this restriction might be relevant for BCFier. However, it should be easy to add an exception as mentioned in the link above.

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