We provide a number of predefined filter that control the display of DataGroup objects in the DataGroup Explorer (Schedules dialog in CONNECT Edition). It can be useful to create your own filters to display groups of objects relevant to a particular situation…

This exercise will use a number of SS6 features, in particular the new interface to the DataGroup system. It was prompted by a question about calculating the Embodied CO2 contained in building elements.

QuickConfig Standard deploys a simple AECOsim Building Designer SS6 network configuration for immediate use or as a template for testing and/or further customisation.

In brief run the:

• first batch file to set up the workspace and a test project
• second…

Here are links to the presentation material from last night’s event:

Ordnance Survey & BIM

ADB SS6 - What's New Highlights

The complete version of the SS6 presentation was uploaded on 24th June 2015.

In the case of linear infrastructure it is fairly obvious that each major facility along a route will have its own GCS. Other cases may be less clear cut. Take an airport.

This diagrammatic example (the runways are the length of London Heathrow) shows…

Background

There is often a need to label coordinates with real world positions or positions relative to a site datum.

For straightforward projects requiring 2D setting out coordinates in X/Y or Northing/Easting simply referencing the building model(s)…