Imodel plugin for Revit 2021

Ah ok, I think Joey have already answered, right now they are named as Connectors that's why i got confused. 

Or will the local iModel be embeded into the dgn? Users will be used to moving, copying and renaming dgns using MS Explorer.  Otherwise, we will probably need PW to manage. No working in unmanaged folders?

PS:  RE: What is the road map after Microstation 2023? 

"The iTwin engine will run on the same desktop ‘in process’ with the design applications, synchronizing a local iModel and connecting to cloud services when and as necessary.” 

So, it sounds like there will be an imodel alongside the regular dgns. How would the changes get propagated?

1. Dgn and imodel gets updated simultaneously, and the local imodel synchs to the cloud imodel? Cloud imodel then synchs any .bim files?

2. Cloud imodel gets updated, and synchs to both local dgns and imodels and any associated .bim files simultaneously?

3. ?

Maybe the .bim filles should be the new local iModels? It would be good to keep the number of 'players' down.

Yup. I can 'attach' the .bim file in OBD 10.1. Thanks for the tip.

The .bim attachments do show up in the Hierarchy but not in the main panel.

Tried attaching an example .bim file, which gives me an 'is not in a recognized file format' message so it looks like .bim is a Bentley format, here.

I noticed that the .bim elements can not be copied into the active model, like i.dgn or IFC attachments.. which is a bummer. Hopefully this will added later.

Makes you wonder what the road map for .bim files is and how they are going to used. I can see them being locally stored versions of Ref attachments that would normally be remotely stored, and/or produced by other apps. So instead of Ref attaching / downloading the whole iTwin, Mstn would just load the locally saved .bim files that would be kept synchronised by the iTwin Synchroniser tool in the background? Sort of the way .ism, PW or Revit Server work.

If that is the case, then current functionality like Copy Element from Refs needs to be supported, as well as Merge into Master, Activate, Exchange and Open in New Session.

Hi Dominic,

Note that you can reference in iTwin Snapshot BIM files into older versions of Microstation (back to U16 I believe) - you just don't see it in the Reference dialog (but can detach in Level dialogs).