• Creating Parametric BIM Objects

    Hello Good ABD Community, So here I'm with a question that I wanted to know for years the answer, How on earth do you make your own parametric BIM components to load on a Dataset? Do you make them like compounds cells? Are you doomed to use Parametric…
  • Can't Import Revit Families

    Hello Good AECOsim Community, I'm having an issue with the importing of RFA Files. The thing is that I want to import some very good looking and fine RFA to our beloved AECOsim Building Designer CONNECT Edition (version 10.01.00.36) ....but I can…
  • Smart solids and tagging

    Hi Guys I am based in Australia and work in a civil structural group for a large multi disciplinary consultant. We use AECOsim for modelling of Bridges, Tunnels, Retaining Walls, Maritime structures etc etc and have had great success to date. With…
  • Uniclass 2015 based dataset for ABD

    We, Bentley, have been working on compiling an ABD dataset compatible with Uniclass 2015 for some time. The recent changes to the tables has provided an opportunity to carry out a sanity check and ask you users of ABD etc. for your opinion about this…
  • Level management in the context of UK BIM (ABD SS5)

    Hi, A lot of companies have their own level / layer naming conventions for 2D draughting, and there is a temptation for them to mandate that ABD should be configured to follow those standards. My gut reaction is that there are probably a number of reasons…