Create an iModel

To get started with iTwins you need an iModel which would store and manage the engineering data your need for your digital twin.

Follow these steps to create an iModel:

1. In the main iModel Manager website select Create iModel button
   NOTE: You need to have Create iModel permission.
2. Add information:
   1. Name – the name of an iModel. Needs to be unique.
   2. Description (optional) – the description of an iModel, displayed with a properties of the iModel.
   3. Maximum Extent (optional) – the expected area of your graphical elements. Refer to Setting up Maximum Extent section below. 
3. Click Create
   NOTE: Created iModel is an empty repository. Now the team can start mapping engineering data or using applications having iModelHub integration, like PlantSight, to work.

To see all properties, use Properties dialog.

Setting up Maximum Extent

In order to restrict the digital twin modeling to a particular area of interest, you can define extents by drawing a rectangle outlining the iModel’s geographic boundaries.

When you bridge your data, it may not be displayed properly, and some elements could be outside of the required model boundaries. Having maximum extent information will help applications to fit the view accordingly to the area of interest your specified and inform about elements outside the maximum distance limit, which then can be fixed in the original design file.

If your project has engineering location specified using Latitude/Longitude the initial map area will be zoomed accordingly in Create an iModel dialog, or you can use Search field to find the required location using its address.

To edit or set up maximum extent after initial iModel is created:

1. Click Edit action in the iModels context menu
2. Select the existing rectangle and re-size the area
       Or
   Click Delete button to delete the existing extent and draw new boundaries
       Or
   Draw a rectangle if extents were not originally specified
3. Click Update

iModel cover

Have a visual representation of your digital twin? You can upload a static image as an iModel cover using the Change cover action in the iModel's context menu, or directly in Create iModel or Edit iModel dialogs.

Supported formats: .jpg, .jpeg, .png and the maximum allowed size is 5 MB.