Support

Release history

New features & improvements

BIMcollab ZOOM 2 r2

30-08-2018
 

Improvements

  • Better support for IFC4 files.
  • Improved handling of point cloud files.
  • More efficient (video) memory usage.
  • Clearer indication of loaded scans in a point cloud.
  • Number formatting follows OS setting.
  • Point clouds with far away origin are now supported.
  • Section planes remain on move/rotate.
  • Arced walls are rendered more precise.
  • Models now rotate around their center instead of site location.
  • Several UI refinements also for 5K displays.
  • More minor improvements.
 
  

Performance

  • Overal responsiveness improved
  • Much faster smart views with wildcards and auto-color
  • Faster Loading and unloading big models
  • Faster show/hide/navigate in big models.
  

Bugfixes

  • Automatic floorplans are now triggered by spaces.
  • Several rare crashes with some models solved.
  • Several minor bugfixes with smart views, issue-panel and more.

BCF Managers 5 r2

30-08-2018
 

Improvements

  • Several UI refinements also for 5K displays.
  • Faster upload of new issues and snapshots.
  • ARCHICAD ElementID available for search in viewpoint info.
  • Software Development Kit (SDK) available.

     
 
  

  Bug fixes

  • Correct snapshot visible after editing issue.
  • Bug fixed when importing saved viewpoints from Navisworks.
  • Several smaller bugs fixed.

BIMcollab Webapp 5 r2

28-07-2018
 

New features

  • Add hyperlinks to pdf reports
  • Easy process of updating your space
  • Easy to set an automatic payment method
  • Option for automatic debit from credit card
  • Option for automatic debit from IBAN bank accounts (European SEPA countries)
 
  

  Improvements & bug fixes

  • Add new user to a group
  • Bug solved with some filter combinations
  • Bug solved which blocked the creation of excel/pdf reports
  • Import of BCF file could change visibility of issues
  • Bug solved which blocked importing of big BCF files
  • Several fixes to improve layout, stability and performance

BIMcollab ZOOM 2

21-06-2018 

 

New features

  • Measurement and dimensioning, text-annotations.
  • Smart view improvements: grouping in sets, wildcards, auto-color (for easy classification), opaque spaces/ openings.
  • Add point-clouds to the project: keep track of project progress and as-built against plan; create issues.
  • Support for ifc-annotations and properties like ObjectType, ElementType, and more for doors, windows, and stairs.
 

 

  • User defined summary panel & tooltip.
  • Space info on floorplan.
  • Connection saved in project-file.
  • Object properties in issue-tab.
  • Improved annotation moving.
  • Improved support for complex geometry.
  • Easier setup for roll-out on citrix systems.

BIMcollab 5

09-06-2018
 

New features WebApp

  • Mark issues as favorites, to prepare review meetings; also shared from/to ZOOM and BCF Managers.
  • Define types, favorites, labels and user groups per project.
  • Option to create a template project to reuse settings like issue types, team members, areas, and more.
  • Hide/delete projects and users (via recycle bin) (GDPR).
  • Allow selected users to create projects and users.
  • Many small productivity improvements.
 
 

New features BCF Managers

  • Mark, filter and share issues as favorites.
  • Filter to always 'Include issues I have to approve'.
  • Easier setup for roll-out on citrix systems.
  • Add grouped clashes as viewpoints to one issue in Navisworks
  • Better zoom-to perspective viewpoints in Revit 2019.
  • Search on Revit-ID's from viewpoint-info dialog.
  • Zoom-to in Tekla with linked models up to 50 times faster.

BIMcollab Multilanguage release

24-02-2018
 

Three extra languages, international usage

  • BIMcollab ecosystem (WebApp, BCF Managers, ZOOM) available in English, French, German and Spanish.
  • Different languages allowed per user within one project, for international cooperation.
  • Improved hotkey functionality in ZOOM when using non-US keyboard layouts
 
  

  Improvements & bug fixes

  • Release BCF Manager for ARCHICAD STAR(T) Edition 2018.
  • Improved import of non-compliant BCF files.
  • Bug fixed when creating Excel report from activity list.
  • Bug fixed of incorrect status in PDF reports.
  • Various small bugfixes and user interface improvements.

BIMcollab ZOOM 1 r2

23-01-2018 
 

Improvements

  • Show/Filter/Hide similar components in the 3D window.
  • Increased performance with complex (MEP) models.
  • Solved problems with models that have far away origins.
  • Several improvements on moving section planes and annotations.
 


     
  • Better overall support for models from Allplan.
  • Improved zoom to container components.
  • Support for Property Sets from SketchUp 2018.
  • Improved UI scaling on high resolution Windows.
  • Several minor bug fixes.

BIMcollab WebApp 4

02-12-2017 | New look, same feel
 

WebApp

  • Completely redesigned user interface, new look, same logic.
  • New project dashboard with graphical overview of projectstatus and recent changes.
  • Fresh colors reflect status of an issue everywhere.
  • Graphs page with 15 different graph types.
  • Improved coloring, illustrating history of status changes in issue details pages. 
  • Block administrators from accessing confidential projects.



 
  • Request to join a project requires the mail address of a projectleader for better security and access approval flow.
  • Import issues via CSV is extended with approvers.
  • Improved subscription management pages. 
  • you can send or download a PDF with confirmation for approval by a colleague.
  • Many small improvements which make your work faster.

  

BIMcollab ZOOM: Visualize, Validate, Communicate

16-11-2017
 

New in ecosystem

For visualizing, validating and reviewing IFC models. Read productinfo here >

BCF Managers 4

06-11-2017 | New snapshot tile view
 

New features

  • Issue list now available as small, medium or large tile view *)
  • Comment history visually enhanced with snapshots.
  • Issue filter extended with all properties.
  • More clear user interface for usage of colors.
  • Updated logos and toolbar icons.

*) Not available for ARCHICAD and Tekla Structures due to API limitations.
 
 

Improvements

  • When color usage is switched off in Navisworks: no resetting of model colors anymore.
  • Correct information in simplebim about IFC Type.
  • Limitation in length email address removed.
  • All known bugs are solved.

BIMcollab® 3

22-10-2016  Workflow | Large projects
 

Improved workflow

  • Dramatic performance improvements for very large projects (> 25K issues).
  • Define project owner to receive new issues.
  • Define area owner to receive issues assigned to the area.
  • Define per issue who needs to approve it.
  • Hyperlink to other issues in comments and descriptions.
  • New Reviewer role to comment and approve issues.
  • A viewer can only view issues.
   

Enhanced reporting

  • Reports of activity-lists in PDF and XLS.
  • Filter activity-lists on status.
  • Easily hide issues not visible for all team members (for presentations).
  • Select individual issues for a report.
 

Improved imports

  • Import of BCF files further optimized and more reliable.
  • Excel based issue import extended to all fields including url’s to snapshots.
 

User interface of web-application

  • Checkboxes for activating projects, users and team members direct in lists.
  • Add a thumbnail image to your project.
  • Sorting remembered and paging added on user- and project lists in administration.
  • Improved performance when editing multiple issues. 
 
 

General improvements in all BCF Managers

  • New workflow features fully supported.
  • Extended user interface to support all issue properties.
  • Notify team members about issues from the add-ons.
  • Possibility to filter issues on area.
 

Renewed Navisworks BCF Manager

  • Up to 50 times faster issue creation and zoom to.
  • Faster issue generation from Clash Detective.
  • Select multiple clash-tests to generate issues from.
  • Automatic usage of (Saved) viewpoints for clashes.
  • Generate issues from Saved viewpoints.
  • Possibility to cancel operations.
  • Colored components also saved to viewpoints.
  • Support for Survey points in shared coordinate projects.
 

Revit BCF Manager

  • Support for grouped objects.
  • Support for multiple users working in a shared model.
  • Support for Survey points in shared coordinate projects.
  • Made dockable in Revit 2017.
   

General improvements

  • Correct usage of Chinese, Japanese and Cyrillic characters.
  • Improved mail notifications when users are added via import.
  • Improved security; all known bugs fixed.

New BCF Connector for Solibri

29-09-2016
 

Performance improvements

  • Synchronizing up to 50 times faster
  • Reduced viewpoint-size
  • Information send only once and only when modified
  • Publish only modified issues
  • Improved user-identification and user-mapping.

  

  • All information is published
  • More clear messages for exceptional situations
  • Comments added to the right slides
  • Consistent BCF files and BIMcollab synchronization
  • Many bugfixes

BCF Managers 2.5

13-04-2016
 

Enhancements

  • New interface for better usability
  • All issue-properties can be accessed
  • Issue filtering transparant
  • One click synchronizing of issues
  • Update existing issues from clash-reports in Naviswork
  • Clipping planes in Navisworks
  • Improved handling of visible and selected components
  • Show colored components as selected
  • Viewpoint information: check visible, selected or colored components
  • Quick zoom for large models: set camera position only
  • Bounding box feature to isolate selected or visible components
  • Save connections for fast access
  • All known bugs are fixed
 
 

Better Camera positioning

  • More exact camera retrieval and zoom-to in eco-system
  • Positioning in Revit relative to survey point excluding rotations
  • Better translation to orthographic (Revit) or perspective (ARCHICAD, simplebim)
  • Option to keep active projection mode in Tekla
  • Option to stay in orthographic mode in Revit
 

Performance optimization

  • Connecting, downloading and publishing issues up to 100 times faster
  • Improved background loading and caching
  • Automatic notifications for slow viewpoints
  • New BCF 2.1 reduced viewpoint size

BIMcollab® 2

03-03-2016 
 

 Enhancements

  • Start-page shows latest activities & better graphs.
  • Lists of activity per person since last login, last week, month.
  • Lots of interface enhancements, better columns, filtering, sorting, paging, etc.
  • Improved viewpoint handling and information: number of visible and selected components.
  • Better feedback during import and export (reporting).
 

Performance optimization

  • Browsing issues up to 10 times faster
  • Issue lists use paging for faster display
  • Import of large (>100Mb) BCF files up to 50 times faster
  • Webservices for connecting add-ons optimized
  • Improved performance throughout the application.

 

 
 

Workflow

  • Import of XLS files to load issues from other (excel-based) issue-management approaches
  • Workflow setting per project who is allowed to close issues, who is allowed to import files
  • Projectsettings, team members, Milestones, etc. Now visible for all users
  • Easier to create new projects on join.bimcollab.com
  • Reporting to PDF, XLS of issue lists, with or without comment-history
  • All generated reports in one overview for later download
  • Daily or weekly activity overviews of your projects per mail
 

Bugfixes

  • Issue order remains during BCF 2.x import
  • Less sensitive for erroneous BCF files
  • All other known bugs are fixed

BIMcollab 1.2

04-06-2015
 

BIMcollab new features & improvements

  • Approve/merge users which are created during BCF import.
  • Improved filter possibilities with status.
  • Improved BCF 2.0 support, synchronized with other vendors.
  • Easy purchase of new projects and users.
  • Easier recognition of inactive projects.
  • Improved project-pages for administrators.
 

Free on join.bimcollab.com 

  • Possibility to create unlimited new projects.
  • Possibility to set projects active / inactive
 

BCF Managers new features & improvements

  • Improved BCF 2.0 support.
  • Visible, selected components recognition, color flag fixed.
  • Header-information, timezones and number-notation fixed.
  • Improved performance when many lines are added to a viewpoint.
  • Automatic updating implemented.
  • Story support for selection with Marquee in ARCHICAD.
  • Several bugs were fixed improving overall stability and performance.

BIMcollab 1.1

15-04-2015
 

BIMcollab new features & improvements

  • Select multiple issues to assign, change milestone, area, etc.
  • Fold history loggings of an issue.
  • Rotate and remove snapshots (handy when photo’s are taken with mobile phones).
  • Multi-user handling for simultaneous work on same issue from different clients.
  • E-mail-notifications now contain a snapshot of the issue.
  • Optimized GUI for less clicking and scrolling.
  • Improved BCF import.
  • BCF export is less sensitive to erroneous BCF files.
  • Several bugs fixed for overall stability and performance.
 
 

BCF Managers new features & improvements

  • ARCHICAD add-ons save marquee as clipping planes.
  • Support for visible, hidden and selected components in viewpoints.
  • More reliable handling of camera-positions and zoom-to between applications.
  • Easy way to solve conflicts, icons to inform user.
  • Multi-user handling for simultaneous work on same issue from different clients.
  • Improved implementation to pass firewall or proxy’s.
  • More robust against connection loss. 

BIMcollab 1.0 - BCF Managers 2.0

17-12-2014
 

BIMcollab

  • First release containing all basic functionality to manage issues in the cloud and connect from BCF Managers.
  • connect and login to BIMcollab, select project, load issues
  • publish all or selected changes
  • history logging of changes in BIMcollab
  • notifications of changes send to issue owners
 
 

BCF Managers new features

  • support for BCF 2.0
  • multiple viewpoints per issue
  • support for clipping planes (in Revit bounding box)
  • new issue properties: description, assign to, milestones, areas
  • filter on milestones added
  • better workflow for Edit, Resolve and Close issues