Workspace

For general informations about the Blender user interface see the respective Blender handbook section.

After installation of BlenderBIM the default Blender start-up screen looks different from the standard Blender interface.

BlenderBIM adds a new BIM Workspace to the interface and by default activates this workspace on start-up. It also modifies the layout of views and sidebars and adds custom functionality to the toolbar. The left Outliner panel shows a tree of geometric objects. The centre main Viewport panel shows 3D geometry. The right Properties panel shows data and relationships.

Blender start-up window with installed BlenderBIM add-on

Blender start-up window with installed BlenderBIM add-on.

  1. BlenderBIM BIM workspace tab

  2. Outliner with the document tree

  3. Main 3D viewport

  4. Property editor

  5. Toolbar with added BIM functionality

  6. Sidebar with BlenderBIM & 4D/5D Toolkit panels

  7. Status bar with information about the currently used Blender and BlenderBIM version

Additionally, the File menue in the Topbar adds menue entries to Create/Open and Save an IFC project directly.

Additional file menue options related to IFC projects

Additional file menue options related to IFC projects.