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{{GuiCommand
|Name=BIM Library
|Name=BIM Library
|MenuLocation=3D/BIM → Generic 3D tools → Library
|MenuLocation=3D/BIM → Generic 3D tools → Objects library
|Workbenches=[[BIM_Workbench|BIM]]
|Workbenches=[[BIM_Workbench|BIM]]
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The BIM Library tool allows you to place, in the current model, an object from the [[Parts Library|FreeCAD Parts Library]], which must be installed via the [[Image:Std_AddonMgr.svg|24px|link=Std_AddonMgr]] [[Std_AddonMgr|Addon Manager]] for this tool to be available.
The '''BIM Library tool''' allows you to place, in the current model, an object from the [[Parts_Library|FreeCAD Parts Library]], which must be installed via the [[Image:Std_AddonMgr.svg|24px|link=Std_AddonMgr]] [[Std_AddonMgr|Addon Manager]] for this tool to be available.




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{{Caption|Above: See the '''Library browser''' dialog in the [[Task panel]] on the left}}
{{Caption|The '''Library browser''' dialog in the [[Task_panel|Task panel]] on the left}}


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# Press the {{Button|[[Image:BIM_Library.svg|16px]] [[BIM_Library|Library]]}} button
# Press the {{Button|[[Image:BIM_Library.svg|16px]] [[BIM_Library|Objects library]]}} button
#: Result: In the [[Combo view]] → [[Task panel]] a dialog titled {{MenuCommand|Library browser}} will display
#: Result: In the [[Combo_view|Combo view]] → [[Task_panel|Task panel]], a dialog titled {{MenuCommand|Library browser}} is displayed
# Click a file from the Library browser
# Click a file from the Library browser
# Double-click it or press the {{Button|Insert}} button
# Double-click it or press the {{Button|Insert}} button
# Click a point in the [[3D view]] or enter a coordinate manually to place the object
# Click a point in the [[3D_view|3D view]] or enter a coordinate manually to place the object


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* [[FCStd]], [[STEP]] and [[BREP]] files are supported. Only STEP and BREP files are placeable. FCStd files will not allow you to choose a placement, as they might be composed of a complex series of objects with significant positions. When choosing an FCStd file, its contents will be inserted at the position that is defined in the file.
* [[File_Format_FCStd|FCStd]], STEP and [[File_Format_FCStd#*.brep|brep]] files are supported. Only STEP and BREP files are placeable. FCStd files will not allow you to choose a placement, as they might be composed of a complex series of objects with significant positions. When choosing an FCStd file, its contents will be inserted at the position that is defined in the file.
* STEP and BREP objects are inserted as [[Image:Arch_Equipment.svg|24px|Arch Equipment]] [[Arch Equipment|Equipment]] with no separated base shape. Adding a base shape to these objects afterwards will destroy their current shape.
* STEP and BREP objects are inserted as [[Image:Arch_Equipment.svg|24px]] [[Arch_Equipment|Equipment]] with no separated base shape. Adding a base shape to these objects afterwards will destroy their current shape.
* On placing an object, you can choose their insertion point between original (the ({{incode|0,0,0}}) point defined in the file), top, middle, bottom and left, center and right.
* On placing an object, you can choose their insertion point between original (the ({{incode|0,0,0}}) point defined in the file), top, middle, bottom and left, center and right.
* The Library can work offline, in which case it relies on the Parts Library addon to be installed (and updated by the user), or online, in which case it browses directly from the [https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-library Parts Library Git repository] and allows to download directly from there.
* The Library can work offline, in which case it relies on the Parts Library addon to be installed (and updated by the user), or online, in which case it browses directly from the [https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-library Parts Library Git repository] and allows to download directly from there.

Revision as of 20:41, 17 June 2024

BIM Library

Menu location
3D/BIM → Generic 3D tools → Objects library
Workbenches
BIM
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
-
See also
None

Description

The BIM Library tool allows you to place, in the current model, an object from the FreeCAD Parts Library, which must be installed via the Addon Manager for this tool to be available.


The Library browser dialog in the Task panel on the left

Usage

  1. Press the Objects library button
    Result: In the Combo viewTask panel, a dialog titled Library browser is displayed
  2. Click a file from the Library browser
  3. Double-click it or press the Insert button
  4. Click a point in the 3D view or enter a coordinate manually to place the object

Options

  • FCStd, STEP and brep files are supported. Only STEP and BREP files are placeable. FCStd files will not allow you to choose a placement, as they might be composed of a complex series of objects with significant positions. When choosing an FCStd file, its contents will be inserted at the position that is defined in the file.
  • STEP and BREP objects are inserted as Equipment with no separated base shape. Adding a base shape to these objects afterwards will destroy their current shape.
  • On placing an object, you can choose their insertion point between original (the (0,0,0) point defined in the file), top, middle, bottom and left, center and right.
  • The Library can work offline, in which case it relies on the Parts Library addon to be installed (and updated by the user), or online, in which case it browses directly from the Parts Library Git repository and allows to download directly from there.