BIM Link Checkbot - idea-statica/ideastatica-public GitHub Wiki
Background
Checkbot is the preferred way to link external third-party applications and allows advanced model data/project management including model syncing, persistent property conversion, and more.
To enable a consistent approach to the creation of BIM Links IDEA StatiCa provides a flexible project framework that allows developers to create and distribute their own BIM Links for a third-party application.
The following provides information about whether an application is applicable to the Checkbot workflow, the basic features and framework of the application.
- Linking an Application with Checkbot - Understand how you can connect with Checkbot.
- Checkbot BIM Link Project Framework - Understand how some of the major Checkbot features work and can be implemented within your project.
Example Projects
Go step by step through an FEA BIM Link project.
IDEA provides open-source example projects to show how different links are created and integrated with the BimApi:
| Link | Type | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| RSTAB Link | FEA | The Rstab link provides the source code of an FEA BIMLink between Rstab and Checkbot. The link is installed to Rstab for execution. | view |
| RAM SS Link | FEA | The RAM Structural Systems link provides the source code of Importing a RAM Structural System Database file into the standalone version of Checkbot. This is a simpler version of a typical BIMLink as it only supports a one-time import of the RAM DB. | view |
Further Resources
The below provides in-depth documentation on how to convert Third-Party app objects to IOM and the typical issues that are faced.