BCF Topics Model Selection in Quadri 

If Trimble Connect is not actively used in the project and all the participants are using Quadri only, This section about Model Selection can be disregarded.

Views and Model Selection in BCF Topics

A BCF Topic relate to models in Quadri and Trimble Connect in different ways. When a new Topic is created, a view is automatically created. When you later click to open the Topic details, the viewpoint is activated:

• In Quadri the viewpoint is activated in the current presentation of the Quadri model. 

• In Trimble Connect the associated Trimble Connect models are automatically loaded, and the viewpoint is then activated.

Trimble Connect Models

When a new Topic is created in Trimble Connect, the main view will always get associated with the currently loaded models. These models are then automatically loaded when the Topic details are opened inside Trimble Connect. No Add Models option is available by default.

When a new Topic is created in Quadri, you need to select the models you want to associate with the Topic in order to also get a functioning View inside Trimble Connect. An Add Models option is available when creating a Topic in Quadri.

Follow these steps to associate Trimble Connect models to a Topic created in Quadri:

• review the models inside Trimble Connect to find out which ones to use for the Topic. If no models exist yet in the project - upload a model from Quadri using the Publish to TrimBIM tool.

• click new Topic in Quadri

• click Add models at the bottom of the Topics details

• select the desired models you want to associate with views in the topic. It´s also possible to associate files in other formats instead of Trimble Connect models.

• select the models and click Add models

• The selected models are shown in the Models list

• click Save