Deparametrized block and BIM Insert issue

Jtlive
Jtlive
in BricsCAD BIM
There are situations where I needed to deparametrize a block so that I can easily edit it as a static block making it available to the bedit command. But after doing so I realize that I cannot use the BIM Insert command on the resulting block, and if I try saving the block to file and then BIM Insert from a file the parametric properties will be back in the properties panel.
Does that mean that the BIM Insert function only works with parametric anonymous blocks?

Comments

  • Michael Mayer
    Michael Mayer
    I also do not understand the Insertion.

    I have Doors and Windows inserted in Walls from an IFC import.
    As I saw these are not parametric. Changing width and height does only
    effect the Properties value (and can't be undone).
    These are "anonymous Blocks" !?

    Properties does show them as Block Instances, not as Components.

    As I can not edit them with REFEDIT or BLOCKEDIT, I tried to create a
    Block from the "anonymous thing", but it just puts a Block Container
    above it.
    Why is there no option to just give an anonymous Block a proper Name
    and make it behave just like an ordinary Block.
    (Properties even prevents from renaming)

    I did explode some of my "anonymous Block" Stairs, edit/corrected them
    and created a Block from them.
    (what's the meaning of creating a Block from them if they are unique
    and only a single instance in the File !? I just want to group all included
    Solids to get a united IFC_STAIR ....)

    But I am not sure if I will really want to do that for all my Doors and Windows,
    just because I need to edit most of them for
    - geometric updates
    - cut volume changes as they did not follow Wall changes
    - Layer and Material changes.

    (These BIM Objects originate from 2010 Archicad IFC Export and had a
    LOD, "complexity" and customizability that is far from what Bricscad's
    native Components do offer - or what I personally could create in
    Bricscad for a parametric Component)


    As the Cut Volume seems to be limited to previous Wall Thicknesses
    it will not push though the whole Wall by the now corrected Wall
    Thickness.