Apartment Building Demo

This demo shows how HOOPS Visualize for Web (formerly HOOPS Communicator) can be used to create an animated building timeline for the AEC and BIM industry.

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Updated June 16, 2023
Digital Construction
Hoops Visualize
3D model of an apartment building from a Tech Soft 3D demo

Overview

This demo showcases how HOOPS Visualize for Web (formerly HOOPS Communicator) can be used in the BIM space to show the progression of a building being constructed. Through HOOPS Visualize for Web, we can quickly and easily change the physical appearance attributes for an array of nodes in order to provide the 4D building animation that is shown in this demo.

This demo not only shows HOOPS Visualize for Web's ability to handle and manipulate the appearance of very large models in the IFC space; it also shows its ability to handle large amounts of CAD metadata. In order for the timeline to work correctly in this demo, relationship data for each floor and subassembly must be imported into HOOPS Visualize for Web, and then used to manipulate the appearance of each node.

When starting this demo, you will notice a drop down arrow on the right side of the screen once the model loads. Click this drop down and you will be able to toggle between seeing the architectural or structural data for the model. Additionally, you can turn on and off the appearance of different floors or structural components depending on what is being viewed. Within the same menu, a timeline viewer checkbox can be enabled which will allow you to play the building timeline animation. Lastly, on the left hand side of the screen is a Views button which can be hovered over in order to easily navigate to different locations within the model. Use your keyboard arrows to walk around.

How It Was Implemented

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This demo was created using HOOPS Visualize for Web (formerly HOOPS Communicator).

Questions or Feedback?

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