Opening a BIM Drawing

As you create drawings from a BIM model, drawings receive index values starting from 0.

Use the BIMDrawingOpen command to open a BIM drawing by specifying its index value.

To close a BIM drawing by specifying its index value, use the BIMDrawingClose command.

To open a BIM drawing:

1. Do one of the following:

   • On the BIM Navigator palette, in Drawings, right-click the drawing to display and select Open from the context menu.

   • Type BIMDrawingOpen.

2. Specify the drawing index value.

   - or -

   Specify the ? option to list available index values for plans, elevations, and sections.

   Note: The start index of drawings begins with the value 0.

3. Press Enter.

   The drawing is displayed in a new drawing tab.

Access

Command: BIMDrawingOpen

Related Topics

Closing a BIM Drawing

Parent Topic

Working with BIM Drawings