Key attributes used for comparing
Matching between Solibri and dRofus requires a pair of key attributes/properties to on either side. The value of the Key attribute in the Solibri/IFC model will be matched with the value of the corresponding dRofus attribute in the database, and the . The dRofus data of that room/occurrence will be displayed in the dRofus Property Panel.
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All changes in configurations between dRofus and Solibri must be done by a user with admin access to dRofus |
Room attribute Configuration
The Room attribute Configuration determine determines how dRofus rooms are linked with Spaces within Solibri. For To customize the Room attribute Configuration open dRofus and navigate to Rooms → BIM → Solibri → Attribute Configurations:
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The above dialog has three main areas:
List of all the available dRofus Attributes that you can use as the key attribute in dRofus.
List of available IFC Parameters that you can use as key attributeattributes. The set of properties is limited as dRofus can only display properties that Solibri exposes on their room objects. In order to chose To choose from a full set of properties, please see Local upload and export of IFC files. After connecting to the IFC, you will see a full set of IFC properties when opening the Room Attribute Configuration.
Display the current key attributes for the selected configuration
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Available to users: If this is checked all Users can see/use this configuration. If it is not checked, only those Users who have with Project Administrator Rights can view/use this configuration.
Is default configuration: If this is checked, it means that this configuration will be the default configuration for all users , until users select another available configuration that is Available to users.
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Creating a new configuration
Click either New or (to create a new configuration based on the currently selected configuration) Copy. To delete an existing configuration, select Select the configuration within the "Choose Configuration" drop-down menu to delete an existing configuration, then click on "Delete". To rename an existing configuration, select Select the configuration within the "Choose Configuration" drop-down menu to rename an existing configuration, then click on "Rename". Note that the configuration named " Default " configuration cannot be edited, deleted, or renamed, but you can create your own version of this by selecting it and clicking on "Copy".
For setting To set a new Key Attribute to be used for matching, select an Unlinked dRofus attribute and an Unlinked Solibri attribute, then click on Link ==.
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Configuring Occurrences ↔︎ Component match
The dRofus Solibir extension use uses IFC GUID as the built-in key attribute used for comparing. This means that if the user-selected object in Solibri is NOT a space, we try to find a dRofus occurrence in the database whose IFC GUID matches the IFC_GUID of the selected object in Solibri.