Features

The open source bimserver is free and open source.  This standard version comes with a lot of cool features.

You can also have a a look at the screenshots.

A glance of the features and opportunities the bimserver can give you.

Base Features:

Import/export IFC - The base of the BIMserver is native IFC. You can upload and download IFC, ifcXML and ifcZIP.
IFC Versioning – Go back in time.  See who made which changes and when. Versioning is on IFC objectlevel.
Change notifications – use the RSS feeds to get warning of changes you are interested in.
Geolocate models – place your model on a location to create a GIS link (have a look at the export formats).
Multi-user – get as much users as you like!
Smart Authentication – only change your own part of the model but be able to read/see the other parts.
Webbased viewer – Making use of WebGL to view the model inside the browser (beta).

Model Features:

Merging – Merge submodels into a base model.
Revision management – Get revisions by sub-projects and main project.
Change finder – Let the software find changes that were made to the model.
Filter & Query –  Simple queries like “get only the windows from a model” , or “get one specific wall”.
Rules and advanced Query – Using Java code to make advanced queries or rules.
Checkout & update warnings – Get a big warning when model inconsistencies seem to appear.

Interfaces:

Webservice interface – feel free to connect to the SOAP interface.
Webuserinterface – the only thing you need is a webbrowser to connect to the webinterface.
REST - every IFC object in your BIMserver has its own URL. Use these REST links to connect or get detailled information about a specific object.

Export formats:

ifcXML - Valide ifcXML output.
CoBIE - Get CoBIE export.
CityGML - Export your IFC model tot CityGML, including the GeoBIM extension.
Collada - Get collada models (easy to import in Sketchup).
KML -  view your BIM model in Google Earth.
Google Earth network link – get a URL to directly connect from Google Earth.

Extra:

IFD support – Fill the properties of an IFD library object.
WebGL viewer – very beta.
Clash detection – get a list of IFC objects that clash (geometry analysis).

Working on (coming as soon as possible):

Rendering pictures –  Automatically rendering JPG/PNG pictures from every revision of the model.
gbXML export – needs additional funding.
Excel export – needs additional funding.
Single Signon (SSO) – needs additional funding.
Protocol Buffers - needs additional funding.
OpenID Authentication – needs additional funding.