Configuring the Building Information Modeling (BIM) viewer

To view a 3D version of a building model, you can install a third-party building model viewer in Maximo® Manage. You also can install multiple viewers, but only one viewer can be active at a time.

About this task

When the viewer is installed, you can view building models from the 3D View tab in the following applications:
  • Manage BIM Viewer
  • Assets
  • Locations
  • Work Order Tracking

If you install multiple viewers, you must specify the value of the active viewer in the bim.viewer.active property in the Systems Properties application. The list of values for each viewer that you install is added to the BIMVIEWERTYPE synonym domain. The default viewer value that is called vendor has no viewer functionality and is the active viewer when no other viewer is installed.

Procedure

  1. Install a third-party viewer.
  2. In the System Properties application, specify the active viewer by changing the value of the viewer in the bim.viewer.active property to the value of the active viewer.