BIM data in Cesium

CesiumJS
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How to add BIM data on cesium map and How to convert BIM data to 3D tiles?

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What format is your data in? You should be able to just drag your data into ion on the add asset page (https://cesium.com/ion/addasset).

You can read more about accepted formats here: https://cesium.com/docs/tutorials/uploading/

Once you upload it on ion it will be automatically converted to 3D Tiles and you’ll get a link for a code example on how to display it in CesiumJS! Let me know if it works.

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Thanks for your Reply.

The formats that I want to use is IFC, DWG, RVZ. Can we convert these formats into 3D tiles??

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We definitely plan on supporting those formats longer term, but currently only support OBJ and DAE models. I wrote up several issues in our Cesium ion community repository so that we cover these in the future: https://github.com/AnalyticalGraphicsInc/cesium-ion-community/issues We’ll also reply to this post when support is available.

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Supporting geo-referenced OBJ or FBX files on Cesium Ion would be a good start to supporting BIM data. As a lot of CAD software can also export 3D models in OBJ, etc.

Just a thought.

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Is there any other ways to load BIM data in Cesium? How about cesium On-premise?

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Hi @abstractAshwath,

Thank you for reaching out with your question. Can you please tell me more about your use case?

For the vast majority of developers, Cesium ion can be used as a platform for their data. As you can see in our Tiler Data Formats Guide, Cesium ion does support BIM. On-premise is also a solution, but it is generally recommended for more specific use cases. I am looking forward to learning more.

Best,
Sam