MasterCAD: BIM Integration

Drawing Facilities

• Quickly and easily generate custom General Arrangement drawings of structural frames, including elevations, sections and plans.
• Create drawings with a variety of outlines, profiles, filters, and layers.
• Include structural details such as sections sizes, mesh information, studs, forces and reactions.

BIM Link Facilities

• Carry out uni-directional and bi-directional linking with other popular software packages, including Revit Structure, AutoCAD, Tekla Structures, MultiSTEEL, StruCAD, and 3D+.
• Export and import a variety of files types such as IFC ,DXF or DWG.

Uni and Bi-Directional Linking

MasterSeries' Revit Link allows for uni-directional and bi-directional linking of 3D entity-based models. It comes packed and ready to go with Revit's out-of-the-box Families, as well as 32 custom MasterSeries Families that include built-up beams, double sections, haunches, and secondary members.

Include Custom Families

MasterSeries also allows you to include any of your own custom-built Families in the the uni and bi-directional link. By using the Family Mapping Database, you can add a variety of section types across three different material types (concrete, steel and timber). For materials that don't quite fit into these categories, you can add a User Section based on the section's mechanical properties.

Review and Refine Imports

The bi-directional model exchange provides you with the opportunity to review and refine the export/import process between MasterSeries and Revit. With each successive update of the model, you'll be presented with a list of changes, including details of changes to section sizes, member positions, and any clashes between the Revit model, and the MasterSeries model. You can then decide which changes to keep, and which changes to discard.

Specify Default Sections

Default sections can be specified for every type of section and every type of material. Default sections can also be tied to a specific version of Revit. For example, if a particular I-section is only available with version Revit 2016 and beyond, you can tell the software to only apply this default section when using Revit 2016 and above.

Access Databases Remotely

For larger organisations, the Revit Link databases can be hooked up to an SQL Server to which staff can remotely connect to. This allows company-wide control over mapped sections for the adding, removing and updating of Families, ensuring all work will be carried out to the same standard.

The new bi-directional MasterSeries-Tekla Structures interface provides even more possibilities to share your models with your colleagues and partners.

The new tool offers full control over your model exchange process by allowing you to review all the changes both in the MasterSeries and in the Tekla model.

Uni and Bi-Directional Linking

MasterSeries-Tekla Structures interface allows for uni-directional and bi-directional linking of 3D entity-based models.

Review and Refine Imports

The bi-directional model exchange provides you with the opportunity to review and refine the export/import process between MasterSeries and Tekla Structures. With each successive update of the model, you'll be presented with a list of changes, including details of changes to section sizes, member positions, and any clashes between the Tekla model, and the MasterSeries model. You can then decide which changes to keep, and which changes to discard.