Model data and dashboards
Which questions can the model's data answer?
Model and project data, extracted on a schedule and shaped into a few charts that answer real questions: model health, issues, asset data readiness, progress, quantities by revision.
Understand
What it is, in plain language
- Pedia · WorkflowsModel data and dashboardsTurning model and project data into dashboards that answer real questions (progress, quality, quantities, issues) and the data pipeline behind them.
- Pedia · WorkflowsModel health checksRoutine checks of an authoring model’s condition — warnings, file size, links, unused content, worksets and set-up — that keep it fast, stable and fit to share.
- Pedia · WorkflowsBuilding data, BMS and IoT sensorsThe live data buildings produce (from building management systems, meters and IoT sensors) and how it connects to the asset and space data from BIM.
- Pedia · SoftwareAPIs for BIM softwareHow programs talk to BIM software and platforms, desktop APIs, cloud APIs and file-based access, and what each lets you automate.
Learn
Short lessons with a quick check
- Lesson · 3 min · quizThe model is a databaseBehind the geometry, a model is a table of things with properties. Seeing it that way, and keeping its values consistent, is the start of every automation, check and dashboard.
- Lesson · 3 min · quizDashboards that answer questionsStart from a question someone asks every week, define the measure precisely, automate the refresh, and give the chart an owner. Three good charts beat forty.
Do
Tools that export Excel, PDF and Word
- Tool · Excel · PDF · WordIFC to Excel SchedulesUse it when you need quantities, a door or equipment schedule, or a property review from an IFC model in Excel.
- Tool · Excel · PDF · WordModel QA ChecklistUse it each cycle to record whether each team’s model passes the agreed checks.
- Tool · Excel · PDF · WordDelivery TrackerUse it every week to report delivery progress to the project team and the client.
- Tool · Excel · PDF · WordCoordination Meeting PackUse it every week: agenda, attendance, issue log, actions and minutes.
Common mistakes
What goes wrong most often on real projects.
- Building charts before agreeing the questions.
- Manual refreshes that stop when someone is busy.
- Comparing numbers whose definitions changed.
- Dashboards nobody owns or acts on.
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