Integration Announcement: Verifi3D is integrated with Dropbox to enable model coordination from anywhere, via the cloud

Posted on January 31, 2023January 12, 2024 by verifi3dadmin

We are excited to announce that Verifi3D is now integrated with Dropbox, the global content collaboration platform. This integration allows users to seamlessly sync and access their models (.rvt and IFC files) between Verifi3D and Dropbox, all in a browser, making it easier than ever before to collaborate on building design models and ensure that they are accurate and error-free.

Dropbox has long been the go-to solution for teams looking to collaborate and share files in the cloud. We are thrilled to be able to offer our customers the convenience and flexibility of integrating Verifi3D with Dropbox. The integration with Verifi3D enables us to advance our collaboration capabilities and give our users the ability to work with BIM models in the cloud in a browser.

Shirin Arnold Industry Lead – Construction, Dropbox

As models are brought in from different sources (locally stored, desktop, cloud), they quickly become out of sync when changes are made. We are delivering business value to organizations to break down silos and counter the challenges in model checking. The federation between the models can be managed using Verifi3D’s unique model coordination capabilities. It enables different disciplines involved to coordinate, unify multiple files, and view federated models.

With two-way sync, users can make changes to their models in either Verifi3D or Dropbox and have those changes automatically reflected in the other solution. It brings the latest version of BIM files right into the workflow by having a single source of truth for all project data. Thus, enabling seamless collaboration with team members and streamlined workflows.

“We are thrilled to integrate with Dropbox,” quotes Frank Schuyer, CEO of Xinaps. “Teams will be able to collaborate on BIM models more easily, streamline their model checking process, and improve the quality of their building designs anywhere, anytime in the cloud. The integration with Dropbox is just the first step in our mission to make model checking more efficient and accessible for everyone.“

This integration brings together the best of both worlds, allowing users to easily access, sync and collaborate on their building design models between Verifi3D and Dropbox. It is a major step forward for model checking and collaboration, making it easier for teams to optimize their workflows and increase productivity.

“We are excited to see how our customers will take advantage of this new feature,” adds Frank Schuyer, CEO of Xinaps.

Verifi3D’s integration with Dropbox is just the first step in a series of planned integrations with other leading solutions, aimed at further improving the efficiency and accessibility of model checking.

Contributor

Milu Sini Lal

Marketing Executive
Xinaps

How to connect Verifi3D with Dropbox?

Posted on January 26, 2023January 12, 2024 by verifi3dadmin

How to connect Verifi3D with Dropbox?

Dropbox integrates with Verifi3D to break down content silos and brings the latest version of your BIM files right into your workflow. Users can synchronize .rvt and IFC files between Verifi3D and Dropbox, all in your browser. Have a single source of truth for all your project data. Ensure a seamless flow of information in real time. The cloud-based (SaaS) solution for building design checks and validation in one workflow in a browser.

Access all your Dropbox assets without leaving Verifi3D. No set-up is needed, just connect your Verifi3D project folder to Dropbox and you’ll have all your assets at your fingertips.

Accelerate innovation and boost productivity. Files automatically stay in sync so your team can instantly check for clashes in building designs in less time. View, edit, check and validate .rvt/IFC files in Verifi3D. The combination creates powerful collaborative workflows.

Easy set-up. Connect Dropbox to Verifi3D with a few clicks. Easy to implement and use.

Share files on the go. Seamlessly access your .rvt/IFC files directly in Dropbox and share them with your team. The connected workflow enables model coordination at all times and all environments, thus increasing the quality of work and reducing errors in the process.

How to connect Verifi3D with Dropbox?

1. Navigate to the login and sign up page

2. Sign up for a new account or log in to Verifi3D with your Verifi3D credentials

3. To see the Projects overview page, click on the “Go To Projects” button

4. Click on the button “Add Project From” and from the dropdown select “Dropbox”

5. You will need to authenticate yourself with your Dropbox credentials

6. Once authenticated, your Dropbox projects will automatically appear in the Verifi3D environment

7. You can find the content of your Dropbox in Models > Model Browser.

Don't miss out on our exclusive bundle package!

Contact us today to receive a proposal and take advantage of our Verifi3D and Dropbox integration!

Contributor

Milu Sini Lal

Marketing Executive
Xinaps

Milu Sini Lal

Marketing Executive
Xinaps

Why model checking?

Posted on January 3, 2023January 22, 2024 by verifi3dadmin

Why model checking?

BIM usage evolves

As BIM usage evolves, so do reasons for model checking. In recent decades, the construction industry has moved from paper-based drawings to digital drawings. From there it proceeded to BIM models. Even more recently, it started to embrace BIM supporting services in the cloud.

Nonetheless, the level of BIM adoption is unevenly distributed. Many companies work on digitising and encoding their paper-based document structure into structures of digital documents. Other companies have continued to the follow-up step, digitalizing, and adopting fully digital workflows. They rely on information structures that exceed the conventional notion of documents.

Especially the latter steps of digitising and early steps of digitalisation form a threshold for BIM adoption. This is due to the need to overcome both cultural and technological complexities in construction projects. It is necessary to connect a multitude of software systems. Professionals from multiple disciplines need to co-create coherent digital twins. And contractually obliged companies need trustworthy business propositions.

To grow beyond this struggle, model checking has to lower the threshold for transition. It needs to reduce the biggest risks, establish common languages, help people to express what they expect from one another. There is more than one reason to engage with model checking. How are these reasons related?

A dynamic model for motivation

The complexity of the ongoing digital transition contributes to the diversity of reasons to adopt model checking workflows. To get a better grasp on this situation we will consider a well-known model for motivation, Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. (Maslow, A.H. (1943). “A theory of human motivation”. Psychological Review. 50 (4): 370–396.).

Maslow noted that “typically an act has more than one motivation.” As motivators for human action, he identified five basic needs:

• physiological,
• safety,
• love,
• esteem and
• self-actualization, which he further detailed into
– cognitive,
– aesthetic,
– self-actualization and
– transcendence.

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is best known in the form of a pyramid diagram (Figure 1).

Figure 1 - Maslow’s Motivation Model

The hierarchy is more than an ordered list. It is a dynamic model for the relationship between needs which explains how primary goals change over time. Maslow noticed that the drive to fulfil any one need is related to the fulfilment of other needs. The motivation to fulfil higher-level depends on the fulfilment of lower-level needs. The lowest unfulfilled need is the most important. As each need from the base up is satisfied, the next following appears as the most important. As we scale the hierarchy all fulfilled needs still matter, but in reverse order (Figure 2).

Figure 2 - Gratified needs are not active motivators

A hierarchy for model checking needs

We can adopt Maslow’s hierarchy to better understand needs and motivators for model checking. By doing this, we will also gain insight into how these needs depend on one another. The resulting hierarchy of needs for model checking looks as follows (Figure 3).

Figure 3 – A hierarchy of Model Checking needs

Access (Physiological)
Ensure secure access to the models.
Fulfil pre-requisites for any form of model checking to occur. Models must be accessible, and files should not be corrupt. It should be possible to view the models.

Damage Control (Safety)
Avoid the costliest mistakes.
Shield the project from the costliest modelling and specification mistakes. One example for such mistakes are geometry clashes that can prevail through design, estimation, and construction. A checking environment also needs to be secure. Access by permission only.

Common Language (Love)
Establish a common language within the project team.
The participants of the project team need to be able to find a common language. They need to be able to express their expectations to one another. This can be done in the form of exchange information requirements, product data templates, and project-level information delivery specifications.

Standards & Building Code (Esteem)
Relate to the outside world and earn recognition.
The common language needs to resonate with standards and practices widely acknowledged by the industry and with the regulatory requirements laid out in the building code.

Dashboards & AI (Cognition)
Gain knowledge, acquire an understanding.
Now there is objectively meaningful information to display on dashboards. Key performance indicators can be defined. This is also the level where machine learning can deliver ever better insights.

Integrated Design (Aesthetic)
Exceed the technical perspective.
Requirements can be expressed for both design concept and technical performance. In this way, aesthetic solutions are on equal footing and better match with technical solutions.

Change into Growth (Self-actualization)
Grow and differentiate your company.
Individual users and organizations can develop a signature style and differentiate themselves, whilst still ensuring the achievement of common goals.

Mission (Transcendence)
Understanding to wisdom.
Holistic perspective. Change the industry. Build a better world.

You may disagree with the order of this hierarchy, or even with the items in it. If so, take the model as a basis for discussion. Which needs do you think exist, and in which hierarchy?

Be prepared for the next why

The proposed model offers the following:

It is a generic overview of the needs which model checking can fulfil.

• It lays out how they exist in a hierarchy, and how this hierarchy develops dynamically.

• It helps name the needs you currently perceive, in relation to other needs.
– Find which lower-level needs ought to be fulfilled first.
– Find which needs you may experience after you fulfilled your current ones.

• It can serve to map out a BIM adoption plan across the entire hierarchy that reaches out far beyond the needs that are currently apparent.

• It may help you to choose tools that are compatible with your organization, fulfil your needs, and have the ambition to be future proof.

As the industry moves toward a digitalised workflow, we all have needs for model checking. And there are many reasons, just like there are many people filling various positions in various companies with different priorities. They all have in common that they need tools which unburden their workload in a tough industry. These tools need to simplify the complexities of BIM, establish trust between parties, and invite everyone to gain insights and add value. Model-checking helps people build better, together.

Contributors

Dr. Christian Friedrich

Product Owner
Verifi3D by Xinaps

Dr. Christian Friedrich

Product Owner
Verifi3D by Xinaps

"THE BIM MODEL CHECKING PLAYBOOK "

Model-checking has become an integral part of information modeling and management as more businesses embrace digital transformation. This book is highly recommended for professionals who would like to better coordinate BIM data and streamline business operations.

Month: January 2023

Contributor

Milu Sini Lal

How to connect Verifi3D with Dropbox?

How to connect Verifi3D with Dropbox?

Don't miss out on our exclusive bundle package!

Contact us today to receive a proposal and take advantage of our Verifi3D and Dropbox integration!

Contributor

Milu Sini Lal

Milu Sini Lal

Why model checking?

BIM usage evolves

A dynamic model for motivation

Figure 1 - Maslow’s Motivation Model

Figure 2 - Gratified needs are not active motivators

A hierarchy for model checking needs

Figure 3 – A hierarchy of Model Checking needs

Be prepared for the next why

Contributors

Dr. Christian Friedrich

Dr. Christian Friedrich

"THE BIM MODEL CHECKING PLAYBOOK "

ARE YOU READY FOR YOUR NEXT STEP IN MODEL CHECKING?!

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