One building, one team, one platform
Take teamwork to a new level
Built on Microsoft 365, opens up BIM to everyone in Teams and SharePoint
- Cloud CAD Explorer
- Made for Teams
- For buildings according to plan
Cloud CAD Explorer
Easily understand 3D models and 2D plans
Supports IFC, Autodesk Revit, DWG, DXF, DWF, PDF, Sketch Up, 3DS and many other formats.
View
Coordinate
Compare
Annotate
Collaborate with anyone, anytime, anywhere
Benefit over the entire life cycle of a building
1
Design
Clear view of all plans and simply communicate with each other on an equal footing
2
Build
Always up-to-date details at your fingertips. Fewer mistakes, less hassle and completion on schedule.
3
Operate
Even years later, quickly understand how the building works.
Models and plans always under control
Navigate intuitively
Even without great CAD knowledge, buildings can now be opened up in Microsoft Teams or SharePoint, whether with a walkthrough, through sections, hide, isolate or using the ViewCube
What does the Building Explorer do?
Building Explorer is a service in the Microsoft Cloud that allows anyone to easily view, compare, measure, and comment on building models and plans, as well as read component properties.
How does the Building Explorer work?
Building Explorer is a SaaS solution in the Microsoft Cloud that integrates Autodesk Forge technology. It makes it easy to view BIM models and plans in Teams and SharePoint without leaving the Microsoft Comon Data Environment (CDE).
Who needs the Building Explorer?
All parties involved in real estate and construction projects, such as building owners, landlords, merchants, users, project controllers, experts or authorities, who usually do not have CAD expert software and need to understand the building.
What is the Building Explorer good for?
Building Explorer ensures that engineering data is available to all stakeholders and that everyone can participate and make decisions with a high level of expertise. Technical and commercial worlds can thus work together optimally in the familiar Microsoft ecosystem.
Ready for seamless collaboration?
The right offer for everyone.
Our packages
- Essential Plans
- Standard Plans
- Premium Plans
50 User
Essential 50
175 $
/mon
For medium-sized teams
50 User
50 Cloud Credits monthly
100 User
Essential 100
299 $
/mon
For larger teams
100 User
100 Cloud Credits monthly
Good to know
Frequently asked questions
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Building Explorer is a service for users within the Microsoft Cloud to access CAD models and drawings via Teams and SharePoint without investing in additional CAD software solutions and training. With Building Explorer, models and drawings can be visualized, compared and annotated.
Since Building Explorer is a web-based service, there are no special hardware requirements. A 64-bit browser is recommended for an optimal experience when viewing larger models. The commercially available browsers (Chrome (recommended), Firfox, Safari, Edge) are supported, each in their latest version. For mobile devices, iOS and Android OS from V5.0+ are supported. For Android devices, WebGL support is another requirement.
As a web-based service (SaaS), Building Explorer uses various components. In addition to support for Microsoft Teams and SharePoint environments, Azure services are used as well as Autodesk's Forge technology.
Data storage (hosting) depends on the organization of the selected tenant in the Microsoft Cloud, as well as the Forge technology we use from Autdesk Inc. Even if the primary storage location is in a region selected by the customer, some data may be temporarily processed in the US and other locations. Both Microsoft and Autodesk reserve the right to move their local data stores to other locations in Europe and North America, respectively, at any time.
Yes. All authorized users and employees in a tenant (account) can access Building Explorer and data from anywhere in the world as long as they have valid credentials (username and password).
Each purchased Building Explorer SaaS package includes a maximum number of users and cloud credits. If the maximum number of users is exceeded, new users can only access the service if inactive named users have been deleted by the admin beforehand. If all cloud credits are used up, no new models or drawings can be prepared for the Building Explorer in the current period (month). However, it is still possible to display the data models that have already been prepared. If limits are reached again and again, it may make sense to subscribe to the next larger package.
Cloud credits for Building Explorer are a measure of the degree of use of the service and here in particular for the preparation of the data model for viewing and annotating. It should be noted that 1.5 credits are required for the preparation of IFC, Autodesk Revit (rvt) and Navisworks files (nwd/nwc), and 0.3 credits for all other supported formats.
Purchased Cloud Credits are available for one year from purchase and expire thereafter. The oldest Cloud Credits are always used first. If the Building Explorer service is cancelled, the Cloud Credits will expire if the contract (service) is not renewed within 30 days.
An overview of the scope of services as well as the supported formats can be found in the online help here: https://docu.ncbps.de/?key=toc4&ref=.%2F (English Version comming soon)
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