Thomas Kern
Herby Tessadri
A good team: PIM and BIM at CREATON GmbH
The interaction of the crossbase database and CadClick opens up completely new possibilities of data preparation and provision. Through the permanent exchange between the systems, we can ensure that all data is always up to date, everywhere.
Robert Einbock
Marketing Manager, BIM, Database Publishing, CREATON GmbH
Böblingen, 06-03-2020: For companies using BIM (Building Information Modeling) systems, the provision of the necessary data is a significant competitive factor. How can a large data quantity be transferred to third-party systems in the appropriate formatting? How is the data always kept up-to-date?
The ideal solution is obvious: a connection with the Product Information Management (PIM). The crossbase software solution enables such cooperation and is used for this purpose, for example, at CREATON GmbH:
Central functions of the solution
Automatic interface between crossbase and CADClick
To anchor the interaction between PIM and BIM system, an automatic interface between crossbase and CADClick (KIM GmbH) was implemented.
Thus, the BIM models created in CADClick are enriched and/or parameterized with product data from the crossbase database. Subsequently, defined BIM formats are generated automatically, which are assigned to the products in crossbase and referenced in the product structure. This way, they can be output, together with all other product information, to the various output channels such as online shops, portals, etc.
API interface
For this purpose, an API interface by crossbase was developed which cyclically determines the relevant items and checks them for changes regarding BIM-relevant data. If required, a web service of CADClick is called via delta logic and the returned BIM files are imported into the crossbase database where they are referenced to the corresponding products.
Language and detail variants
It is possible to query the BIM files in different languages, output formats and levels of detail. These are referenced in crossbase as additional files on the product.
Variable use of product information when generating the BIM files
Product data from crossbase are either used as parameters that directly influence the generated BIM files (e.g. height or color of the model) or can be included in the BIM models as additional descriptive information.
Solution details
Display of a generated IFC file with additional descriptive information from crossbase.
BIM files with a level of detail of 100-500 for a product. In addition to the item number, the color and dimensions (height, depth, thickness) are parameterized.
BIM files in the languages DE and EN and the file formats IFC and JPG to a level of detail.
