Jiri Hietanen

You can copy the property value of type properties to other properties, but you  can't exclude them like other properties. The only way to remove them is through the type object groups by deleting ...

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• June 16, 2026 06:58
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Hi Razieh,The type object properties come from the IFC type objects that are handled in Simplebim as groups and can be found by expanding the object class in the Objects palette. Deleting these typ...

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• Edited June 12, 2026 16:03
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Hi Razieh, when a property is locked (shows a lock icon in the Properties palette) the property can't be deleted like other properties. These properties are 'derived' properties' and get their valu...

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• June 12, 2026 09:28
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‘Hybrid groups’ combine the efficiency and re-usablility of rule based groups with the ease-of-use of manual groups. This post explains the concept: Creating "hybrid groups" using dataflows 

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• May 06, 2026 03:50
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Well said. The ‘abstract’ idea of datacubism is to ‘explode’ the original model and re-assemble it from your own point of view. What does it mean in practice? Very often it means that you group the...

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• May 05, 2026 15:40
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Here is another multiple Properties palette ‘trick’. The first step is to understand the ‘Highlight Related Values’ functionality.When this option is on, the values used by the selected objects are...

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• May 05, 2026 14:37
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I never thought about ‘Isolate Property Sets’ in this way. The original purpose was to hide all properties except a company's own properties: Isolate the company property set and use ‘Not Grouped’....

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• May 05, 2026 14:13
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Brainstorming with BIM

Everyone needs to organize models from their own viewpoint, but how is this best done? The most typical organizing structure is a hierarchical tree that contains all objects, but each object only o...

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• Edited April 27, 2026 08:45
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…yes, you can easily adjust this example also for calculating oranges :-)

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• April 13, 2026 09:16
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