Terminology

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The Basics

BimSens provides data access through data connections.

Data connections are controlled and configured using the Sources Manager Tree:



The Sources Manager Tree can contain several DataNodes. Each DataNode can have several DataSources of different types, each DataSource can expose several DataViews and each DataView can be customised via multiple Layouts:

The ID Match

Every now and then you will hear or read the term "ID Match". To connect BimSens data to a 3D viewer you need to define rules of associations, matching data fields to 3D properties. This set of rules is know as the ID Match. You will learn more about ID Match when you get to the corresponding section, right now to get started you need to configure a Data Connection.