Terminology
MoQu Ecosystem
MoQu works together with BIMSens, Navisworks and optionally a BI tool like PowerBI.
- The MoQu executable is used to deploy and upgrade instances of the database
- BIMSens is used for managing the project configuration (adding and removing projects & repositories, managing rules, viewing logs etc.)
- MoQu Navisworks plugin parses files, extracts and sends data to the database. It also exposes a few configuration functions relevant to the model context
- BI tools can be used to read the extracted data and as well as the calculated view
Definitions
MoQu runs on the following hierarchical Data Model:
Dumpsters
+ Projects
+ Models
+ Components
+ Attributes
A Dumpster is an instance of the application, isolated from other instances even on the same database, with separate permissions. This is where you will 'dump' all your BIM 'data'.
A Project is a logical grouping of Models inside a Dumpster, it can be used to represent separate projects, or packages of the same project. The volume of data generated for some projects often warrants that each project has its own Dumpster.
A Model is a file with various properties, a list of child components and their BIM attributes.
A Component is an element in the 3D Scene tree
An Attribute is a property of the Component, with a Group (Category or Tab), Name, Value, Unit of Measure etc.
MoQu uses settings defined in Repositories to detect and open Model files, Indexing Rules to select Components within those Model, and Attribute Rule to filter and index Attributes.