BlenderBIM Add-on Adding labels linked to properties and quantities

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Displaying data

Each element in a BI model usually contains a lot of data. The data can obviously be accessed by using a dedicated BIM viewer or red directly by a machine, however, very often a simple graphical way is still necessary. BlenderBIM add-on uses a system of variables which can be linked to object properties or quantities and which then get dynamically replaced with the actual linked value on 2D view export.

The most common uses of this feature include:

• room tags
• door/window tags
• element composition tags etc.

There is currently no way to see the actual value in the main Blender UI window.

Adding a text with a variable

For a text object to show a property value of an element, three conditions are necessary:

• the text object has to be linked to the element
• a variable name has to be declared in the text object and it must be linked to a property of the element
• the variable name must be included the text object (in double curly brackets)