BIMQ Knowledgebase

IDS/IFC-Import

Florian Fliegel — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 15:04:23 +0000

BIMQ offers the option to import IDS or IFC files, regardless of their source or the environment in which they were created. This means that the content contained in an IDS/IFC file can also be used to create information requests in BIMQ. External content can thus be imported easily and conveniently via an internal interface.

BIMQ converts IDS and IFC content...

BIMQ 3.x

Eric Kaulfuß — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 08:36:12 +0000

Version: BIMQ 3.6.2

Date: 2026-04-23

Bugfixes and Enhancements

Added Excel import and export of IFC datatypes

Fixed an issue where some mappings (software, custom, classification and language) where not exported in the Excel export

Removed deprecated option to add Restrictions directly in templates. Use the new Constraints column instead.

Version: BIMQ 3.6.1

Date: 2026-04-08

Enhancements

Added Excel import of user-defined Allplan mappings for Objects

Version:...

General Settings – Project Settings

Florian Fliegel — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:18:39 +0000

The section Project Settings is used to specify which software systems, IFC schemas, classifications, or languages are relevant to the project and should be used. When defining the appropriate software or preferred IFC schema, BIMQ refers to a reference. This reference assists the user during the subsequent mapping process and ensures a consistent workflow.

Software

The tab Software is used to...

My Projects - Project Overview

Florian Fliegel — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 13:33:59 +0000

Project Organization

The project organization provides an overview of all projects with access permissions, as well as details on login credentials and the license model in use.

Figure: Project Organization

General overview of the organization, licensing model, login credentials, and user roles within the organization.

List of currently active projects and their maximum number according to the licensing model....

BIMQ User Interface

Florian Fliegel — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:33:40 +0000

Overview

Figure: BIMQ User Interface

Menu bar The ribbon gives you access to all of BIMQ's important functions. The menu items displayed and their contents depend on the user profile settings and the guideline used, and may therefore vary.

Function bar The function bar can be used to show or hide configurations for software systems, exchange formats, descriptions,...

General

Florian Fliegel — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:44:18 +0000

The section Step by Step provides a basic overview of the BIMQ user interface and all key main sections, along with their functions. The main sections are divided into the following menu items:

My Projects

General Settings

Templates

Project Setup

Project Requirements

Documentation

Data drops

Simplified mapping to Discipline Models

Florian Fliegel — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:20:55 +0000

The selection for the drag-and-drop function in the section Assign Discipline Models can be controlled using the “Cascading selection” button. Depending on your preferred approach, you can enable or disable this function.

Figure: Enabled feature “Cascading Selection”

Cascading Selection When the function “Cascading Selection” is enabled, all subordinate concepts are also selected. Individual concepts can be deselected separately.

When...

Performance improvements

Florian Fliegel — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 11:56:17 +0000

BIMQ is a cloud-based data management software that enables different users to access current data at the same time and regardless of location. This must ensure that the data is available to all users in the same quality and consistency. Access to a data status in real time can, depending on the server load, have a negative effect on performance....

General

Florian Fliegel — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 11:49:58 +0000

The area Tips & Tricks describes various functions and setting options that make working with BIMQ easier for the user. Information requirements can thus be managed faster and more effectively.

IFC Configuration (Elements)

Florian Fliegel — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 09:50:38 +0000

As part of the upgrade to BIMQ V3.6, the IFC configuration for elements has been redesigned and expanded. This includes a restructuring of the IFC dialog and an expansion of its functionalities.

IFC Mapping Dialog for Elements

The mapping dialog can generally be divided into three specific settings sections:

Mapping Method

IFC Entity

Classifying BIMQ Property

Figure: IFC mapping dialog for...

IFC-Configuration (Properties)

Florian Fliegel — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 11:46:24 +0000

As part of the upgrade to BIMQ V3.3, the IFC configuration has been redesigned and expanded. This includes a restructuring of the IFC dialog and an expansion of the classes:

IfcMaterial

IfcClassification

The new dialog is currently available for group and property mapping and will be supplemented by element mapping in the upcoming update.

IFC-Group Mapping

In the dialog box for group mapping, you...

General

Florian Fliegel — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 14:06:20 +0000

The section "Special Functionalities" explains important and helpful functions that facilitate and support workflow processes in BIMQ. This includes, for example, working with Excel, data access to external content, export options or IDS imports.

Rights management

Florian Fliegel — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 07:43:44 +0000

Rights management in BIMQ is controlled via two separate hierarchical levels.

The first level is the Organisation level, which regulates the number of available projects and users. Here, a distinction can be made between two user profiles: the Organisation Manager and the Staff Member. Both user roles have write permissions and are therefore authorized to actively work on the platform. The...

Registration

Florian Fliegel — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 08:28:29 +0000

All access data will be sent to you by email from our order department (bimq@aec3.de). The access data consists of:

Username ( E-Mail-Address)

Passwort Password (You will receive an automatically generated password, which you can change later via the menu item My Settings)

Organization Management

BIMQ offers the option of managing your own organization. Here, you can also...

Scope of services

Florian Fliegel — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 14:15:15 +0000

All license models, with the exception of the Free License (restriction on exports), offer the full range of functions and differ only in the number of available projects and user accounts.

LOIN (Level of Information Need)

BIMQ ensures the creation and management of the level of information needs in accordance with the DIN EN 17412 (LOIN) and supports this with various...

Licenses

Florian Fliegel — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 11:12:10 +0000

A total of five license models are available for the data management software BIMQ. These differ in their scope of services and are specifically tailored to different customer requirements. The available license models are:

Figure: License models

It is also possible to test the software free of charge. The demo license is available...

Login and Account

Florian Fliegel — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 09:34:47 +0000

Visit server.bim-q.de to access the BIMQ login page. If you are registered on another specific customer server, you must use that web address.

Figure: BIMQ login page

On the BIMQ login page, you can log in with your Email address and Passwort.

My settings

Under My Settings, you can manage your login details...

Changelog - Latest Changes

Florian Fliegel — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 09:33:00 +0000

We are happy to inform you about the most important changes. Behind every update are further improvements that may not be communicated directly.

Please note: If a daily updated change is not yet available - please wait a little. For technical reasons, there may be delays in the provision.

BIMQ 3

BIMQ 3.x and later

BIMQ 3.3

Eric Kaulfuß — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 08:36:15 +0000

Version: BIMQ 3.3.0

Date: 2025-09-22

New

Experimental version of our IDS-import

Fehlerbehebungen

It is not longer possible to import duplicate enumerations via Excel import

BIMQ 2.8

Eric Kaulfuß — Mon, 08 May 2023 14:10:09 +0000

Version: BIMQ 2.8.14 - 4

Date: 2023-09-19 | 2023-09-20

Improvements and bug fixes

Changes from 2023-09-19

Project Setup - The excel import in Project Setup has not taken the descriptions into account so far. This is now fixed.

IDS export - bugfix IDS export (version: 0.9.6). Units are now capitalized. The schema identicator for properties have also been fixed.

Changes from 2023-09-20

Translations - an...

BIMQ 3.0

Eric Kaulfuß — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Version: BIMQ 3.0.9

Date: 2025-03-28

Bugfixes

Template Excel import: Fixes an issue where the import crashed when updating certain IFC mappings

Version: BIMQ 3.0.8

Date: 2025-03-25

Enhancements

API: Added path to concept images to endpoint get_concept_tree as attribute image_path

Version: BIMQ 3.0.7

Date: 2025-03-20

New

Added option to override mappings in requirements (custom mappings and classification mappings only), similar to IFC mappings

Added ArchiCAD 28 (English,...

BIMQ 2.11

Eric Kaulfuß — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 16:08:42 +0000

Version: BIMQ 2.11.15

Date: 2024-04-12

Bug fixes

Templates & Requirements

Quality of live improvements in the handling of template & requirements trees.

Settings that only applied to templates or requirements were not saved correctly. This resulted in a previous setting being lost. This has now been fixed.

Software templates

The export for the software templates (Revit AIA Editor) could not handle all special characters correctly....

BIMQ 2.12

Eric Kaulfuß — Wed, 22 May 2024 17:32:45 +0000

Version: BIMQ 2.12.9

Date: 2024-09-25

New

(Software Templates) Our new export for ALLPLAN/BIMPLUS is now available. You can read more about it here.

Fixes

(Templates | Project Requirements) Constraints of type Range are now sorted correctly.

Version: BIMQ 2.12.8

Date: 2024-09-10

New

(Templates | Project Requirements) We have made improvements to the performance. This means that particularly extensive guidelines...

BIMQ 2.13

Eric Kaulfuß — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 16:16:10 +0000

Version: BIMQ 2.13.7

Date: 2024-12-13

This update only contains internal preparations for BIMQ 3.0 that will be deployed mid of December 2024

Version: BIMQ 2.13.6

Date: 2024-12-06

Bug fixes and enhancements

Export of Information Needs Overview: Some parts were always exported in English, regardless of the user's language

PDF report header images are no longer distorted if the aspect ratio did not fit the...

BIMQ 2.7

Eric Kaulfuß — Mon, 08 May 2023 14:10:11 +0000

Version: BIMQ 2.7.11

Datum: 2023-03-30

New

BIMQ knowledgebase is moving: instead of Centraldesk we are now using HelpSpace

Support requests will be answered from now on at support@bimq.de

Version: BIMQ 2.7.10

Datum: 2023-03-17

New

The last change of the license model (affects only Starter and Business) has now been completed. More information can...