Our intention is to create the most usable file format of BIM objects. Which is easy and cheap to create and can be used by widest audience. This is BPO file format (BPO stands for BIMporter Published Object) which can be consumed by Architects, Interior Designers and MEP Engineers.
Brands and Manufacturers can create and deliver their products as BPO files for Architects, Interior Designers and MEP Engineers for free. They can create BPO files using our BIMporter Publisher Software. Publisher makes it easy and trivial to create BIM files ready to publish, Brands don't have to be familiar with the complexities of Revit or Archicad, they can import and simplify the geometry of the product, add MEP connectors if applicable, add material definitions, add product parameters having units and other unitless texts. They can also manage different LODs, of course. Last but not least they can handle translation files making the BPO file localizable to any language in a separate process.
Brands and Manufacturers have the right to publish BPO files. They have to publish them at least on their own websites. It is strictly prohibited to publish other files created from BPO files or any other data derived from them.
Architects, Interior Designers and MEP Engineers can import BPO files into Revit and Archicad using our Revit Addin and Archicad Add-on. Revit Families and Archicad .gsm files created by our Importers will have perfect geometries (and MEP connectors) and material definitions with LODs specified. Beside these, importing BPO files instead of using static Revit Families or Archicad .gsm files has lot of benefits due to the flexibility of the import process:
Architects, Interior Designers who are only interested in rendering can convert BPO files to FBX files and use them with different software like 3ds Max, ARCHLine.XP. Or they can create SKP files for Sketchup. They can also create DAE files for ViSoft or CAD Decor. They can use our BPO Viewer to export these file formats from BPO files.
BIMporter plans to support more software in the future. The already published BPO files can be used without any further actions required.