Why should you optimize your Archicad models?

This document contains recommendations for optimizing your Archicad model if you plan to save it to BIMx format, especially if you plan to view it on mobile devices with previous BIMx applications. Optimizing BIMx files for use on a Mobile Device Optimize the Archicad Model for BIMx:ģ) Shut Down Background Applications on your Mobile Device The BIMx model size that your mobile device can handle efficiently depends on many factors, including system memory, graphic card memory and the settings used for the active 3D window (global illumination, outlines, map etc.) thus, the information in the chart is only a guideline. File size limitations on Android devices.Please note that the new Android BIMx application is running on Android 10 and 11.Android based devices running Android 4.4 or higher with Tegra3, Mali602, PowerVR SGX 543, Adreno 302 or faster GPU, minimum 1GB RAM (2GB recommended) and minimum 1,2 Ghz dual core.Check the detailed system requirements for mobile platforms here.The GPU in the device is needed for the 3D model display. This is not the available storage space on the device but the memory that the applications use when they run.

The bottleneck at model opening is the available RAM. There are a few tricks available to tailor the BIMx model in a way that it opens smoothly both on iOS and Android older and new BIMx versions: this article helps optimizing the Archicad model before saving it in BIMx format.Īs a first step make sure that your device has the sufficient hardware to open BIMx files. Older versions might have some issues opening large models. This is one of the reasons we've developed a new solution for BIMx, which is currently available on iOS and the recently released BIMx version on Android. Large, complex BIMx models can be difficult to open on mobile devices as these platforms don’t always have the sufficient hardware resources to handle the same files that work fine on desktop or laptop machines.

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