3DBI-Connected
A new way to bring spatial insight to your data.
Just like 3DBI, but Connected
3DBI-Connected is a custom visual we developed for Microsoft® Power BI®, just like our original 3DBI visual. It enables you to visualize data in its spatial context, making it ideal for a wide range of use cases. These include Property Management, BIM (such as quantities and scheduling), IoT data visualization (filtering objects by temperature, humidity, CO2 levels, occupancy, wear, etc.), as well as Logistics, Warehouse Management (e.g., stock management, order picking), and Energy (e.g., visualizing the yield from solar panels or wind farms). Essentially, it’s a valuable tool for any industry where visualizing data in a 3D environment is beneficial.
So what is different?
The key difference between 3DBI-Connected and 3DBI is the ability to dynamically assign multiple 3D model URLs to the visual. This allows you to load cloud-hosted 3D models on demand, eliminating the need to manually insert models as required in the original 3DBI. Additionally, because models are loaded dynamically, any updates to model geometry are immediately reflected across all reports, ensuring swift updates.
Available on Microsoft AppSource
Just like our original 3DBI visual, 3DBI-Connected is also available on Microsoft® AppSource®. It is worth noticing that, because 3DBI-Connected retrieves model files dynamically from a cloud environment, unlike the original 3DBI visual, it is not Microsoft-certified. Although it’s built on the same core technology, Microsoft Certification requires that certified visuals do not access external servers. However, 3DBI-Connected only contacts the specific server you designate for hosting your 3D models, ensuring full control over where your 3D models are stored.
Tutorials
Find our more about the differences between 3DBI and 3DBI-Connected
Demos
Warehouse
Demo of a custom 3d PowerBI visual, generated from a Trimble SketchUp model and showing a warehouse with product locations. Filtering is based on product suppliers and stock, but it could have been any data you have about your warehouse.
Material take-off breakdown by Level
Demo of an interactive BIM dashboard showing concrete (prefab vs in situ) take-off by level in an interactive 3D Power BI dashboard.
Port Containers Overview
With 3DBI we try to link any kind of data with any type of 3D model, so that spatial insight can be brought to those raw data fields. In this case we crafted an interactive dashboard out of both a 3D model and data of a port. In a single view you can filter and colorize containers by Carrier, Weight, Origin, Destination, … or just about any other data field you might have about your containers, and see the results in 3D.
School
Demo of a custom 3d PowerBI visual, generated from an Autodesk Revit model and showing a school with rooms located on 3 different stories. Filtering and colorization are based on the room’s level, area and perimeter.
Learn how to create 3DBI models
We provide tools to get just about any type of 3D model in Power BI so that you can link them with the data you already have.