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NEXT-BIM Explorer

NEXT-BIM Explorer

AR for BIM Construction & FM

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Released
July 21, 2025
Updated
October 26, 2026

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NEXT-BIM
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NEXT-BIM is a professional augmented reality solution designed to visualize BIM models on-site or off-site with unmatched precision and no drift. NEXT-BIM Explorer is the augmented reality application designed for construction, engineering, and project management professionals. View your 3D models at a 1:1 scale on site, check work in progress, quickly identify discrepancies, and make decisions faster, directly in the field. Thanks to automatic and continous alignement and offline operation, NEXT-BIM Explorer can be used anywhere—even in areas without a network connection. The model becomes a real control, audit, and monitoring tool, accessible to everyone, even without technical skills. Compatible with iPad Pro. Main Features: Automatic and continuous alignment of 3D models to the physical environment Smooth navigation in both AR and VR modes, even with complex models Support for large 3D files (several GBs – IFC Compatible BIM Files ( IFC, Navisworks Plugin…) Offline usage for disconnected job sites Annotations, photos, measures and reports exportable in BCF, PDF or Excel Multilingual interface and intuitive user experience By offering an immersive mixed reality experience and a drift-free AR engine, NEXT-BIM empowers field teams with better decision-making, improved coordination, and reduced execution errors.
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What's New in NEXT

2026.2.0

October 26, 2026

# NEXT-BIM Explorer ### User Interface & Navigation - **New annotation browsing interface**, with both **grid view** and **list view**. - **Updated Visibility List interface**. - **New Object Selection Panel interface**. - **Redesigned movement joystick interface** for navigating the BIM model. - **New annotation export interface**. ### Alignment - **New QR code-based alignment**, with QR codes prepared in NEXT-BIM Configurator. - **Improved manual alignment tool**, featuring a redesigned interface. - **Automatic Scan Reset** to help prevent alignment jumps and resolve situations where spatial scanning stops updating. ### Spaces & Immersion Points - **Visualization of IFC Spaces** in Explorer. - **Current space displayed in the HUD (Heads-Up Display)**, allowing users to identify the space they are currently located in. - **Immersion points within IFC Spaces**, configured in NEXT-BIM Configurator. ### Tabletop & Sections - **Shared mesh between Tabletop and Immersive modes**: Tabletop now uses the same mesh as the immersive view. - **Sections created in Configurator are now available in Tabletop mode**. - **Section box redefinition** using a plane or manual rotation. ### Construction Progress Tracking V2 - **Object categorization and progress percentage calculation** for each category. - **Zone-based progress tracking**, using IFC Spaces and custom NEXT-BIM zones. - **Phase-based status visualization**, with object highlighting. - **Top-down view** for monitoring construction progress. - **Time-to-object count ratio** for progress analysis. - **Excel export of construction progress tracking data**. - **Improved construction progress reports**. ### Exports & Reports - **Zone-based exports** using custom NEXT-BIM zones. - **Updated annotation export to Autodesk Forma**. ### Beta Feature - **HTML report export**: Generate reports as HTML pages. This feature is currently available in beta.

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