we are xbim
Creators of xbim toolkit and now Flex. The only open BIM platform on the market.
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we are xbim
We provide digital solutions to build web services or applications that extract open BIM data from a model and allow end users to interrogate the data in limitless ways. We work with clients to BIM enable legacy software or create next generation digital twin services.
Flex is our flagship platform for developers to build Open BIM solutions for the AEC (Architecture Engineering Construction) Sector.
expert founders
who we are
The founding members of xbim have a wealth of experience in the AEC (Architecture Engineering Construction) industry, predominately working with BIM, both commercially and academically, on the advancement of the technology and in the development of the standards that relate to its use.
bim solutions
Toolkit & Flex
we understand bim
why we're different
Central to our mission statement is OpenBIM. We bring our heritage as architects, academics and software engineers to solve complex BIM challenges. Our commitment to OpenBIM began back in 2007 when co-founder Steve Lockley opened up the way for developers to free proprietary BIM data as IFC , so that the collaboration and inclusiveness referred to in the BuildingSMART definition could be realised.
Xbim’s ethos is to actively discourage siloed ways of working and enable open, accessible, collaborative, and altruistic working.

our enterprise platform
more about Flex
Flex is an OpenBIM PaaS that enables anyone to easily visualise model geometry and interrogate BIM data.
Secure
Flex is multi user and multi tenant, and has sophisticated role based access control. You’re always in control of who has access to your data & models. Securely access your data from any device 24/7.
Handles Complexity
Manage large complex BIM models in the cloud with scalable, ‘serverless’ model processing.
Portfolio view
Federate models into a single scene so you can search for, filter and analyse data across a portfolio of assets.
Visual search
Visual search and querying to quantify, estimate and construct.
Open Standard
A technology agnostic openAPI that doesn’t lock you into expensive proprietary standards and software.
news
the latest from xbim

IFC 4.3 ADD1 schema support
In xbim Toolkit we use code generation for the early bound implementation of IFC schemas. Early bound implementation gives you compile time safety of your

Xbim with Python: IFC at information worker’s fingertips
Stack Overflow’s annual survey showed that Python is the fourth most popular technology used by developers. Many developers who are not using Python say that

Introducing xbim Flex Flow
In the last few months we’ve been developing a new service to help to automate many common BIM processes that use either xbim Toolkit or