Manifest file

The manifest.json file describes the files in the BIMPK package with the following schema with reference to Table 1.

{  "version" : "string",  "root" : "integer",  "files" : [    {      "id" : "integer",      "name" : "string",      "author" : "string",      "company" : "string",      "modifiedOn" : "timestamp",      "source" : "string",      "editable": "bool",      "references" : [        {          "id" : "integer",          "count" : "integer"        }      ]    }  ],  "occurrences" : [    {      "id" : "integer",      "source" : "integer",      "data" : {        "objects" : "string",        "graphics" : "string",        "graphics2d" : "string",        "thumbnail" : "string"      }    }  ],  "pluginVersion" : "string"}

Table 1: manifest.json file data structure

Key	Description
"version"	The bimpk version
"root"	Declares which file is the model's main file, which is processed first.
"files"	An array of metadata objects that represent the CAD application files for the exported model.
"files[n].id"	A unique id for the file
"files[n].name"	The CAD application file's name
"files[n].author"	The file's author
"files[n].company"	The company name
"files[n].modifiedOn"	The date the file was last edited
"files[n].source"	The source CAD application's information
"files[n].editable"	Boolean value that declares if platform applications can edit property data in the file. If sync-back function is implemented, you can use the plug-in to sync edited data back to the source CAD model.
"files[n].references"	Pass an object with id and count properties for each file that this file references.
"files[n].references.id"	The file's id
"files[n].references.count"	The referenced file's instance number
"occurrences"	Lists the Bimpk file's occurrence folders, which store the model files. The first folder stores the main model files; any following occurrence folders store linked model files if they exist.
"occurrences[n].id"	A unique id for the occurrence.
"occurrences[n].source"	Source file id, one occurrence is an instance of file from files secton
"occurrences[n].data"	The occurrence folder's name.
"occurrences[n].data.objects"	The relative path to the objects.json file
"occurrences[n].data.graphics"	The relative path to the graphics.scz file
"occurrences[n].data.graphics2d"	The relative path to the graphics2d.scz file
"occurrences[n].data.thumbnail"	The relative path to the thumbnail.png file
"pluginVersion"	The IPA plug-in's version

Example

For more information, see the following complete example of manifest.json file:

{  "version": "2.1",  "files": [    {      "id": 1,      "name": "1901RK-INV-01-ZZ-M3-Z-0001_Federated.rvt",      "author": "",      "company": "",      "modifiedOn": "2023-06-14 17:06::12",      "source": "Autodesk Revit 2022",      "editable": true,      "references": [        {          "id": 2,          "count": 1        },        {          "id": 3,          "count": 1        },        {          "id": 4,          "count": 1        },        {          "id": 5,          "count": 1        },        {          "id": 6,          "count": 1        }      ]    },    {      "id": 2,      "name": "1901RK-INV-01-ZZ-M3-A-0001.rvt",      "author": "",      "company": "",      "modifiedOn": "2023-04-13 11:41::07",      "source": "Autodesk Revit 2022",      "editable": false    },    {      "id": 3,      "name": "1901RK-INV-01-ZZ-M3-S-0001.rvt",      "author": "",      "company": "",      "modifiedOn": "2023-04-13 11:44::24",      "source": "Autodesk Revit 2022",      "editable": false    },    {      "id": 4,      "name": "1901RK-INV-01-ZZ-M3-P-0001.rvt",      "author": "",      "company": "yourCompanyName",      "modifiedOn": "2023-04-13 11:46::45",      "source": "Autodesk Revit 2022",      "editable": false    },    {      "id": 5,      "name": "1901RK-INV-01-ZZ-M3-E-0001.rvt",      "author": "",      "company": "yourCompanyName",      "modifiedOn": "2023-04-13 11:43::06",      "source": "Autodesk Revit 2022",      "editable": false    },    {      "id": 6,      "name": "1901RK-INV-01-ZZ-M3-F-0001.rvt",      "author": "",      "company": "",      "modifiedOn": "2023-04-13 11:45::40",      "source": "Autodesk Revit 2022",      "editable": false    }  ],  "occurrences": [    {      "id": 1,      "source": 1,      "data": {        "objects": "occ/1/objects.json",        "graphics2d": "occ/1/graphics2d.scz",        "graphics": "occ/1/graphics.scz",        "thumbnail": "occ/1/thumbnail.png"      }    },    {      "id": 2,      "source": 2,      "data": {        "objects": "occ/2/objects.json"      }    },    {      "id": 3,      "source": 3,      "data": {        "objects": "occ/3/objects.json"      }    },    {      "id": 4,      "source": 4,      "data": {        "objects": "occ/4/objects.json"      }    },    {      "id": 5,      "source": 5,      "data": {        "objects": "occ/5/objects.json"      }    },    {      "id": 6,      "source": 6,      "data": {        "objects": "occ/6/objects.json"      }    }  ],  "root": 1,  "pluginVersion": "IPA Revit Plugin ver4.1.0"}