# GingerBIM Docs

> User documentation for GingerBIM — the browser-based BIM platform for IFC-SG modelling, schedules, drawings, and sheet export.

- [Welcome to GingerBIM](https://docs.gingerbim.com/index.md): GingerBIM is a browser-based BIM platform for IFC-SG modelling — view your models in 3D, manage element data, build live schedules, generate 2D drawings, and export sheet sets.
- [Quickstart](https://docs.gingerbim.com/getting-started/quickstart.md): Go from signing in to a published model in the 3D viewer in a few minutes.
- [Projects, Models, and Versions](https://docs.gingerbim.com/getting-started/projects-models-versions.md): How workspaces, projects, models, and versions nest — and how to find your way around.
- [FAQ](https://docs.gingerbim.com/getting-started/faq.md): Quick answers to common GingerBIM questions.
- [Connectors Overview](https://docs.gingerbim.com/connectors/overview.md): Get models into GingerBIM: send directly from SketchUp or Rhino with a connector, or upload IFC.
- [Modelling Guidelines](https://docs.gingerbim.com/connectors/modelling-guidelines.md): How to structure your Rhino or SketchUp model so every element lands in the right component bucket.
- [Simplifying Heavy Geometry](https://docs.gingerbim.com/connectors/simplifying-heavy-geometry.md): What to do when the connector warns that an object has too many faces — work out which kind of heavy it is, then fix it at the source in SketchUp or Rhino.
- [Categorising Objects](https://docs.gingerbim.com/connectors/categorising-objects.md): Sort your model into component buckets — automatically from layer/tag names with Auto-categorise, or manually — and refine categories in the viewer.
- [Loading & Collaboration](https://docs.gingerbim.com/connectors/loading-and-collaboration.md): Pull GingerBIM models back into SketchUp or Rhino, and use GingerBIM as your team's single source of truth.
- [Material Library](https://docs.gingerbim.com/connectors/material-library.md): A cloud-based central material library synced through GingerBIM — one source of truth for your project's materials. Work in progress.
- [IFC-SG and Element Properties](https://docs.gingerbim.com/model-data/element-properties.md): How elements are classified with IfcType, which property sets they carry, and how to view and edit them in the object sidebar.
- [Spaces, Boundaries, and SpaceName](https://docs.gingerbim.com/model-data/spaces.md): Define rooms with 2D boundaries, classify them with SpaceName, and understand how elements are assigned to spaces.
- [Creating Schedules](https://docs.gingerbim.com/schedules/creating-schedules.md): Schedules are live queries over your model — build them in the viewer or place them on sheets.
- [Generating 2D Drawings](https://docs.gingerbim.com/drawings/generating-drawings.md): Turn your 3D model into plans, sections, and elevations — generate, regenerate, and manage drawing layers.
- [Building Sheets on the Canvas](https://docs.gingerbim.com/canvas/sheet-builder.md): Compose drawings, schedules, title blocks, and annotations onto paper-size sheets and export vector PDF/DXF.
- [Viewer Performance & Your GPU](https://docs.gingerbim.com/troubleshooting/viewer-performance.md): Windows laptops often run the browser on the low-power integrated GPU. Switch your browser to the dedicated graphics card for a much faster 3D viewer.


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