Creating Schedules

A schedule in GingerBIM is a live query over your model, not a static spreadsheet. You define it by choosing a category, then optionally filtering, grouping, and picking which fields to show — and GingerBIM builds the rows from the current model every time. The rows are always derived: as the model changes, the schedule updates, and editing a value in a schedule writes back to the element it came from.

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How a schedule is defined

Behind every schedule is the same shape:

1. Category — the IFC category (IfcType) the schedule is about, e.g. Wall, Door, or Window.
2. Filter — optional conditions that narrow which elements appear.
3. Group — optional grouping that organizes rows under headings (leave it empty for a flat table).
4. Fields — the columns (or card fields) you want to show.

Because the schedule is a query, you never hand-build or maintain the rows themselves.

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Creating a schedule (model mode)

In the 3D viewer:

1. Open the Schedules panel from the bottom toolbar.
2. The panel starts empty with a prompt to pick a category. Choose an IFC category from the Category dropdown — each option shows the type and how many elements it has, e.g. Wall (128).
3. GingerBIM immediately builds a live schedule of those elements.
4. Switch between Table view and Cards view, and open the Fields (gear) tab to choose which properties show in each view. Use the filter controls to narrow the rows.

Model-mode schedules are interactive: cells are editable (the Status field offers New / Existing / Demolish, matching the object sidebar), selecting a row highlights the element in 3D, and your field layout is saved per category and shared with your project’s members.

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Creating a schedule (canvas)

On a sheet (canvas) you place a schedule as a frame:

1. Open the Schedules panel in the canvas.
2. Drag a category from the list onto a sheet. This drops a schedule frame showing that category’s elements.
3. Select the frame to edit it from the side panel — set its scale, choose the title field, and add or reorder the fields shown.

There’s also a dedicated Material Schedule you can drag onto a sheet, which lists the project’s render materials as a table.

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Model mode vs. canvas

• Model-mode schedules live inside the 3D viewer. They’re a working surface: live 3D selection, in-place editing, switchable Table/Cards views, and a saved field layout. Use them to review and edit data while you work on the model.
• Canvas schedules are placed as frames on a sheet, sized to a scale, for laying out and exporting (to PDF/DXF) as part of a drawing set. Use them for presentation and hand-off.

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Tips

• The same schedule definition can be rendered as a table or as cards; the data is one source of truth.
• Schedules are live: edit a value and it updates the underlying element; change the model and the schedule re-queries.