What is Twinmotion?

Twinmotion is an in-house application for the highly professional real-time visualization of BIM models and other scenes or objects. It is based on the Unreal Engine (= graphics engine) from Epic Games.

The application is available with a limited range of functions as a test version that can be used for an unlimited period of time for non-commercial use. However, a fee-based license is required for handling large models with an unlimited range of functions for commercial use. You can find more information on the Twinmotion or Epic Games home page.

Everything is prepared on the part of Allplan for Twinmotion to be directly connected. There is no need for an additional plug-in or similar. If Allplan and Twinmotion are installed on the same workstation then you can directly configure the Allplan connection on the part of Twinmotion without further processing and at any time. If Allplan and Twinmotion are not installed on the same workstation, then you can export model data via Datasmith technology from Allplan and transfer it to Twinmotion as a file.

When it comes to visualization of Allplan model data in Twinmotion, then depending on the configuration, you have the following options:

• Direct synchronization of the model in Twinmotion starting from Allplan, either via a one-off action or continuously via live synchronization.
• As an alternative: Export the model data from Allplan via Datasmith technology. The transfer file is automatically created in the .udatasmith format so that the data can be immediately processed by the Real engine in Twinmotion.