Sweep – Mirror - Geo-Referencing - DWG export: Four tools that belong in any serious BIM workflow. And as of this month, all of them run in your browser on open IFC.
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New Capabilities
Four essential additions to your design environment.
1. Drawings: DWG Export
Generate floor plans and sections directly from your views in Qonic. Dimensions, annotations, and room tags are added automatically, so you’re not starting from a blank sheet. Open the drawing inside Qonic, review and edit where needed, and export as a DWG file when it’s ready.
2. Geo-Referencing
Place your model accurately in the real world by linking it to a recognised coordinate reference system. Survey points are visible by default, snap into place during free move and rotation, and their coordinates appear directly in the Deep Inspect panel.
3. Sweep
Model elements along any path - straight, curved, or custom - using the Sweep tool, now available in full 3D. Useful for handrails, ducts, cable trays, and anything that doesn’t follow a straight line.
4. Mirror
Mirror an element across an axis to place its counterpart. Handy for anything symmetrical like facades, structural grids, and repeated room layouts. Pick your axis, and the reflected copy lands in the right place.
Feature Additions
Workflow upgrades that make your daily work easier.
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Rotation snapping: Snap geometry to precise angles during rotation, giving you cleaner placement without manual correction.
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Railing length calculation: Qonic now calculates railing lengths automatically, directly from your live model data.
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Resizable panels: Side panels can now be resized to fit your screen and workflow.
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Revision upload overwrite: When uploading a new revision, you can now choose to overwrite the existing model directly from the dashboard.
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Publish individual models: Publish a single model independently, without requiring all models in a project to be ready.
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Update views: Capture and edit views have been updated for more consistent visual output.
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Reference properties in Browse & Report: You can now filter on properties from assigned library items, giving you more control over how you browse and report on model data.
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Project-managed model tags: Tags are now managed at project level, making it easier to organise and find models across your workspace.
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Larger Revit file support: The maximum Revit file size for dashboard import has been increased to 512 MB. When using the Revit plugin directly, there is no file size limitation.
Core Stability
A quick summary of our stability and quality fixes.
Import & Interoperability
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Fixed translation of aggregate doors and windows during Revit import.
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Material colours are no longer incorrectly added to breps during Revit import.
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Revit import is now blocked when a publish is already in progress, preventing conflicts.
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Export of spaces with codes now works correctly.
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Polybreps with voids are now exported correctly.
Modelling
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Push/Pull: fixed fillet behaviour to prevent unintended geometry adjustments.
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Chalk tool: removed arc radius limitation.
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Offset: various fixes.
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Slice: fixed a regression.
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Extrude: boundaries are now correctly converted before extrusion.
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Deep box selection: corrected selection mode switching on Tab.
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Translation snapping: fixed snapping to discrete values.
Calculators
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Corrected scale accounting in the Section and Thickness calculators.
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Updated the calculation method for furniture types.
Spaces & Structure
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Added an option to assign spatial geometry to locations.
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Structure config now supports flat list display when no group-by filter is active.
General
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Fixed the sketch grid toggle staying active while the grid remained off.
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Publishing a subset of models now works correctly when one model is in a failed state.
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Fixed an error when deleting a project where branches had not been removed first.
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Resolved null reference exceptions during model sync and publish flows.
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File upload errors now surface correctly as toasts in the UI.
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Section tool now closes correctly when clicking X.
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Keyboard shortcuts now correctly ignore events when extra modifier keys are pressed.
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Multiple public models can now be loaded simultaneously.
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Fixed the Laser tool not starting correctly when another tool was already active.
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Fixed the search bar occasionally failing to focus, which could unexpectedly trigger a shortcut tool.
A lot of ground covered this month, from major new tools to the smaller fixes that make everything feel tighter.
BIM has always promised a single workflow: from model to data to documentation. This release delivers the last piece of that. DWG export means your floor plans and sections now leave Qonic as files the whole team can use, straight from the live model. Combined with Geo-Referencing, Sweep, Mirror, and a focused round of stability work across our modelling and calculation engines, April is the release where Qonic’s scope feels complete.
Log in and try it on your current project: app.qonic.com, and let us know what you think in the comments!