bim routes bim <format> <verb> to a driver binary — one per app or data source. Each speaks the same contract: JSON on stdout, a describe/doctor pair, and pipe-friendly composition. bim describe --json is the authoritative source for every verb, arg, and schema; the pages below are human-readable summaries.
Drive Revit while it's open: export sheets to PDF with BIM data, read schedules, write parameters across hundreds of elements, list warnings, and run arbitrary Revit API logic. The kind of work that takes a half-hour for someone fluent in visual scripting, and a full afternoon by hand.
bim revit export --all-sheets --bim --output ./output/ — export sheets to PDF; --bim adds 6 JSON sidecars (elements, marks, rooms, levels, properties, views)bim revit status — running instance, add-in state, open model, portbim revit exec "<C#>" — run arbitrary C# against the live Revit APIbim revit sheets list — all sheets with number, name, disciplinebim revit schedule export <name> — export a named schedule as rowsbim revit warnings list — model warnings with element IDs and descriptionsbim revit param set --by Mark — write parameters from stdinWork with PDFs — extract element data, split and merge sheet sets, reduce file size, embed structured data for archiving. Handles the font encoding and element tagging that Revit's PDF export produces.
bim pdf info <file> — metadata, page count, XMP, has_bim_tagsbim pdf marked <file> — extract BIM element tags (ElementIds) with page boundsbim pdf text <file> — text with coordinates; ToUnicode CMap decodedbim pdf page split/collect/merge — split combined exports, collect by disciplinebim pdf optimize <file> — reduce file size without re-renderingbim pdf package <file> metadata.json — embed BIM JSON as PDF/A-3 associated filebim pdf viewer <file> — local browser viewer; click element → Revit zooms to itPull site data for any address — flood zones, school districts, zoning, brownfield status, transit access, satellite imagery, and more. No account, no key. Each query hits a public REST API and returns structured JSON.
bim site flood lookup --address "..." --geocode — FEMA NFHL flood zone + BFEbim site flood map --address "..." --out FILE — PNG flood map with basemapbim site school lookup --address "..." --geocode — NCES school district at locationbim site zoning lookup --address "..." --geocode — zoning districtbim site satellite map --lat <f> --lon <f> — dated satellite imagerybim site assess --address "..." — 29-layer site report in one callRead and write Excel files. The connective layer between Revit schedules, site data outputs, and any spreadsheet-based workflow. Accepts piped input from other drivers; output can be piped forward.
bim excel write <file.xlsx> — write rows from stdin to a sheet; auto-detects dates, pivot on any columnbim excel read <file.xlsx> — stream rows; header row becomes object keysbim excel sheets <file.xlsx> — list all sheets with row/column countsbim excel info <file.xlsx> — column names, inferred types, sample valuesRead and write Google Sheets and Docs. One-time browser sign-in; every subsequent call is silent. Push Revit schedules or site data directly to a shared sheet without copy-paste.
bim google login — one-time sign-in; browser opens, token cachedbim google sheets read --spreadsheet <id-or-url> — stream rowsbim google sheets append --spreadsheet <id-or-url> — append rows from stdinbim google sheets write --spreadsheet <id-or-url> --range <A1:Z100> — overwrite a rangebim google docs read --doc <id-or-url> — plain text with word/char countsbim google docs append --doc <id-or-url> --text "..." — append to end of documentConvert, annotate, compare, and inspect images. Handles site photos from phones (HEIC), renderings, and drawing scans. Useful anywhere a pipeline produces or consumes image files.
bim image info <file> — format, dimensions, color model, EXIF presencebim image convert --in --out — convert between PNG, JPG, TIFF, BMP, HEICbim image resize --in --out [--max-edge] [--auto-orient] — resize and fix orientationbim image exif read/strip/set — GPS, datetime, make/model as JSONbim image annotate --in --out --ops JSON — draw rects, lines, arrows, textbim image diff --a --b [--fail-over] — pixel-level comparisonbim image to-pdf --out [--page-size] files... — wrap images as PDF pagesDrive Rhino 6 while it's open. Run scripts, inspect the session, and control the application from a terminal — the same pattern as the Revit driver, against Rhino's RhinoScript and RhinoCommon APIs.
bim rhino instances — list live Rhino sessionsbim rhino status — running state, active documentbim rhino exec --code "..." — run a script against the live sessionbim rhino install — install the pluginDrive SketchUp from a terminal. Execute Ruby against the live model, open and export .skp files (PDF, DWG, PNG, OBJ), and control the session — the same bridge pattern as the Revit and Rhino drivers. One command installs SketchUp Make 2017 (free, no account); Pro and 2026 are supported too.
bim sketchup setup — download and install SketchUp Make 2017 (free)bim sketchup launch — start SketchUp and wait for the bridgebim sketchup exec --code "Ruby" — run Ruby against the live modelbim sketchup open --path model.skp — open a file in the sessionbim sketchup export --output out.pdf — export the model (format from extension)bim sketchup status — version, active model, bridge stateConvert 3D files headlessly (FBX, glTF/GLB, OBJ, USD, BLEND) or drive a live Blender session over TCP. IFC read/write via Bonsai. One install command downloads and manages Blender 4.5 LTS — no manual Blender setup required.
bim blender install — download managed Blender 4.5.10 LTS (~395 MB)bim blender install --component bonsai — add IFC support via Bonsaibim blender convert --in model.ifc --out model.glb — headless conversionbim blender launch + bim blender exec --code "..." — live co-editingRun whole-building energy simulations and PHIUS CORE 2024 compliance checks from the command line. Accepts gbXML and OpenStudio .osm files. One install command downloads NREL OpenStudio CLI — no manual setup.
bim energy install — download NREL OpenStudio CLI (required dependency)bim energy run --in model.gbxml — simulate; returns EUI, annual kWh, peak kW, end usesbim energy phius.check --in model.gbxml — PHIUS CORE 2024 compliance; pass/fail per criterionbim energy doctor — check OpenStudio CLI and EnergyPlus installRead and write Linear issues from the command line. List the queue, open and update issues, drop comments, and run raw GraphQL. Auth is brokered by oauthr — the driver never holds a Linear token. Pipe a model warning straight into a tracked issue, or read your sprint into an agent's context.
bim linear list [--team DIM] [--state started] — list open issues; defaults to unstarted + startedbim linear get DIM-120 — fetch a single issue by identifierbim linear create --title "..." [--team DIM] [--description "..."] — open a new issuebim linear comment DIM-120 --body "..." — add a commentbim linear status DIM-120 --state "In Progress" — move an issue's workflow statebim linear exec --gql "..." [--variables '{...}'] — arbitrary GraphQL passthrough