Your website is where architects and engineers discover your products. Why not make it the place where they discover your BIM content too?
Building and maintaining a BIM library experience, however, can require development time, ongoing maintenance, and technical expertise.
Website Integration gives you a low-code way to bring BIMobject capabilities directly to your own website. You can deliver a branded BIM experience and gain insights into how architects and engineers engage with your BIM content, while BIMobject handles the platform, maintenance, and continuous improvements.
Whether you're exploring Website Integration for the first time or getting ready to set it up, this guide walks you through everything you need to know.
Why use Website Integration?
Website Integration helps you:
✅ Make your BIM library available directly on your own website.
✅ Make BIM content available where architects and engineers already engage with your brand.
✅ Deliver a branded BIM experience while BIMobject handles the platform, maintenance, and continuous improvements.
✅ Help architects and engineers find and evaluate BIM content more easily with a search bar, Country filter, Family & Group filters, and a 3D product viewer.
✅ Understand how AEC professionals interact with your BIM content, including downloads from your own website.
New capabilities in Website Integration
Website Integration has been enhanced with new capabilities that make it easier to configure, manage, and maintain your BIM library, while giving architects and engineers a better experience discovering and exploring your BIM content.
The latest improvements include:
🔄 Keep your BIM library up to date
Auto-sync automatically includes newly published products in your Website Integration, reducing the need for manual updates.
🔍 Help architects and engineers discover BIM content more easily
Offer a search bar, country filter, family & group filters, and 3D product viewer to help visitors find and evaluate the right BIM content.
👀 Preview with confidence
Preview your Website Integration in real time to make sure everything looks as expected before adding it to your website.
⚙️ Configure Website Integration more easily
You can now configure and manage your Website Integration more efficiently with improved product selection, branding controls, and setup guidance.
How does Website Integration work?
Step 1: Create your Website Integration
In the Publish app, open the Website Integrations tab and create a new Website Integration by choosing a name and permalink. You can edit these settings later.
Step 2: Select the products you want to display
Choose the products you want architects and engineers to discover on your website.
Use search and filtering options to find products, manage them across brands, and enable Auto-sync if you want newly published products to be added automatically.
ℹ️ Auto-sync only includes products published after it has been enabled. For information about existing products, see the FAQ.
Step 3: Configure the experience
Customize how your Website Integration looks and how architects and engineers interact with your BIM content. Configure your branding, including your banner image, logo, colours, display settings, and end-user features to create the experience you want visitors to have.
Step 4: Review and preview before publishing
Review your Website Integration to make sure everything looks and behaves as expected.
Preview the experience on desktop and mobile, and check individual product pages and the 3D product viewer before adding your Website Integration to your website.
Step 5: Publish your Website Integration
Once you've finished configuring your Website Integration, you'll return to the Website Integrations list page, where you can access your URL and embed code.
Copy the URL or embed code and add it to your website. Architects and engineers can then discover, explore, and download your BIM content directly from your website.
Best Practices
💡 Enable Auto-sync to reduce ongoing maintenance
Automatically add newly published products to your Website Integration so your BIM library stays up to date with less manual work.
💡 Match Website Integration to your website
Use your banner, logo, colours, and layout settings to create a consistent experience that reflects your brand. Use the recommended banner dimensions and preview the integration before adding it to your website.
💡 Choose only the discovery features your visitors need
Enable search, Country filter, Family & Group filters, and the 3D product viewer based on how visitors should explore your catalogue. Keep the experience simple by only enabling features that are relevant to your products.
💡 Preview the complete experience before adding it to your website
Review your branding, layout, catalogue, product pages, and 3D product viewer. Once embedded, also check the integration on your website across different screen sizes to ensure everything displays as expected.
💡 Review your Website Integration as your catalogue evolves
Revisit your Website Integration when your catalogue structure, product groups, or market availability changes to ensure the right products and filters continue to be shown.
See Website Integration in action
Explore how manufacturers across different industries use Website Integration to present their BIM library on their own websites.
Company | Industry |
Building Materials | |
Electronics | |
Flooring | |
Furniture | |
Kitchen |
ℹ️ Looking for an example in a specific industry? Contact Customer Success Team
FAQ
What is Website Integration?
What is Website Integration?
Website Integration is a low-code way to bring BIMobject capabilities directly to your own website. It lets you make your BIM library available where architects and engineers already engage with your brand. They can discover, explore, and download your BIM content without leaving your website.
How much developer work is required?
How much developer work is required?
Website Integration is designed to be a low-code solution. Configure your Website Integration in Publish and embed it on your website using the generated embed code. In most cases, the embed code can be added through your CMS, so little or no developer involvement is required. This allows you to bring BIMobject capabilities directly to your own website without building and maintaining your own BIM library solution.
Do visitors need to sign in to download BIM content?
Do visitors need to sign in to download BIM content?
Architects and engineers can browse and explore BIM content directly on your website. To download BIM content, they sign in with their BIMobject account or create one if they don't already have one. This enables manufacturers to receive download insights and engagement statistics. Visitors who are already signed in to BIMobject can download content without signing in again, creating a smoother experience.
Can I customize the branding?
Can I customize the branding?
Yes, Website Integration gives you flexibility to match the experience to your website and brand.
You can customize several branding and display options, including:
Banner image and banner text
Show or hide your logo
Colours
Product layout
Sorting options
Number of products displayed per page
Banner image requirements
For the best visual results:
Recommended size: 1920 × 480 px (approximately 4:1)
Maximum width: 3840 px
Maximum height: 2160 px
Supported formats: JPG, JPEG, PNG
Maximum file size: 2 MB
Can I preview before publishing?
Can I preview before publishing?
Yes, Website Integration includes an improved preview that lets you see how the experience will look before adding it to your website. You can review your product catalogue, individual product pages, and enabled features such as the search bar, Country filter, Family & Group filters, and 3D product viewer.
How does auto-sync work?
How does auto-sync work?
Auto-sync helps keep your Website Integration up to date automatically. Once enabled, any newly published products are automatically added to your Website Integration.
Auto-sync does not add products that were published before it was enabled. If you want to include existing products, simply select them in your Website Integration first, then enable Auto-sync for future products.
What insights can I get from Website Integration?
What insights can I get from Website Integration?
Website Integration lets you drive traffic to your own website while tracking downloads and engagement through your BIMobject insights and statistics. This helps you measure how architects and engineers interact with your BIM content and evaluate the impact of your marketing activities.
How does Website Integration handle different languages?
How does Website Integration handle different languages?
Website Integration supports multiple languages. By default, it detects the visitor's browser language and displays content in that language, where available. If your product pages are not translated into the visitor's preferred language, the default language is shown instead.
Can I create more than one Website Integration?
Can I create more than one Website Integration?
Yes, you can create multiple Website Integrations and manage each one independently. For example, you can use separate Website Integrations for different websites, brands, product groups, markets, or marketing campaigns.
Already have access?
Create a new integration or manage your existing setup directly from your account.
Interested in Website Integration or have questions about getting started?
The Customer Success Team can help you understand your options, configure Website Integration, and answer questions about the setup.