Extension for Microsoft Power BI

A 3D model that responds to your report.

Embed APS models directly in your reports. Click a row and the model filters and colours to match. Build custom grouping hierarchies. Measure inside the viewer.

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  1. 3D viewer in Power BIThe full APS viewer, as a report visual
  2. Report-driven filteringRows, slicers and cross-visual filters
  3. Colour on filterElements take the colour of the row clicked
  4. Model groupingProperty-based hierarchies, by drag and drop
  5. Custom propertiesCreate and share property groups on the model
  6. 3D reportsAnnotated model views as styled PDFs

Report-driven filtering

Click a row and the model updates.

Every interaction in your report, including row clicks, slicer selections and cross-visual filters, propagates directly to the 3D viewer. Matched elements are highlighted, isolated or fit to camera depending on how the visual is configured. The report and the model stay in sync with no manual step.

  • A row click can highlight, isolate, select or fit
  • Slicers and cross-visual filters flow into the viewer
  • Live property search across model attributes
  • A wildcard panel for finding elements by attribute

Colour on filter

Give each report row a colour and the model reflects it.

Assign a colour to each row or category value in your report. When a row is clicked and the viewer filters to the matching elements, those elements render in the configured colour. Use it to show which package is active, which trade is selected, or which status bucket the current filter represents, without leaving the report.

  • A colour per row, set in the format panel
  • Applied to model elements on filter interaction
  • Works with any categorical field in the report
  • Combines with grouping for multi-level breakdowns

openAWP integration

Open your openAWP projects from within Power BI.

Connect Power BI 3D to your self-hosted openAWP instance to reach your full project library from any report. Once connected, Packaging, Custom Properties and Component Media become available inside the visual.

  1. 1Set the endpoint in the format panelPaste your openAWP instance URL into the openAWP Toolkit API field.
  2. 2Sign inThe visual opens your organisation's identity provider in a browser window. There is no separate account to create.
  3. 3Browse projects and modelsNavigate your project library from inside the visual.
  4. 4Load into the viewerOpen a model in the viewer. The extra panels unlock with it.
How it connects
Your infrastructureopenAWP instanceProjects, models and teams, on your own server
In Microsoft Power BIPower BI 3DSign in, browse projects, load a model
  • Packaging
  • Custom Properties
  • Component Media
  • 360 Panoramic
The other extensionExcel 3DLoad models directly in Excel. Export component data to worksheets. Filter the model by clicking rows and the worksheet by selecting components. Colour either one by any field.

Connect your report to a live model.

Read the full guide, or tell us about your setup and we will let you know whether it is a good fit.

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