When you are convinced that the IFC model meets the requirements, you publish it into a new IFC file and deliver it normally to the receiver e.g. Finally you preview the IFC model in Simplebim ®. This does not change the design solution, only the data structure used for exchanging information. The picture shows an example of moving the construction type information of walls to the place in IFC where IDA-ICE expects to find it. Validation guides the copy-editing and tells you what needs to be done. When the validation finds issues in the model you can copy-edit the data content and structures to meet the requirements. You don’t have to know these requirements yourself in advance because Simplebim ® will tell them to you. Simplebim ® tells for example if the model contains all required objects, if the objects have all required properties and if the properties have required values. As part of the IFC import Simplebim ® validates the IFC file against the requirements of the chosen use and shows you the results in an easy to understand interface. When you import the IFC file you choose its intended use, like energy and indoor condition analysis in IDA-ICE. The filtering of the data is easier done in Simplebim ® The default IFC export settings work for most of the use cases, but you can also create an IFC export filter in ArchiCAD that exports all available data into IFC. It is important that the resulting IFC file contains all the objects and properties required by the intended use. In the ArchiCAD – Simplebim ® workflow this happens as follows Before you send your information package to its receiver you must make sure it meets the requirements of its intended use.

IFC data exchange is just like any other professional data exchange.

Publishing IFC from ArchiCAD with Simplebim ® With Simplebim ® you get all these missing tools. There is no preiew for IFC models, no validation of their information content and data structures, and no tools for editing them in order to meet the requirements of the data exchange at hand. Simplebim ® takes care that your information ends up in the required IFC data structures.ĪrchiCAD, as all BIM authoring applications, is also missing the tools for managing the reliability and quality of IFC data exchange. As an ArchiCAD user you can concentrate on creating the information content of your design. The construction type of a wall is called construction type, not ‘IfcWallStandardCase > Pset_WallCommon > Reference (IfcIdentifier)’ like it is expressed in IFC.

In Simplebim ® information is managed with names you understand. But not all ArchiCAD users should be required to know the secrets of IFC. If you are an IFC expert you have pretty good control over what data is written to IFC and which IFC data structures are used. When ArchiCAD IFC capabilities fall shortĪrchiCAD has the most advanced IFC export capabilities on the market today.

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