Use Conversion Rules to Create Vertex Parts Easier

Create conversion rules

You can create conversion rules to the custom library by selecting IFC > IFC Conversions on the System tab, or to a building-specific library on the Convert IFC Objects to Vertex BD Objects dialog.

Wall conversion

• Click Select wall to select the library wall, that you want the IFC walls to be converted to. The height of the wall will be adjusted on conversion to match IFC model.
• Mirror mirrors the wall. If the conversion comes inside out, changing this will fix it and there is no need to change the reference line.
• Reference line adjusts the converted wall's selected side to match the side of the IFC wall.
• Offset moves the created wall outwards by the given length.
• Window and door conversions. Library windows and doors can be selected to be used instead of the geometry of IFC model's windows and doors. The size will be adjusted to match the opening created using IFC geometry. The size of the opening can be adjusted in horizontal and vertical direction. The given length will be evenly distributed to both sides in that direction.

Profile

• With the checkbox selections IfcBeam, IfcColumn and IfcMember you can set the rule to be used with only certain type of profiles.
• Select the wanted profile from the library. Set the Use value and rotate the profile around its main axis by entering a value in the Rotate field.

Type conversion

• Type column: The type of the IFC object.
• Conversion column: The type that you want the object to be handled as during the conversion.

Convert IFC objects to Vertex objects dialog

You can select one or many objects to be converted to Vertex parts. The dialog for the conversion opens from the contextual menu when the IFC objects are selected.

Convert

• Tries to convert the selected part to a Vertex part using the given rules.
• If no parts are selected, the conversion will be done for all the parts that are in the dialog.
• If no rule is selected, the conversion will be done using the properties and geometry of the IFC object.
• If the rule has been set earlier (e.g. converted and then the conversion has been deleted), it is possible to use it again also with an empty selection.
• If the selected rule has been updated after setting it to a part, you may choose which one to use.

Delete conversion

• Deletes all conversions made from the part.

List view

• Name
• Original Type
• Converted as Type - The type you want the part to be handled as during the conversion. This does not change the IFC object's type permanently.
• Conversion - The conversion rules saved to the library. Only the rules applicable to the type selected in the Converted as Type column will be listed.
• Status    
  • Type's conversion not supported - To be able to convert, you need to select another type to Converted as Type column.
  • Subpart of another conversion - The part may be converted when converting the parent part (for example windows in wall conversion) even when it is not selected to be converted.
  • Conversion succeeded/failed
  • Conversions deleted: count of deleted conversions
• You can change multiple Converted as Type and Conversion values at once by selecting wanted rows and changing the value for one of them.
• The Select type conversion dropdown list changes all Converted as Type values to match the rule.

Selection views

• Properties of selection view shows materials, type definition and Reference, IsExternal and LoadBearing values if defined in property sets.
• Selected conversion view shows the definition of the rule selected for the selected row.
• Selecting a row zooms to the according part.

Conversion rule buttons

• Create conversion rule creates a new conversion rule to the building-specific library.
• Edit rule edits the rule shown in the Selected conversion view. If the rule is in the system library, the edited rule is saved to the building-specific library.