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IFC Improvements


IFC 4 export support

IFC 4 export is now fully supported

IFC (Industry Foundation Classes) is an international construction industry standard for data transfer between different software applications.

IFC 4(.X) is the most recently released file format and commonly used file format today.

The renewed IFC export technique ensures updating and the utilization of improved IFC features in the future.

Vertex also supports the older IFC 2x3 version. Read more: IFC 2x3 to IFC 4.


New dialog

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Sub model handling


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Export sub models


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Speed improvements and size of final IFC has been decreased


Have speeded up 1000x faster

Size of final file has 15-100x smaller




Customize export rules

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Grids to IFC

Note: Check Show/Hide Grids in your viewer

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Export selected by right-click


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Export again

IFC export settings are saved to building

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If you export again with same name to another customized location

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Export also managed through sub models

For example, you want only external walls from the entire building even if they are in sub models.

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IFC import 


New dialog


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Interrupt IFC4 import with Esc

Use Esc-key to interrupt IFC import



Original source file information added to IFC properties

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IFC conversion improvements


Convert IFC object to Vertex objects with Common rule

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IFC property sets


Wall layers with property sets

You can add IFC property sets to layer

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Follows to walls...

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and to panels

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IFC UI


Set visibility

ARC

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STR

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Allow deleting individual IFC objects

You can not delete IFC objects by default. You can switch the feature on or off and you can also change the name of the imported IFC file.

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Exported IFC files now in document browser


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Improvements to right-click menu for IFC objects

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After you have selected one IFC object you can select IFC functions from the right-click menu.

This makes handling IFC objects easier.



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GUID for object


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  • Guid is never copied except on two special cases:

    • When saving shared model Guids are copied

    • When updating shared model to main model Guids are copied

  • Guids are initialized when creating a new building based on an existing building

  • IFC GUID is compressed GUID