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I recently had the pleasure of presenting at the 1st Build SA event of the year. Overall, it was a very informative event that packed heaps of useful content into a half-day of presentations, labs and…
Update: this version added some comprehension of IfcElementAssembly. What this means is that your converted IFC may end up with a subelement, and then a duplicate of it inside an IfcElementAssembly. I…
via email:IFC for Revit 2015 (v15.3.0.1):http://apps.exchange.autodesk.com/RVT/en/Detail/Index?id=appstore.exchange.autodesk.com%3aifc2015_windows32and64%3aen IFC Exporter for Revit 2014 (v3.13):http:…
Release notes show support for new Sketchup formats, and tcZip: Tekla BIMsight – Help Version 1.9.3 Download links:64bit32bit…
Teun De Vries shared an: “Excel document (download), with which you can build the mapping tables that Revit can use when importing from, or exporting to IFC. It is still a bèta. You can use it or even…
Automation is the key to productivity. Don’t we use computers so that they can do the repetitive, boring stuff while we focus on the creative, interesting things? In BIM world, if there is something t…
“Revit makes available the following IFC-specific files: IFC Metric Template.rte. This file allows you to create new projects that are already set to the IFC standard. IFC Parameter Upgrade.rvt. This …
It hasn’t shown up on Exchange yet, but it is already available for download on the Sourceforge page. There is an update to IFC 2015 (the one that is really robust, fast and accurate for Import and Ex…
I’m not saying that AceCad BIMReview is a great program, but its another free tool to keep in mind. There is also a good list going at http://bimblog.bondbryan.com/interoperability/, which includes:BI…
Just use the Objects – Application option: This will also detect the Revit version that a given IFC was exported from.…