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INTRODUCTION 2

Introduction

BIM (Building Information Modeling) is a model-based was IFC (Industry Foundation Classes). The IAI was Since 2005 IFC - version 2x3 - was adopted as an
process that allows architects, engineers, clients, and renamed to buildingSMART in 2005. ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
contractors, to procure, design, build and manage standard (ISO 16739:2005). From ISO 16730: 2017
Today, Autodesk is member of the buildingSMART
buildings and infrastructure. The core of BIM is a digital the standard was adopted by CEN (Comité Européen
Strategic Advisory Council (SAC), “designed to appeal
representation of physical and functional characteristics de Normalisation / European Committee for
to those leading multinational enterprises who believe
of an asset. The most important Autodesk tools for the Standardization) and since then IFC has become a
that full implementation and adoption of open BIM is
creation and modification of BIM data are Autodesk European standard, too. As collaboration is the core
strategically important to the built environment sector”
Revit for buildings and Autodesk Civil 3D for large scale intent of IFC, buildingSMART developed a certification
and who forward IFC as a common data standard for
infrastructure. program for software-products.5
interoperability.” 2
Provided that all of those involved in the design process Due to the complexity of BIM projects, varying
In addition, Autodesk joined the Open Design
are working with the same software tools, collaboration requirements for project design delivery, and differing
Alliance (ODA) in 2020 to fast track Improvements to
is hassle free and data exchange is straight forward. capabilities between software platforms and vendors, it
Interoperability. 3
Collaboration tools for examining data quality like is essential for AEC practitioners and project teams to
Revit’s interoperability tools are integrated in the IFC is the basis for exchanging data between different understand the basic principles of openBIM workflows,
authoring software, reports may be generated at any applications through openBIM workflows for building which this manual will discuss. Central to this manual
time in user defined quality. This process is called native design, construction, procurement, maintenance, are on the IFC capabilities of Autodesk Revit. We also
BIM. and operation, within project teams and across include a chapter on IFC for AutoCAD products, and
software applications. According to buildingSMART, look to existing and emerging openBIM standards and
In larger projects and complex team structures, native
IFC “is a standardized, digital description of the built capabilities for infrastructure projects.
BIM can be a challenge, due to a variety of different
environment, including buildings and civil infrastructure.
authoring software tools from different vendors used For a current and updated list of useful links included in
It is an open, international standard, meant to be
for the individual design tasks. In order to work on an this document, please visit the Autodesk IFC resources.
vendor-neutral, or agnostic, and usable across a wide
integrated collaboration across software platforms,
range of hardware devices, software platforms, and
Autodesk convened 12 industry leading companies to
interfaces for many different use cases.” 4
found the Industry Alliance for Interoperability (IAI) in
1996.1 The main concept developed by this consortium

1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BuildingSMART
2) https://www.buildingsmart.org/community/members/strategic/
3) https://adsknews.autodesk.com/news/open-design-alliance-membership
4) https://technical.buildingsmart.org/standards/ifc/
5) https://www.buildingsmart.org/compliance/software-certification/certified-software/
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INTRODUCTION 2 OPTIONS FOR THE EXPORT OF IFC FILES 18 FURTHER USE CASES AND TIPS 37

UNDERSTANDING IFC 4 BASIC IFC STRUCTURE 18 EXPORTING FLOORS TO IFC 37

IFC FILE FORMATS 4 IFCPROJECT 18 MODELLING SLABS FOR IFC EXPORT 37

IFC SCHEMA VERSIONS 4 IFCPROJECT WITH IFCSITE 19 CUT OPENINGS 38

MODEL VIEW DEFINITIONS (MVD) 5 IFCBUILDING 20 NESTED FAMILIES 38

GEOMETRIC REPRESENTATION IN IFC 8 IFCBUILDINGSTOREY 21 ASSIGNING ASSEMBLIES 38

IFC VIEWERS 9 USING IFC SHARED PARAMETERS 21 ZONES 39

REVIT IFC OPEN SOURCE 10 EXPORT FOR LAYER-BASED SOFTWARE 23

IFC EXPORT SETTINGS DIALOG 23 APPENDIX 40

USING IFC FILES IN REVIT 11 GENERAL SETTINGS 24 DYNAMO AND IFC 40

GENERAL SETTINGS 11 ADDITIONAL CONTENT 27 ADDING CLASSIFICATIONS TO REVIT 40

LINK IFC 11 PROPERTY SETS 27 IFC EXPORT FOR AUTOCAD BASED PRODUCTS 41

OPEN IFC 13 LEVEL OF DETAIL 31 CREATING IFC CLASSES AND ASSIGNING 41

PROPERTIES 42

IFC EXPORT FROM REVIT 14 USING CLASSIFICATIONS IN REVIT 34

DEFAULT MAPPING 14 CLASSIFICATION BASICS 34 DIGITAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT FOR IFC

PROJECTS BY TOBIAS SCHMIDT, TÜV SÜD 44
INDIVIDUAL MAPPING 15 UNICLASS 2015 34

AUTODESK CLASSIFICATION MANAGER OMNICLASS® 35

FOR REVIT 17 EIR AND BEP BY PETER KOMPOLSCHEK 50
CLASSIFICATIONS WITH THE AUTODESK
CLASSIFICATION MANAGER FOR REVIT 35

ADVANCED / MULTIPLE CLASSIFICATIONS 36