topic Re: Automated IFC Export in Archicad C++ API

Automated IFC Export

Enea — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 07:37:29 GMT

Dear,

In the company I work for we use a multidisciplinary collaboration tool that relies on the use of IFC files to build a coordinated model. The modelling software involved in our workflows allow the parameterization and automatic conversion of native models (on virtual machines during the night). We do this through the use of dedicated add-ons.

I am looking for a technical solution to export Archicad models to IFC automatically.

Anyone have a method to share?

In advance thanks for you collaboration,

Enea

Re: Automated IFC Export

Mathias Jonathan — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 09:29:58 GMT

You should look in the python direction.

The tapir add-on (Tapir add-on) expanded the original add-on to add some command such as "PublishPublisherSet"

Re: Automated IFC Export

dradomtsev — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 09:11:31 GMT

Hi Enea,
You can do this with custom Archicad C++ API add-on. AC devkit has an example called "Automate_Functions" where you will find "Do_Save_IfcFile()" function that utilizes ACAPI_Automate( APIDo_SaveID, API_FileSavePars* fileSavePars, API_SavePars_...* formatPars, ... ). You'll need to setup internal IFC parameters. like translator and element filter/set, in formatPars and file settings, like output file location and file type, in fileSavePars.

Regards,
Dmytro