topic Re: If IFCSpace = AC Zone, what is IFCZone in AC? in Collaboration with other software

If IFCSpace = AC Zone, what is IFCZone in AC?

sondermann — Sun, 24 Jun 2018 17:56:22 GMT

Its recommended BIM Software allows for combining IFCSpaces (like AC zones) into larger entities (in IFCrepresented as IFCZone). As far as I can see there is no such a feature in ARCHICAD?
What is GS' concept of grouping zones - the categories?

Re: If IFCSpace = AC Zone, what is IFCZone in AC?

felcunha — Sun, 24 Jun 2018 19:58:03 GMT

sondermann wrote:
Its recommended BIM Software allows for combining IFCSpaces (like AC zones) into larger entities (in IFCrepresented as IFCZone). As far as I can see there is no such a feature in ARCHICAD?
What is GS' concept of grouping zones - the categories?

You can't unfortunately deal with IfcZones in Archicad, nor have an equivalent to them.
You can only work with them (and associate IfcSpaces (AC Zones) into IfcZones (AC NOTHING) in the Ifc Manager.
And, what is sad is that you can't do it automatically...

Re: If IFCSpace = AC Zone, what is IFCZone in AC?

Laszlo Nagy — Sun, 24 Jun 2018 20:50:07 GMT

Here is what the Help files say about this:

https://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/guides/archicad-22/archicad-22-reference-guide/working-with-ifc/appendix-ifc-terms-and-concepts/ifc-data-types/#XREF_62296_IFC_Assignments

As Felipe pointed out, this cannot be done automatically, but in the lower left portion of the File>Interoperability>IFC>IFC Project Manager Dialog you can group IfcSpaces into IfcZones and you can even group several IfcZones into another IfcZone.

Re: If IFCSpace = AC Zone, what is IFCZone in AC?

sondermann — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 09:24:28 GMT

Thank you both! But of course grouping AC zones "manually" feels like there is some dev potential left 😉

Tuning zone categories BIM-wise would be nice?

Best, Horst