https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/Can-IFC-export-embed-openings-directly-into-element-geometry/m-p/673867#M43917 <P>Is it possible to export IFC with openings baked into the element geometry instead of as separate IfcOpeningElement voids?</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P class="p1">In other words, instead of exporting a wall plus an opening relationship, the wall would be exported as a solid that already has the hole cut out.</P> <P>This would be handy when a wall needs a cut but there’s no actual opening — using the opening tool would be much simpler than modeling with boolean operations.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="vlahtinen_0-1755595926063.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/91027i0D6F840B8DB0089C/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="vlahtinen_0-1755595926063.png" alt="vlahtinen_0-1755595926063.png" /></span></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Does Archicad support this? From what I can see in the IFC export settings, openings always seem to be exported as <SPAN class="s1">IfcOpeningElement</SPAN>.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="vlahtinen_1-1755595958991.png" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/91028i0C3CBF6D280E0E98/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="vlahtinen_1-1755595958991.png" alt="vlahtinen_1-1755595958991.png" /></span></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 19 Aug 2025 16:12:30 GMT vlahtinen 2025-08-19T16:12:30Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/Can-IFC-export-embed-openings-directly-into-element-geometry/m-p/673867#M43917 <P>Is it possible to export IFC with openings baked into the element geometry instead of as separate IfcOpeningElement voids?</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P class="p1">In other words, instead of exporting a wall plus an opening relationship, the wall would be exported as a solid that already has the hole cut out.</P> <P>This would be handy when a wall needs a cut but there’s no actual opening — using the opening tool would be much simpler than modeling with boolean operations.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="vlahtinen_0-1755595926063.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/91027i0D6F840B8DB0089C/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="vlahtinen_0-1755595926063.png" alt="vlahtinen_0-1755595926063.png" /></span></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Does Archicad support this? From what I can see in the IFC export settings, openings always seem to be exported as <SPAN class="s1">IfcOpeningElement</SPAN>.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="vlahtinen_1-1755595958991.png" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/91028i0C3CBF6D280E0E98/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="vlahtinen_1-1755595958991.png" alt="vlahtinen_1-1755595958991.png" /></span></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 19 Aug 2025 16:12:30 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/Can-IFC-export-embed-openings-directly-into-element-geometry/m-p/673867#M43917 vlahtinen 2025-08-19T16:12:30Z