https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Installation-update/IfcMaterial-mapping-by-IfcExport/m-p/269700#M27970 <DIV class="actalk-migrated-content"><T>Is there a workaround for overriding the Building Material mapping to IfcMaterial. When Exporting to Ifc, ArchiCAD fills the IfcMaterial string with the predefined Building Material. <BR /> Building Materials are usefull for giving materials priority. In the same time a list of Building Materials appear by using those priorities. For Example we use different names for the same Building Material in context of IsExternal and LoadBearing. It looks like this.<BR /> <BR /> 21 - Kalkzandsteen C<BR /> 21 - Kalkzandsteen NC<BR /> 22 - Kalkzandsteen C<BR /> 22 - Kalkzandsteen NC<BR /> <BR /> 21 = refering to IsExternal = true<BR /> 22 = refering to IsExternal = false<BR /> C = refering to LoadBearing = true<BR /> NC = refering to LoadBearing = false<BR /> <BR /> The use of priorities is intergraded in the use of namegiving.<BR /> <BR /> By reading the Ifc in, for example Solibri, the IfcMaterial is filled with the names above. <BR /> IsExternal and LoadBearing is material independent. So the name of the IfcMaterial should be 'Kalkzandsteen'.<BR /> There for I'm looking fo a workaround to get IfcMaterial mapped to 'Kalkzandsteen' instead of, for example '21 - Kalkzandsteen C'<BR /> <BR /> I hope someone can help</T></DIV> Sat, 18 Mar 2017 07:45:29 GMT Anonymous 2017-03-18T07:45:29Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Installation-update/IfcMaterial-mapping-by-IfcExport/m-p/269700#M27970 <DIV class="actalk-migrated-content"><T>Is there a workaround for overriding the Building Material mapping to IfcMaterial. When Exporting to Ifc, ArchiCAD fills the IfcMaterial string with the predefined Building Material. <BR /> Building Materials are usefull for giving materials priority. In the same time a list of Building Materials appear by using those priorities. For Example we use different names for the same Building Material in context of IsExternal and LoadBearing. It looks like this.<BR /> <BR /> 21 - Kalkzandsteen C<BR /> 21 - Kalkzandsteen NC<BR /> 22 - Kalkzandsteen C<BR /> 22 - Kalkzandsteen NC<BR /> <BR /> 21 = refering to IsExternal = true<BR /> 22 = refering to IsExternal = false<BR /> C = refering to LoadBearing = true<BR /> NC = refering to LoadBearing = false<BR /> <BR /> The use of priorities is intergraded in the use of namegiving.<BR /> <BR /> By reading the Ifc in, for example Solibri, the IfcMaterial is filled with the names above. <BR /> IsExternal and LoadBearing is material independent. So the name of the IfcMaterial should be 'Kalkzandsteen'.<BR /> There for I'm looking fo a workaround to get IfcMaterial mapped to 'Kalkzandsteen' instead of, for example '21 - Kalkzandsteen C'<BR /> <BR /> I hope someone can help</T></DIV> Sat, 18 Mar 2017 07:45:29 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Installation-update/IfcMaterial-mapping-by-IfcExport/m-p/269700#M27970 Anonymous 2017-03-18T07:45:29Z