topic Re: Material Catalog - Source Database? in Modeling

Material Catalog - Source Database?

Florian99 — Tue, 30 May 2023 10:26:12 GMT

hi,

Building Materials > Load from Catalog > Material Catalog....

Is it somewhere documented where that data comes from?

No details on help:

What is CONCRETE 1, 2, 3, 4 or GYPSUM 1, 2, 3, 4.?

Any more descriptive info would help a lot!

Thanks for any info/ hint

Florian

Re: Material Catalog - Source Database?

Lucian Laculeanu — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 17:49:47 GMT

Mine is here:

Macintosh HD / Applications / GRAPHISOFT / ARCHICAD 25 / Add-Ons / EnergyEvaluation / USA / MaterialCatalog.xml

Yours it should be in:

Program Files (x86?) / GRAPHISOFT / ....

Check there

Re: Material Catalog - Source Database?

Florian99 — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 19:58:36 GMT

Hi Lucian,

thanks a lot, that could help also for importing data!

But I was aiming to get to know where the data itself came from.

Like:

https://oneclicklca.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360014821860-Finding-Construction-Materials

https://www.oekobaudat.de/en/service/downloads.html

I think the more transparently the references are documented as to where the values come from, the more reliability can be created.

BR, Florian

Re: Material Catalog - Source Database?

Lucian Laculeanu — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 20:07:49 GMT

Got it. Then, imagine me shrugging... 🙂

I am thinking that they have a collaboration with the Hungarian Standards Board...

Re: Material Catalog - Source Database?

UenglishmanS — Tue, 28 May 2024 19:33:18 GMT

Florian99, hey I am looking for the same answer. All of the values that I can find are different than the catalogue's values. Was there any clarification to this question?

Re: Material Catalog - Source Database?

March_ Bruce — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 02:53:14 GMT

This is I understand the database used...

https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Project-data-BIM/New-Building-Material-Property-Set-for-Life-Cycle-Assessment-and/ta-p/338982