IFC Add-on Commands
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2006-08-30
03:04 AM
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Doreena Deng
2006-08-30
03:04 AM
Hello
Has anyone got any documentation about commands that are exposed for the IFC Add-on ?
I want to save as IFC from my Add-on , is there a better way to do this? Am I barking up the wrong tree?Or just "barking"?
Kind of frustrated with lack of information , there is an example in the API documentation of how to ask DWX Input Output (or what ever its called) add-on to 'save as' . But I can n't see any documentation of the commands exposed for that Add-on either.
So given that IFC is ment to be used for interoperability - how do I ask ArchiCAD to save as IFC from my Add-0n -
Any hints would just be fantatic
Has anyone got any documentation about commands that are exposed for the IFC Add-on ?
I want to save as IFC from my Add-on , is there a better way to do this? Am I barking up the wrong tree?Or just "barking"?

Kind of frustrated with lack of information , there is an example in the API documentation of how to ask DWX Input Output (or what ever its called) add-on to 'save as' . But I can n't see any documentation of the commands exposed for that Add-on either.
So given that IFC is ment to be used for interoperability - how do I ask ArchiCAD to save as IFC from my Add-0n -
Any hints would just be fantatic

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2006-10-03 12:44 PM
2006-10-03
12:44 PM
Hello Todd,
You can download the newest IFC add-on from the next URL:
http://www.graphisoft.com/support/ifc/downloads/public/
If you install it you can find IFC user's guide; "IFC_Guide_2xEd2_v3p5.pdf" in the "<ArchiCAD folder>/ArchiCAD Documentation" folder
Anyway it is recommended to download the last IFC add-on from the above URL because the IFC add-on in ArchiCAD package is 1/2 year old and we corrected some bugs in the newer version.
Regards,
Gyula
You can download the newest IFC add-on from the next URL:
http://www.graphisoft.com/support/ifc/downloads/public/
If you install it you can find IFC user's guide; "IFC_Guide_2xEd2_v3p5.pdf" in the "<ArchiCAD folder>/ArchiCAD Documentation" folder
Anyway it is recommended to download the last IFC add-on from the above URL because the IFC add-on in ArchiCAD package is 1/2 year old and we corrected some bugs in the newer version.
Regards,
Gyula
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2006-10-03 08:04 PM
2006-10-03
08:04 PM
Dear Gyula
I have read the IFC user's guide; "IFC_Guide_2xEd2_v3p5.pdf" in the "<ArchiCAD folder>/ArchiCAD Documentation" .
What we want to do is make the IFC Add-On (or an IFC Server Add-On) "Interface with" and do some work from another Add-On, not have to connect etc through the GUI as an end user. As the ArchiCAD "IFC Add On"s already connect to a server and or save an IFC File we would be doing work that has already been done by the ArchiCAD team.
The IFC user's guide omits a description of interfaces/commands made available to an Add-On developer.
My current understanding is that IFC Add-Ons supplied with or for ArchiCAD are not designed with such interfaces for a developer.
At this point in our development of a prototype system we are having to send messages to ArchiCAD to acheive this. This approach is what I call " a hack" and I would prefer not to have to do this.
I hope that at some time the IFC Add On will provide interfaces that allow commands to be executed from another Add-On.
Many Thanks Anyway
regards
Todd
I have read the IFC user's guide; "IFC_Guide_2xEd2_v3p5.pdf" in the "<ArchiCAD folder>/ArchiCAD Documentation" .
What we want to do is make the IFC Add-On (or an IFC Server Add-On) "Interface with" and do some work from another Add-On, not have to connect etc through the GUI as an end user. As the ArchiCAD "IFC Add On"s already connect to a server and or save an IFC File we would be doing work that has already been done by the ArchiCAD team.
The IFC user's guide omits a description of interfaces/commands made available to an Add-On developer.
My current understanding is that IFC Add-Ons supplied with or for ArchiCAD are not designed with such interfaces for a developer.
At this point in our development of a prototype system we are having to send messages to ArchiCAD to acheive this. This approach is what I call " a hack" and I would prefer not to have to do this.
I hope that at some time the IFC Add On will provide interfaces that allow commands to be executed from another Add-On.
Many Thanks Anyway
regards
Todd