ARCHICAD Model Setup for IFC Export to Revit

[Andrea Polgar]

Basics

Coordinate among Project Stakeholders

Most projects that encounter troubles later on, do so, because of the lack of preliminary coordination! Organize a BIMCoordination meeting to agree upon the following:

• project location and coordinates
• Project North direction
• Story setup

Prepare a BIM Manual and share it with all the stakeholders. The BIM Manual should include:

• The stakeholders and their exact responsibilities
• The data exchange protocol
• The data agreed upon at the BIM coordination meeting
• project specific BIM requirements

Set Element Parameters

• Define the Structural Function of the element
• Set the Position of the element within your project
• Set the IFC Classification of your element
• Enable the necessary IFC properties for the element or create mapping rules

Organize Elements

• Make sure all project elements are assigned to proper layers.

This will enable you to easily hide elements that you do not wish to include in the IFC.

• Hide all layers that do not contain elements relevant to your consultant receiving the IFC.

EXAMPLE: (e. g. signage, furniture, vegetation)

• Create a layer combination from the step above.
• Save a 3D view of your project that uses the previously created layer combination.

This will allow you to easily switch to a view from which you can save your IFC.