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Exporting to IFC

Hi everybody. Please forgive me but i have never before used ArchiCAD. A colleague of mine has called in sick and a client has requested an IFC file. Could someone please reply with a quick and easy step-by-step walkthrough for exporting to a .IFC fi...

Finding out external surface of a building

Hello, What is the best, easiest and correct way to find out External surface of a building that has plastered surface over column, beam frame with masonry wall infill and of course has windows

Quantifying surfaces of rooms [zones]

Hello, Since i got some misleading/ confusing results hence i write this. A What is the best way to find out : 1 Area of vertical surfaces of a room[zone]- (walls, columns, beams, windows and doors). 2 Surfaces of sloping surfaces (roofs) covering a ...

Prob w/IFC2x3 Fav's #2:Pop-up Property window not editable

On some Psets there is a pop-up Property tab. If there are pre-defined (by graphisoft) properties, you can both fill in values as appropriate for these as well as create NEW Properties by clicking on the NEW tab. If, however, the Property tab does no...

Problems with IFC Favorites #1:IFC parameters don't transfer

Aaron Bourgoin raised some questions about IFC2x3 favorites http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=27665&highlight= and I started playing around with them. Select and element that has IFC. Open its settings box and on the IFC tab fill ou...

Exporting to 3DStudioMax

Before anyone even thinks about telling me to search these forums for an answer, please know that I HAVE searched these forums, I found some answers, but for some reason I still can't seem to get it to work. OK here goes: Using ArchiCAD 12 on a OSX 1...

Property Sets - What Can I Do With Them?

Ok, I've enabled the IFC2x3 Property Sets in my Tool Settings Scheme. I've got a spanky new tab in my settings dialog boxes with them. The Graphisoft User Guide refers to them, but I still don't understand how they are really meant to be used. This m...

BIM for Facilities Management - Is it Happening?

Is there a flavour of BIM reserved for post-occupancy applications? Is it really BIM or just another way to get 2D data into a dedicated FM system? Is that BIM? Is that object-based, parametric Facilities Management? The information on Revit, as leas...

"cannot write output format" notice :?:

hey, when i'm trying to save from model space on archicad to DWG format' this is the notification i receive only when i'm in the first floor. on other floors and sections it saves without any problem. this problem occurred on 2 different projects, bu...

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Exporting to IFC

Finding out external surface of a building

Quantifying surfaces of rooms [zones]

Prob w/IFC2x3 Fav's #2:Pop-up Property window not editable

Problems with IFC Favorites #1:IFC parameters don't transfer

Exporting to 3DStudioMax

Property Sets - What Can I Do With Them?

BIM for Facilities Management - Is it Happening?

"cannot write output format" notice :?:

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