masterformat classification

[alemanda]

Is there any chance to have a preset masterformat classification?
Is it possible to create custom rules for classification?

[alemanda]

alemanda wrote:
The most "difficult" and tedious part is to prepare the data.
But I found a way ...

Does anyone have a tabulated txt containing the numbers of Masterformat 2014?
This is an example:
00 20 00 (tab)Instructions for Procurement

[Laszlo Nagy]

Looks good so far.

About your question: What I have found is that there is an IFC Rules folder in the "Defaults" folder of the ArchiCAD application folder. And then there is an IFC Rules folder in the "Graphisoft" folder of your User Profile folder.
When ARCHICAD starts, it checks whether the User Profile's IFC Rules folder contains the same files as the Defaults folder. If not, it will copy the missing XML files from the Defaults folder to the User Profile's IFC Rules folder.
What I found is that if an XML file exists in the User Profile's IFC Rules folder, the one existing in the Default folder will not overwrite it.

So I think that the Apply Predefined Rule Dialog reads the file from the User folder, not the Defaults folder.
However, you may have to restart ARCHICAD for it to read changes made in the XML file. So if ARCHICAD is open, and you modify the XML, you should quit then restart ARCHICAD. For me that worked and it read the changes in the XML file.

[alemanda]

laszlonagy wrote:
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However, you may have to restart ARCHICAD for it to read changes made in the XML file. So if ARCHICAD is open, and you modify the XML, you should quit then restart ARCHICAD. For me that worked and it read the changes in the XML file.

For me it didn't work. When I close archicad and open again it I don't see the new xml IFC rule set, even if it has a new name in the folder.

[Laszlo Nagy]

I think you should create the new XML file in C:\Users\<Username>\Graphisoft\IFC Rules 19.0.0 INT folder. Also, this is the XML file you should modify. In my experience, after modification of the XML file you need to restart ARCHICAD for it to read the new version of the file.
Could it be that you modified a file in another folder?

[alemanda]

Yes. I was modifying the xml file in the program files folder.
Now I'm working in the user folder.

I reached the 12 division...

[Erwin Edel]

Seems odd this is not part of the US / Canada template.

We've got the local Dutch classification systems (and then some) in the dutch localisation.

[Laszlo Nagy]

alemanda wrote:
Yes. I was modifying the xml file in the program files folder.
Now I'm working in the user folder.

I reached the 12 division...

Yes, that was probably the problem.
If Defaults\IFC Rules folder contains an XML file, and the same XML file exists in the User\Graphisoft\IFC Rules folder, ARCHICAD will not overwrite the latter file if you modify the file with the same name in the Defaults folder.
The only thing it does is if an XML file does not exist in the User folder, it will copy it there from the Defaults folder. But if it already exists in the User folder, it does not touch it.

[Aaron Bourgoin]

Erwin wrote:
Seems odd this is not part of the US / Canada template.

We've got the local Dutch classification systems (and then some) in the dutch localisation.

We are very, very late to the game here. Unfortunately. :- (

[alemanda]

Almost done.

[alemanda]

Finished.
48 divisions implemented.
At the moment the classifications does not distinguish the type so every numbers can be associated to every item in the model.

Can I share it? Moderators, please advice about it.

I'm investigating the possibility, applying the rule, to add a IFC property (example a specification text)