Export to IFC

Forum|Forum|12 years ago
July 12, 2013
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We have the requirement to work in a BIM environment, by exporting our 3D models to the IFC format (Industry Foundation Class)

We have both WF4 and Creo2.0

How can I export my assemblies to IFC?

2D Drawing

HamsterNL

Author

18-Opal

Is nobody working with IFC?

Any PTC employee willing to comment?

R

rvanderaa

1-Visitor

Hello Teun,

This year I investigate the possibilities to convert a Creo Elements Direct Modeling model to IFC. If you been interested send your mail adres to CreoApps4You@outlook.com so that i can send you some information.

Best regards,

Ronald.

HamsterNL

Author

18-Opal

Thanks for getting back.

Maybe you got my question wrong, but I am looking for a solution to EXPORT a PRO/E (or Creo) model to IFC. I am not looking for a way to IMPORT an IFC into PRO/E (or Creo). Besides...one thing which I noticed in your screenshots...did your "import IFC to Creo" smashed the modeltree into a flat structure? Does that mean that I need to spend time (money) to restructure the components into assemblies?

As far as LOD, any engineer who tries to export his complete assembly (with all the thousands nuts and bolts) to an IFC file should be fired on the spot. Simplified reps should be used to "trim the fat" and exclude the components which are not requried for the BIM model (like most of the nuts and bolts). Complex parts should be swapped with simplified representations, a shrinkwrapped model for example. You get the picture 🙂

Patriot_1776

22-Sapphire II

I'm down with IFC (Yeah, you know me!).

(Sorry, a little "rap" humor from the early '90's)

HamsterNL

Author

18-Opal

Frank, you are "naughty" (by nature) 😉

Patriot_1776

22-Sapphire II

Hah! SOMEONE get's it!

J

Jamesbala26

1-Visitor

I have tried exporting my model with the inbuilt IFC exporter. But I could only open it in revit as a single block, which was a big concern. After a lot of research, I tried a trial version of bim-dex plugin. It helped the IFC file maintain the classes and hierarchy inside revit as per my client's requirement. Hope this helps your use case too!