Graphisoft has been a member
of the International Alliance
for Interoperability (IAI)
since1996, paying close
attention to adhering to its
Industry Foundation Classes
(IFC). For
users, this means that they can
safely work in Archicad without
fear of being isolated from
consultants/clients using other
software. Industry-wide and
continuous sharing of
information between CAD (and
non-CAD) applications for the
life-cycle of the building is
the goal of the IFC.
The Exchange of IFC 1.5.1 (of
the “carcass” of a building) is
a meeting point for architects,
structural engineers, HVAC
engineers, cost estimators,
developers, facility managers,
etc.
Archicad was recently
certified by the IAI as
compliant with the IFC 1.5.1
standards; the
only other CAD companies to
receive this certification at
this point are Autodesk and
Nemetschek. The testing process
confirmed that files generated
in Archicad could be
understood by the other
applications, and vice versa,
and that the same objects were
generated. The applications also
had to meet the requirements of
the IFC Express model,
which includes constraints on
the values of the building
component attributes (e.g., wall
thickness must be greater than
zero).
Click here to read
about and download the free IFC
1.5.1 Add-on.
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