Industry Foundation Classes

Use

You can import and view Industry Foundation Classes Format (.ifc, .ifcxml) files.

Supported

  • Supports hierarchical tree as represented in the file

  • Model properties with categories

  • Object attributes; for example, color, opacity, visibility (components and geometry nodes), and object names

  • Mesh Import

  • IFCSpace supported: Transparent volumetric geometry created to represent this type

Limitations

  • Scene tree hierarchy does not group similar entities

  • Only geometrical representations are imported. No project, process, and operation (task and task scheduling) related information is imported

  • Initial view is not respected when loaded in SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Author or SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Generator

  • Persistence Identifiers and CAD Identifiers not supported. GlobalID from IFC files for each entity imported as part of Metadata, which can be used for change management.

  • IFC format version 2x2 is not supported

  • IFCTRIANGULATEDFACESET and IFCCARTESIANPOINTLIST3D are not supported (as a result files with these entities may load incomplete).

Features

This format contains import options. You can use them to customize the way in which your file is opened.

Import Interface

Field

Functional Description

Import Metadata

Imports categories of properties stored in IFC files

Create Volumes for Interior/Exterior Spaces

Enables volumetric geometry creation for IFCSPACE-type objects

Create Volumes for Openings

Enables volumetric geometry creation for openings

Geometry Transformation
Transforms (rotate, position, and scale) the scene along the X, Y, and Z axes:

  • Rotation: Sets the degrees of rotation around each axis from 0 degrees to 360 degrees. The rotation values can be entered with up to 6 decimal places.

  • Scale: Scales the object along the X, Y, and Z axes

  • Position: Sets the position of the scene along the X, Y, and Z axes