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Revit to ARCHICAD Exchange – Door Swing Issue

Posted on August 22, 2019 by chidam

Recently came across an issue with door swings when IFC file is exported from Revit 2019 (19.2.10.7). The doors get mirrored when imported into ARCHICAD or Solibri. This is a big concern as the submission drawings were produced with swing direction against the exit direction. This was due to missing information in Revit. The Door family should have the Operation parameter defined and there is also a specific way to indicate the door swing with lines.

IFC Export of Migrated/Linked Projects from ARCHICAD 21

Posted on December 7, 2017 by sandor

Forward migration is usually relatively smooth with ARCHICAD nowadays, but if it’s paired with some hotlinking and IFC export then the new features might cause some confusion.
Two of the latest additions to ARCHICAD are the introduction of Classification Systems and the improved IFC Translator settings, which both provide a lot of opportunities and smart management functions for the user, but during migration+hotlinking+IFC export they will need some extra cautiousness, otherwise the user might get unexpected results. Even though this might not be a mainstream case, we just had a few support issues in Singapore because of this, so let me give a generic explanation, hoping to clear up the confusion as much as possible 🙂

Project Base Files for Coordination

Posted on February 23, 2016 by chidam

Architectural team shall setup a Project Base File that can be used by the rest of the project partners to facilitate smooth coordination. Base file can be called as a project specific template that consist of the common project settings like Location, Orientation, Grids and Levels. This is required regardless of the BIM authoring tool selected and if more than one tool (ex. Architectural in ARCHICAD, Structural in Tekla and MEP in REVIT) is used then it is good to have the setup in all selected BIM authoring tools. The settings shall be exchanged through IFC as well.
Let us see in this post on how to setup the project base file in ARCHICAD and REVIT.