Hi @jneujens,
I'm sorry, but FME 2017 cannot read the terrain and alignment extension to IFC. We do have an existing enhancement request to add this support, which we anticipate for FME 2019. I will notify you as soon as the capability is available in beta.
FME's XML reading can be quite flexible, so if you could get an IFC-XML version of the data, we may be able to read that for yo, using a combination of the XML reader and transformers to interpret the geometry.
Hi @jneujens,
I'm sorry, but FME 2017 cannot read the terrain and alignment extension to IFC. We do have an existing enhancement request to add this support, which we anticipate for FME 2019. I will notify you as soon as the capability is available in beta.
FME's XML reading can be quite flexible, so if you could get an IFC-XML version of the data, we may be able to read that for yo, using a combination of the XML reader and transformers to interpret the geometry.
Thanks
DaveAtSafe, for your answer! I have no IFC-XML files, as I would like to try to create them from other data sources. I might try to create something in IFC-XML. Thanks!
Hi @jneujens,
I'm also interested in IFC for infrastructure.
Do you think it's possible to export an asset of infrastruscture with the current IFC writer ? I am not really aware of the IFC hierarchy ... I tried the Autocad to IFC conversion example from @DaveAtSafe but it doesn't display the same result !
Regards,
That is a very general question louis_c3. Sometimes your assets might fit to a certain IFC class, just so you can already visualize your data in IFC. To provide an answer I think I need your data or more specific information?
That is a very general question louis_c3. Sometimes your assets might fit to a certain IFC class, just so you can already visualize your data in IFC. To provide an answer I think I need your data or more specific information?
Here is the same sample of data I shared in my question : Writing in an extended data.
I receive solid 3d from autocad civil 3d and I would like to export those in IFC.
That is a very general question louis_c3. Sometimes your assets might fit to a certain IFC class, just so you can already visualize your data in IFC. To provide an answer I think I need your data or more specific information?
louis_c3 , what you can always try is to write your 3d example to 'IfcBuildingElementProxy'. BuildingSmart defines this type as: 'The IfcBuildingElementProxy is a proxy definition that provides the same functionality as an IfcBuildingElement, but without having a defined meaning of the special type of building element, it represents.'
Writing linear features (pipes, ducts, cables, etc.) in IFC is still an ongoing challenge, so using this generic feature type might work for you.
That is a very general question louis_c3. Sometimes your assets might fit to a certain IFC class, just so you can already visualize your data in IFC. To provide an answer I think I need your data or more specific information?
Ok thanks for the tip ! I will try something ;)
That is a very general question louis_c3. Sometimes your assets might fit to a certain IFC class, just so you can already visualize your data in IFC. To provide an answer I think I need your data or more specific information?
Thanks again for that tip ! It works now !
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I Hope the Infra Alignment enhancement made it to FME 2019
This Infrastructure enhancement would be welcome. Hope it makes it to FME 2019.
I just checked the enhancement request for IFC alignments and unfortunately there is nothing in the works yet for 2019. One thing I would recommend is to contact support@safe.com and provide some specific business case information for this. I have referenced this community query to the PR - increased queries can help raise the profile of enhancement requests like this.
There are a few developments of interest on the IFC_XML front. For one, we should have support for IFC XML reading soon in the 2019 beta. Also, if you do as Dave suggests and export your data as IFC XML (Revit supports this), you may be able to use FME's XML reader to read a subset of the data you are interested in. I created a custom reader for IFC XML Spaces which shows one approach of how you might tackle this - see: https://hub.safe.com/formats/ifcxml-ifcspace-reader
I just checked the enhancement request for IFC alignments and unfortunately there is nothing in the works yet for 2019. One thing I would recommend is to contact support@safe.com and provide some specific business case information for this. I have referenced this community query to the PR - increased queries can help raise the profile of enhancement requests like this.
There are a few developments of interest on the IFC_XML front. For one, we should have support for IFC XML reading soon in the 2019 beta. Also, if you do as Dave suggests and export your data as IFC XML (Revit supports this), you may be able to use FME's XML reader to read a subset of the data you are interested in. I created a custom reader for IFC XML Spaces which shows one approach of how you might tackle this - see: https://hub.safe.com/formats/ifcxml-ifcspace-reader
Thanks for the info and the efforts! ;)
