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How to write IFC Material Layer

  • January 13, 2022
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ekkischeffler
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I'm manipulating an IFC file, writing it back to IFC with a few changes. So far I couldn't figure out how to write a Material Layer Set. I can see it is defined in the geometry traits of my original IFC file but when I write it back out it seems to remove the information. Has anyone done this?

Geometry traits on original IFC:

Material Layer Geometry TraitsOriginal data:

imageIFC file translated with FME:

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Best answer by daveatsafe

Hi @ekkischeffler​,

I'm sorry, but the IFC writer cannot presently write Materials or Type objects. We are working towards a new IFC reader/writer that will solve this problem, but this will take some time to implement.

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Hi @ekkischeffler​,

I'm sorry, but the IFC writer cannot presently write Materials or Type objects. We are working towards a new IFC reader/writer that will solve this problem, but this will take some time to implement.

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Thanks @daveatsafe​ for letting me know!

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