IFC Export and BIM

Available in TurboCAD Pro and Pro Platinum Only

IFC stands for Industry Foundation Classes (IFC). This is a standard data model used to describe data for the building and construction industries

It is a platform neutral, open file format specification commonly used collaboration format for Building information modeling (BIM). 

The following Items are exported to IFC:

  1. Architectural objects Architecture Tools
  2. Custom Properties Custom Properties, Database, and Reports
  3. Property Sets Property Set Definitions

The data is mapped as follows:

TurboCAD Object

IFC Object

Drawing

IfcProject
IfcSite
IfcBuilding
IfcBuildingStorey

IfcPropertySet(Pset_ProjectCommon)

IfcPropertySet(Pset_BuildingCommon)

IfcPropertySet(Pset_BuildingStoreyCommon)

Wall

IfcWallStandardCase

Wall style

IfcMatarial

Window

IfcOpening
IfcWindow

Window style

IfcWindowLiningProperties

IfcWindowPanelProperties

IfcPropertySet(Pset_WindowCommon)

IfcPropertySet(Pset_DoorWindowGlazingType)

Door

IfcOpening

IfcDoor

Door style

IfcDoorLiningProperties

IfcDoorPanelProperties

IfcPropertySet(Pset_DoorCommon)

IfcPropertySet(Pset_DoorWindowGlazingType)

Slab

IfcSlab

Slab style

IfcMaterial

Stair

IfcStair

Stair style

IfcPropertySet(Pset_StairCommon)

Rail

IfcRailing

Rail style

IfcPropertySet(Pset_RailingCommon)

Roof

IfcRoof

Roof style

IfcMaterial

Landscape

IfcBuildingElementProxy

Other 3D objects

IfcBuildingElementProxy

Layer

IfcPresentationLayerWithStyle

Custom properties

IfcPropertySet(TC_Pset_Custom)

Property set

IfcPropertySet(property set definition name )