I have a contractor who wishes us to deliver bridge models in IFC format. Is this currently possible in OBM? I'm not seeing IFC as an export option.
Hello Craig, We are currently working on this. While we are making good progress, the volume of work is enormous and it is difficult to commit to including full functionality in the Nov. release.
Thanks,
Sri
No worries, I appreciate it's not a small task.
Thanks for the prompt reply
Hi Luc,
OBM models (like all Microstation platform technology) models in real world coordinates so no specific coordinate translation needs to happen.
Regards,
Mark
OpenRoads Designer 2022 R3 (10.12) | Microstation 2023.1 | ProjectWise CE 3.4
Hi Craig,
In the meantime you can use the OpenRoads part of OBM to export to IFC if you need to.
You can create Meshes from your OBM solids (using the Mesh from Element tool, making sure to Keep Original), assign a Mesh Feature Definition to the meshes (under the Standards dropdown button in the Civil Ribbon tab) and then export to IFC using the "ifc export" keyin.
One thing to note is that it only exports the latest IFC 4 version so may not be compatible with older software.
Hi Sri, please can you refer if Bentley did some progress regarding implementing IFC export for OBM? Thanks for reply
BR Jiří B.