MicroStation V8i SS4: IFC

RE: MicroStation V8i SS4: IFC

Dan Eng — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 11:24:58 GMT

Hello Jon,

As Paul mentions, IFC 4 is a Technology Preview for MicroStation V8i SELECTseries 4 and the product description will be updated from Beta to Technology Preview. I apologize for any confusion this may have caused.

Thanks,
Daniel Eng

RE: MicroStation V8i SS4: IFC

Marc Thomas — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 11:18:35 GMT

Hi Jon,

Just to add to Paul's comments, the about to be released AECOsim Building Designer SS6 Update 1, which is based on the MicroStation SS4 platform, includes limited support for IFC 4 Open/Reference and IFC4 Export. The Open/Reference part is MicroStation SS4 platform technology, export is provided by additions to ABD's IFC Export functions. These features are being branded 'Technology Preview' in ABD.

Other vendors offer IFC4 features, there are even claims from a certain vendor's marketing material that they are IFC4 certified, which is obviously impossible as the certification processes have not even been published yet.

We have exposed our current IFC4 capabilities for use in beta form to enable our users to have access to IFC4 data that they may encounter. This should help us to gather feedback and sample data from their IFC4 experiences that will inform our development.

However IFC4 will not be a really meaningful data sharing format until all vendors have gone though the appropriate certification process with buildingsmart.org.

Our initial IFC4 implementation seeks to be compatible with what currently available IFC viewers and applications, which do not yet support IFC4 or do not support some of the advanced geometric representation or other IFC4 specific concepts, are able to handle.

We will be working towards a full implementation and certification for the buildingSMART Reference View in AECOsim Building Designer as the process becomes available from buildingSMART.

RE: MicroStation V8i SS4: IFC

Paul Chater — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 10:50:35 GMT

Hi,

IFC 4 is currently a technology preview due to the lack of IFC 4 data in the market. Whilst there is a specification for it and we have implemented to that specification there is not enough real world data available to for us to certify it to our satisfaction.

Unlike IFC 2 there is currently no Building SMART certification tests available which we would use in this process.

Regards

Paul Chater

RE: MicroStation V8i SS4: IFC

Jose Pinho — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 10:08:54 GMT

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RE: MicroStation V8i SS4: IFC

Maria Garcia — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 10:08:36 GMT

Hi Jon,
I just saw that in the Pop up information from Fulfillment center.
I will pass this to development. Thanks for letting us know

Regards
Maria

RE: MicroStation V8i SS4: IFC

Maria Garcia — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 10:05:39 GMT

Hi Jon,

Where exactly did you see that?

I downloaded the readme file and beta is not mentioned there

Regards

Maria