Basic IFC Concepts for Revit users

IFC stands for Industry Foundation Classes and is an open standard for BIM Data exchange is developed by the buildingSMART association. In this video you will learn the basics of IFC and the main things you need to consider before exporting from Revit.

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:30 What is IFC?
01:25 Using the IFC documentation
03:47 IFC mapping table in Revit
05:04 Model View Definitions (MVD)
06:00 open source Revit IFC
07:06 Reviewing your IFC Files

Useful links:

Recommended freeware IFC Viewers:

You can also view IFC files in following Autodesk solutions:

I also regularly blog about IFC and interoperability (mostly in German):

#Revit​ #openBIM​ #IFC

[roquerodriguez]

Great video! Please continue with the series. OpenBIM will be the way to go in the near future. Finding resources to correctly work with IFC in Revit for me has been difficult. Again great video, eager to see more of your content.

[johanvanmol]

Thank you for this great video. It has always been difficult to find good IFC manuals or tutorials. The Autodesk Revit IFC Manual was a good first step, but personally I like to learn by using video tutorials. I subscribed to your channel, and am looking forward to your future videos.

[robm]

Thanks for the clear and informative videos. Clients want IFC, so it really important to know how Revit can help me to meet their needs.

[TheMennoMekes]

I love the name of your chanel! You were probably as surprised as I am that the name didn't exist already...
Very good explaination, I'm looking forward to watch your more in-depth videos on the topic.

[roobertssuccess]

Super erklärt - können wir so unseren Anwendern weiterschicke ! Danke !

[vector-bit]

Great explanation, looking forward to new content from this channel

[AhmadHishamPlus]

Thank you so much, great video, looking forward for the complete playlist

[murillopiazzi]

Thank you for sharing this content Lejla! Until you started this series, information on IFC for non-programmers was scattered on the internet. I think we were all waiting for a series like this to be released. It is even better coming from you, the author of the official handbook for Revit.

[mrtda]

Thank you very much it’s really very useful series please continue and don’t stop

[Elirenn]

Very clear, great videos. Please continue!

[nardinshamleh]

Amazing, clear explanation and to the point 🙏
Thanks a lot
Excited to follow up with all your uploads.

[consense-bim]

I think there is a main misconception of IFC. In contrast to Revit, IFC does not limit the creation of geometry based on the IFC-class / category. In fact, one does not need geometry at all - or you can add as many geometries as you need. Once one gets their head around this concept it becomes clear how limited Revit is compared to a full fledged IFC implementation (hope this will be available one day)

[yashpatel]

Very usefull...please upload more videos

[atakanbilgili]

Keep the good content up, thank you:))

[User__]

thank you so much that was so informative! I have a question for you pleas, is there a professional certificate that I could seek for?

[jaechangko]

Thanks for the video! Have you also tried to transfer the IFC file to neo4j?

[fabio_santarossa]

These videos you made are pure gold, thankyou! Sometimes I wonder if it will be possible to override system family IFC category, for example to use a curtain wall to make a railing, and to export it as railing (the same to use it as a Window...) What do you think about it? I know that if I don't wanna have problems I have to stick with the correct category but I mean, Curtain Walls are one of the most versatile objects in Revit, so wouldn't it be wonderful to simply remap it into something else?

[marwanbeaino]

Tolle Content ! Eine kurze Frage bitte: haben Sie auch Ihre Channel auch aus Deutsch ? Danke !

[sbr]

is there an automatic fill to IFC data ? instead of doing it manually ?

[uvachat]

hi. good video and very informative. I have a revit model in 2022 version and have to convert to 2021 version for collaboration. Please advise. thanks in advance