Beginner's Guide to Authoring IFC (webinar by Jon Mirtschin)

You will learn:

— Fundamental explanations for authoring openBIM exchange IFC models.
— Comparison of IFC authoring configuration options with suggested "best practice"
— Introduction to referencing and importing received IFC files in authoring applications.
— Fundamental explanation on Model View Definitions.

Make sure you watch if you want to learn how to get starting with openBIM by authoring and consuming IFC data models.

About Jon Mirtschin:

Jon is a Director at Geometry Gym, who provide specialist tools and strategy for openBIM exchanges, and recently joined buildingSMART Australasia as a Director on the Board in 2018.

He has a proven track record in achieving practical outcomes using openBIM standards and technologies, and has opensourced his C# IFC toolkit for reading and writing IFC files and taken a leading role on prototyping technologies such as ifcjson and applying version control such as git to an ifc repository.

Jon brings technical and practical openBIM experience to the buildingSMART Australasia Board, that helps facilitate a stronger awareness and successful adoption of openBIM for clients and projects in Australasia.

He is also a member of the buildingSMART International Model Support Group, providing sample files for the technical documentation and testing proposals for IFC improvements.

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Thanks for sharing this content! We definitely need more webinars on IFC authoring as the ISO 19650 standards require open formats to be used.

Producing an IFC file that can be used by all parties involved in a project without any degree of re-work is still a laborious job.