IFC - Industry Foundation Classes/Software Comparison

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This is the start of a page comparing the implementation of Industry Foundation Classes in different software. The main purpose is to be able to understand the differences in the implementation rather than making a direct comparison of features.

Unfortunately different software stores IFC properties with different names.

  1. Revit IFC export #

This text is based on Revit 2022. (make sure you read Revit and IFC classes which has more details).

Text stored in the authoring parameter IfcExportType will define the IFC Class. For example, as IfcFooting.

Solibri will show this as the IFC Entity. BIMcollab ZOOM will show this as the IFC Element

Text stored in the authoring parameter IfcExportType will define the IFC Predefined Type. For example, as STRIP_FOOTING.

BIMcollab ZOOM & Solibri will show this as the Predefined Type.

IFC terminology Example BIMcollabZOOM BlenderBIM OpenIfcViewer Revit Solibri
IFC Class IfcFooting IFC Element IfcExportAs IFC Element
IFC Predefined Type STRIP_FOOTING Predefined Type IfcExportType Predefined Type