Hi All, I am looking for some advice with regards to an alternative CAD software to allow correct geometric properties export to IFC models. I have been a user of SketchUp for over 10 years and have not really used anything else. I run a small estimating services business for Builders, and I am fi…

I would be curious to hear your opinion about the PlusSpec plugin. I am using it for architectural design… But found that it had too limited functionality for custom designs. To many workarounds. It actually hinders my modeling now. It was written by a builder that needed to estimate quickly and mor…

I have reached out a couple of times to PlusSpec with regards to their latest release and have asked if when exporting to IFC whether the geometric properties are contained, however I have not had a response yet, hopefully soon. Frankly I am surprised that this issue has never be addressed by Sketc…

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Thanks Mike, really good article in the forum. Interesting that item 3 is where we are having problems with regarding the export of the IFC format not complying (as well as no geometric properties) I am aware that it is possible to add all of this information to dynamitic components on an individual…

I don’t know the why. You have not missed anything. Maybe, Trimble doesn’t want the ‘little guy’ to grow up and play with the big boys. Or, someone responsible looks at the file menu entries and sees Export to IFC and thinks its ok. In the mean time, building smart has shifted towards ifc4. Trim…

For a minute there I thought it was me :joy:. SketchUp has so much potential in the industry, but it just seems to dragging it’s feet at the moment. I am most definitely going to adapt the BIM workflow from the previous article. At this stage will have to look at dynamic components again. Maybe Ske…

Trimble Connect can handle IFC’s from other software packages very well, but has some errors handling .skp files and the native .ifc export. The names of the components are all ‘Invalid’, which demotivates. There are no other attributes then the Advanced Attributes, but they add no real value, becau…

Again the issue is the IFC model is contained within the Trimble environment. The IFC should be able to be exported with the correct data contained to allow it to be either exchanged with other parties or used in other software packages. This is when the question is asked, is this just a way of keep…

Looking for Alternative CAD for IFC export or a Plugin

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