Hi guys,
Wouldn´t it be awesome a SketchUp Skill Builder about best practice for modeling a BIM (IFC) optimized model?
Trimble Connect users will be thankful.
Please, please, please.
Thank you!
Hi guys,
Wouldn´t it be awesome a SketchUp Skill Builder about best practice for modeling a BIM (IFC) optimized model?
Trimble Connect users will be thankful.
Please, please, please.
Thank you!
it will be very usefull, and some tutorial about generate reports, I also see that kind of videos with great interest, hope to see it soon
Maybe a skill builder could be too short for that, it will be good if they do this on a Friday live modeling event.
A skill-builder is good. Friday live modeling is good also. Bring on a tutorial on the website as well… How to use TrimBim? What are custom ifc- classes? How to define floor levels? How to control colors in export? I have hundreds of questions…
Are there actual layers/tags inside the ifc ? Trimble Connect says there are:
I can change layer visibility in Trimble Connect it seems, but how to save that to the file that I link to the model, (cause there’s no way to change the link inside sketchup, at least for .skp models)
I can import an ifc taking up a total of 15 minutes, resulting in a file that is 25mb big without any data structure, or I can upload it into Trimple connect , and convert it to a TrimBIM file, download that TrimBIM, and import the TrimBIM into sketchup easily and really fast. Then I get a 4,5 mb file with Tags structure. That is fantastic of course.
But can I link my ifc in Connect to my model as a TrimBIM file, using Trimbim as a better ifc conversion ? Lots of possibilities here, when things starts coming together.
it seem I can, in theory, do that: the ifc is converted to TrimBIM when previewing on TC. It seems I cannot save it as TrimBIM to my TC folder, but I can download it and upload it to TC again…Placing a TC link of that file fails though, as does ifc, on a Mac. Maybe placing an ifc as a TC link involves a TrimBIM conversion so that layers to tags would import? No way to find out really, before it starts working.
We can organize something ourselves to share our IFC knowledge in the meantime.
We have different time zones but I think we will find the best moment
Hello, I’m using a workflow base on tag sytem allow us automatically classify IFC format for SketchUp objects that assigned to the right tags. I got a demo here:
Here is my guideline for tag system (based on IFC):
You can try to download my very first beta versions here (free):
SketchUp full tag template:
5D-tag_full.skp (2.0 MB)
Auto Names: Dropbox - 5d_auto_names_beta.rbz - Simplify your life
Auto Tag Folder: Dropbox - 5d_auto_tag_folder_beta.rbz - Simplify your life
Auto IFC Converter: Dropbox - 5d_ifc_converter_beta.rbz - Simplify your life
A sample project here (paid): 5D+ Small House - SketchUp & LayOut (gumroad.com)
My workflow is a bit different. I export to IFC to work with Bim5D software, so I need not only Ifc category but certain Pset with Quantities.
My estimate is almost done automatically with a few search rules.
Moreover I attach Building Smart Common Pset with Ifc Manager.
I made a plugin to obtain tables based of Ifc info in order to insert them in layout.
These are the extensions I use:
This one is for Bim4D but without Ifc
https://extensions.sketchup.com/extension/b0d8bfd1-8f9f-4f3b-83eb-65b5e110b3c0/skp4d-pro