In our In-Depth on SketchUp Pro 2014 published a few months ago John Bacus emphasized that IFC is just one of many, if not infinite, schema usable in SketchUp Pro 2014. (see image 01)Ġ1 – Adding the IFC 2×3 schema to SketchUp Pro 2014 via an import process. Select Classifications on the list on left and the IFC 2×3 choice should appear. This process is accessed through the Window > Model Info command through the main program menus (main menu). The first step if you want to produce IFC models in SketchUp Pro 2014 is to add that schema to the program. We even punctured the roof for a skylight later. In this review we quickly made up a building segment with walls, a slab for a floor, and a roof and diagrammatic curtain wall system. In this review we will focus on SketchUp 2014’s new BIM- ness as well as its other major new features, especially its important updates to its 3D Warehouse. MORE: Akos Pfemeter of GRAPHISOFT talks to Architosh about Open BIM It certainly is the litmus test for the Open BIM initiative. In fact in some sense IFC is a litmus test of sorts to demonstrating that an application is a type of BIM software. In our view the most interesting new change in SketchUp Pro 2014 is the new support for Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) file format, the reigning champion file format contending for the status of the de facto method of exchanging data files between all manner of BIM software applications.
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