In the last post we looked at Project Info which briefly mentioned data mapping to IFC fields. In this post we will specifically look at the IFC data mapping in ARCHICAD 18. Whilst there are some great features in the latest version of ARCHICAD, the IFC mapping is definitely my personal favourite new feature. For me, this is real BIM! Rendering is always high on architects wish lists and grabbed a lot of the headlines. However the need to create, manage and check data efficiently is imperative for us as we move towards the UK Government target of achieving “Level 2 BIM’ by 2016. Continue reading →

The latest version of Graphisoft ARCHICAD was released earlier in the summer and whilst all the headlines will go to the big features like rendering and revision management there are new features which for workflows utilising IFC and COBie are really great improvements. To many these changes in ARCHICAD 18 will not be abundantly clear to the average user. However these changes will allow data to become more utilised even to those who don’t understand IFC or COBie particularly well. This blog piece is going to focus on the changes to the ‘Project Info’ dialogue box, although subsequent pieces will look at further changes. Continue reading →