IFC Elements Extraction Made Simple - The Easiest Way Period

[@StefanoVerugi]

thank you Petru, these basic, slow pace videos you are posting here on YT are gold to those learning BBIM (or just curious to see its potential)

[@BIMvoice]

Oh wow Stefano, that's a very nice surprise! I will for sure keep doing them, very happy and grateful for your feedback!

[@GoshoGanchev]

Congratulations, a great alternative to replacing paid BIM apps! Keep improving your BIM plugin and making quality video tutorials!!!

[@BIMvoice]

Thank you, happy you found this useful! If you have any feedback for BlenderBIM, just create an issue on Git Hub. Thank you for that too!

[@arch.blender1178]

I'd been a bit scared of IfcPatch until watching this video, thank you

[@BIMvoice]

You are welcome!

[@Avesa92]

Thanks for this awesome showcase! I've tried using the "Patch" tool before, but only ended up with various python errors during execution. I consider that my lack of programming knowledge, but anyway my question is different. Is there a limitation on how many element categories can we export at a time? I had a project in the past where I had to separate a building in levels and after that extract only the architectural model without any furniture or MEP systems and elements. At the time I tested IFCToolbox, but unfortunately the output IFC wasn't recognized by our internal tools. In the end I used SimpleBIMs free trial to achieve my goals. Do you think this is possible with medium to large buildings via the "Patcher" tool in a timely matter? PS: I'll do my own testing and come back here with results.

[@BIMvoice]

Give it a go and report the issue you encounter. Then let's try to see how can we overcome them :)

[@Avesa92]

@@BIMvoice Thanks for the quick response! Fortunately I didn’t receive any errors this time. What I didn’t understand before was the input/output ifc variables. Anyway, since I wrote my comment I initiated a SplitByBuildingStorey of a 300+MB ifc file without loading it from memory, but specifying its directory. Good news is it didn’t return any errors when I initiated the IFCPatch. Bad news is that it is still loading. I’ll add my result when I get it. Do you have any tips to quickly reduce the file size before initiating such procedures?

[@BIMvoice]

@@Avesa92 try with a smaller model and see if it works at all. If it doesn't please create an issue on Github. I'll try to make some content around this in the upcoming weeks.