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IFC import and export: load takedown in your BIM workflow

Import the BIM model your team already has: walls, slabs, columns and beams come in at their sizes, one level per storey. Export the takedown as IFC with the loads and tributary areas attached.
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A ten-storey tower imported from an IFC file, with every floor split onto the columns and walls that carry it
IFC · ImportedIFC4
Reads
IFC2x3 and IFC4
From
Revit, Tekla, ArchiCAD, Allplan
Writes
IFC4 with loads
Plan
Import free, export Pro

How it works

01

Import an IFC

Start a project from an IFC file. Walls, slabs, roofs, columns and beams come in at their sizes, with a plan sheet per level.

An IFC house imported with its walls, floors and roof, shown in 3D
ImportRevit, Tekla, ArchiCAD

02

Run the takedown

Add loads and check the tributary areas. Results update as you edit.

The model in 3D with each level marked
ModelEvery level

03

Export IFC

Export an IFC4 file with each element at its size and the loads, reactions and tributary areas attached as properties.

The house in 3D, each wall coloured by its load
ExportIFC4 with loads

What changes

Usually

  • The BIM model redrawn for the takedown
  • Loads sent back as a PDF or spreadsheet
  • Two models that drift apart

With LoadTakedown

  • The IFC model imported as it is
  • Loads and tributary areas written into IFC
  • One model to check and hand back

What to know

  • One way each time: import once, export once. No live sync.
  • Elements come in as modelled. Connectivity is not repaired.
  • Import is free. IFC export is on Pro.

Questions

Any that writes IFC: Revit, Tekla Structures, ArchiCAD, Allplan and others.

Each wall, slab, beam and column at its size, with its loads, reactions and tributary areas as property sets.

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Related

Drawings to model

Import PDF plans, trace with snapping, and place each element once for every level.

Check analysis loads

Compare the column loads from ETABS with an independent takedown, column by column.

Reports and drawings

A full calc report, the architect's sheets marked up, Word, Excel and IFC.

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