Rooms not converting via IFC to ArchiCAD

[123eiliseb]

Hi, 

I'm using a model produced in Revit 2011, exporting as an IFC and opening in ArchiCAD 15.

I have found most elements come through fine but have found only half of the rooms in the building are coming through into ArchiCAD as zones.

Some don't come through at all and others are being cut into strange shapes which don't reflect how they look in Revit.

Has anyone else had this problem or know how it might be solved?

I have attached some images to illustrate the problem.

Any help would be much appreciated.

[hitechengineering]

I have been frequently exporting and importing models between Archi CAD and Revit and has so far quite good results in conversion. Especially from Revit to ArchiCAD you may encounter little issues and small pitfalls, but overall it just works OK.

[123eiliseb]

I have now found a solution to this problem...it is a problem with ArchiCAD rather than Revit or the IFC export.

ArchiCAD cannot handle multi-height rooms therefore they will not appear when a Revit model is taken into ArchiCAD.

A work around is to change the room area and volume computation settings to area only in Revit before you create the IFC.

[pyziu]

Hi, Could you please advise how to export from archicad to Revit? In Revit i do not see archicad zones (room numbers, heights etc). Thx in advance. Kamil