topic Re: Export curtain wall to IFC as a single object in Revit Architecture Forum

Export curtain wall to IFC as a single object

havranon — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 12:22:30 GMT

Hi.

Is there any way as to how to export a Curtain wall to IFC as a single object from Revit 2022 or newer ?

Re: Export curtain wall to IFC as a single object

barthbradley — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 16:55:35 GMT

@havranon wrote:
Hi.
Is there any way as to how to export a Curtain wall to IFC as a single object from Revit 2022 or newer ?

What do you mean by "a single object"?

Re: Export curtain wall to IFC as a single object

ToanDN — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 17:01:27 GMT

You can export the curtain wall to SAT, import the SAT in as an in place model, then export to IFC.

Re: Export curtain wall to IFC as a single object

havranon — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 12:07:32 GMT

Thanks.

Re: Export curtain wall to IFC as a single object

angel_velez — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 00:59:05 GMT

Note that Revit will export only one IfcCurtainWall. It is exported as an aggregate, which is the best representation for a curtain wall because it retains the information of its constituent parts. As an aggregate, it contains a number of entities for each of its panels and millions. Is there a reason you want to lose this information in the IFC export?

Re: Export curtain wall to IFC as a single object

havranon — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 13:14:02 GMT

In model we recieved from our client, Curtain walls are an assemblies and we export their properties as schedules.

But the assembly schedule doesnt connect to the curtain wall assemblies. So we were looking for and option as to how to export it in one piece so that we can connect the schedules to it.