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IFC data in ArchiCAD 15 became a native part of the ArchiCAD database.
ArchiCAD elements can now have IFC parameters that are like any other ArchiCAD parameters.
As a result Settings Dialogs and the IFC Manager Dialog open much faster.
This IFC data can be included in Project Templates and Favorites…
and they are transferred with Parameter Transfer operations and Copy, Paste operations as well.
In the Element Settings Dialogs you can find the IFC Properties group in the Tags and Categories panel.
By clicking the Manage IFC Properties button
all IFC Properties available for the selected element type will be listed.
Here you can select any of the Properties that you would like to use to describe the
particular element’s properties in IFC export.
For example, under the “Fire Rating Properties” group, you can check the checkbox of the Fire
Resistance Rating IFC Property… then click OK, and the Property appears in the Settings
Dialog as a new parameter that you can assign a value to.
Now you can fill out the value field and it will be included in the IFC data of the element
when IFC Export and Import operations are performed and will be converted to the proper
IFC Property in the IFC file.
These IFC Properties will also work in hotlinked modules and teamwork projects. In a Teamwork
environment, if you reserve an Element you will have full access to its IFC Properties
without any extra steps.