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## Features
- IFC4 is a first-class citizen. IFC4 has been an ISO standard since 2013, with
the latest published in 2018. In contrast, other programs are dragging their
feet with IFC2X3, published back in 2005.
- Use Blender 2.8 to do digital modeling! Blender is an amazing open-source
software that supports the full 3D content creation pipeline that the CG
industry uses. Don't let your designs fall short just because your modeling
tool isn't good enough!
the latest published in 2018. It contains many more features than IFC2X3,
published back in 2005.
- Use open-source Blender 2.8 to do digital modeling! Used by NASA, Hollywood,
and Ubisoft, Blender allows real-time modeling in rendered view, animations,
file linking, proxy objects, Blender Cloud collaboration, lighting analysis,
CFD, energy modeling, and a huge ecosystem of add-ons with a thriving
community. No licensing, and with a strong Python API to integrate into your
custom workflow.
- Create complex spatial structures with multiple sites, buildings, facilities,
bridges, and building parts. In contrast, some BIM tools (uh, Revit?) don't
even allow you to specify buildings.
bridges, and building parts. Sites can be broken down into sub-sites and
multiple buildings per site. You can categorise different floors to different
buildings.
- Classify any geometry as any IFC type. Just because it is a wall doesn't
mean you should be limited to modeling it in a certain way. Easily change
from one type to another without damaging your geometry.
from one type to another, switch relationships and aggregations, reuse or
even remove geometry altogether, without damaging your geometry or breaking
your BIM model.
- Use collections to create element compositions and decompositions with full
control over the classifications of their parts. Most BIM programs don't give
this flexibility. Create collection instances to duplicate composite objects.
this flexibility. Create collection instances to efficiently duplicate
composite objects.
- Allow BIM objects to instance a shared geometric representations. This allows
you to place the same shape in multiple objects without drastically
increasing your filesize.
- Provide a custom value to any simple IFC attribute of an IFC product.
- Create product types that regular IFC products can inherit attributes from.
- Define your own property sets with control over exactly how the data in the
property sets are stored.
property sets are stored using property set template definitions which you
can download or create yourself. Property sets can apply to both types and
objects, and object property sets can selectively override type property
sets.
- Applies array modifiers to create instances.
- Basic quantity take-off support for costing.
- Settings to toggle export of quantities or geometric representations.
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curves / wireframes for rapid and lightweight BIM development.
- Create map conversions and coordinate reference system definitions to link
BIM to GIS.
- Export basic materials with colours.
- Export basic materials with surface and diffuse colours for representation.
You can also link materials to an externally defined file, such as a `.blend`
Cycles material, V-Ray material, or even Radiance material for lighting
simulation.
- Switch between different types of metric units when modeling.
## Demo