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Understanding IFC
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Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) is an open, international standard for Building Information Modeling (BIM) data.
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It provides a standardized way to describe, exchange, and share information about building and construction industry data.
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IFC Schema
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The IFC schema defines a comprehensive set of consistent data representations of building information for exchange between AEC software applications.
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It covers various aspects of buildings throughout their lifecycle, from conception to demolition.
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buildingSMART and Standards
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buildingSMART International (bSI) is the organization responsible for developing and maintaining the IFC standard.
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They also develop other related standards like BCF (BIM Collaboration Format) and bSDD (buildingSMART Data Dictionary).
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IfcOpenShell
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IfcOpenShell is the open-source software library used by Bonsai to read, write, and manipulate IFC files.
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It provides the core functionality for working with IFC data.
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Interoperability and Other Standards
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IFC is part of a broader ecosystem of open standards in the AEC industry. Other relevant standards include:
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- COBie (Construction Operations Building Information Exchange)
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- CityGML (City Geography Markup Language)
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- gbXML (Green Building XML)
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The use of open standards like IFC ensures interoperability between different software tools
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and preserves data integrity throughout the building lifecycle.
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Key Concepts
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This section provides an overview of key IFC concepts and how they're implemented in Bonsai.
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.. only:: builder_html and (not singlehtml)
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.. container:: toc-cards
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.. container:: card
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:doc:`ifc_concepts/spatial_objects`
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Basic spatial objects.
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.. container:: card
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:doc:`ifc_concepts/classification_and_types`
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IFC classification hierarchy and the concept of types and occurrences.
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.. container:: card
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:doc:`ifc_concepts/geometry_and_representations`
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Understanding IFC geometry, representations, and parametric materials.
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.. container:: card
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:doc:`ifc_concepts/working_with_representations`
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Representations in Bonsai.
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.. container:: global-index-toc
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.. toctree::
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:hidden:
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:caption: Understanding IFC
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:maxdepth: 2
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ifc_concepts/spatial_objects
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ifc_concepts/classification_and_types
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ifc_concepts/geometry_and_representations
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ifc_concepts/working_with_representations
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