I'm have a scan in cyclone of a surface which needs to be given to the client as an IFC. How do I take either the point cloud or the meshed surface and convert it to some sort of IFC format.
I have tried using civil 3d but the mesh ends up in feet when teated in Revit. The next option was to try Revit but again the object is not a solid so therefore not useable.
Is there a solid export option in cyclone that I'm missing. Normally I would contour the surface and bring those contours into Revit but in this case the vertical surfaces on the mesh make building an accurate surface in Revit impossible. Ideas?
Workflow: Surface to IFC
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Re: Workflow: Surface to IFC
hi
i did some googling and found this
https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad- ... -p/6241039
although, a meshed IFC is going to be HUGE in file size.
i did some googling and found this
https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad- ... -p/6241039
although, a meshed IFC is going to be HUGE in file size.
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Re: Workflow: Surface to IFC
Thanks. Unfortunately it isn't a 3d solid. A dxf export from Cyclone is a polyface mesh (non-solid) unlike Revit Toposurface which is a solid and therefore can be turned into an IFC as it has mass. If it was a TIN surface (I think) it can be given a thickness but the conversion in C3D won't give me a TIN. There doesn't seem to be a tool which can turn the dxf export into a solid in Civil 3d as the surface is vertically undulating (basically a Cliff face). Its a proper head-scratcher as even a point export wont mesh is C3D or Revit in a realistic fashion. The best I can come up with is a DXF or DWG based on the Cyclone data.james.still wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2018 12:08 pmhi
i did some googling and found this
https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad- ... -p/6241039
although, a meshed IFC is going to be HUGE in file size.
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Re: Workflow: Surface to IFC
Whilst not to IFC specifically, this session from an old AU class by uber presenter Marcello (he wins top 2 or 3 classes EVERY year!) might be of interest.
http://au.autodesk.com/au-online/classe ... #chapter=0
http://au.autodesk.com/au-online/classe ... #chapter=0