IFC-BIM Exchange Forum

Looks like the IAI has created a forum dedicated to helping people getting questions about IFC exchange answered. Check the forum out here. Here is the low down from the site.

The purpose of this Forum is to bring together project team members to share their experiences exchanging Industry Foundation Class (IFC) formatted files between different software packages. Discussions of BIM-related exchanges, such as CIS/2, are also welcome.

Membership is open to the international capital facilities communities including owners, architects, engineers, designers, analysts, detailers, fabricators, and anyone involved in the construction supply chain.

Those joining from the United States are encouraged to participate in the definition of the U.S. implementation of IFC through the National Building Information Model Standards (NBIMS) effort. Information about NBIMS may be found at the website: www.nbims.org.

Cost Membership in this Forum is currently free. Once this Forum is operational it is expected that active users will assist in moderating the posts.

Revit MEP Content Extension Released

Autodesk has released a content extension for Revit MEP. Download it here. Imperial and Metric are both available. This extension supposedly contains over 300 new families which appear to be almost exclusively mechanical. I counted 15 new electrical families. Well, it sure beats a stick in the eye, and maybe there is something in there that I really need.

Revit MEP Build #3 now available

Build three is out. Download it here. Here is what it does straight from Autodesk's web page.


Improvements made in the Web Update #3 build (20071109_2345):
 Consistent Electrical Fixture insertion behavior after creating Electrical Fixture schedules.
 Improves performance when placing Callouts on MEP models in certain situations.
 Allows the ability to array face-based families placed on a vertical face.
 Allows the ability to maintain face-based instances on curved surfaces of a Revit link when the link is unloaded.
 Improves stability when selecting Sections.
 Allows the ability to insert an electrical receptacle into a legend view.
 Improves stability when accessing the Help menu in Revit MEP on a computer with the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system.
 Improves stability when applying a view template to a sheet.
 Improves performance when views contain many objects with overridden graphics by element.