BIM & IFC in Practice: produce clean IFC and collaborate across disciplines with Archicad

IFC is the language your project speaks when architects, engineers, and consultants work in different tools. This course makes you confident in it. You learn to model toward a correct IFC file, bring in other disciplines' models as reference, control the translators and properties, and avoid the failures that break a handover. Instructor-led by Nordic BIM Group specialists, in person or online, taught on the national Archicad template, the same starting point your own office template is built on. Assumes you already know the Archicad basics.

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Who it's for

One course for people who already work in Archicad and now have to exchange models with other disciplines. It assumes you have the basics, so if you are new to Archicad, start with Archicad Fundamentals. Pick the situation that sounds like you.

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You send IFC and hope it comes out right

You export to IFC for a consultant or a coordinator, and you are never quite sure what they receive. You learn to model with the export in mind, so the file you send is structured, complete, and correct the first time.

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You design against other disciplines' models

You work in Archicad and need the engineers' and other consultants' models around you while you design. You learn to bring their IFC files in as live reference with Archicad's hotlink workflow, and to read what their IFC actually contains.

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You lead a team that delivers IFC on every project

Your office delivers IFC on every project, and a bad handover costs real rework. Book the group, or talk to an advisor about training a whole team to produce IFC the same way, on your own template.

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You work in an adjacent discipline

You design interiors, landscape, or retail spaces in Archicad and still have to deliver into a shared model. You learn the same IFC and openBIM skills your collaborators expect, so your work fits into the wider project.

What you'll learn

By the end you can produce an IFC file you trust, bring others' models in as reference, and fix the problems before they reach a coordinator. Here is the scope. 

A good IFC file starts in how you build the model, not in the export dialog. You learn simple modelling habits that carry through to a correct IFC: how elements, storeys, and spaces should be set up so they survive the export and arrive the way you intended. Get this right and most IFC problems never happen.

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Make IFC something you trust

Book the next course, or talk to an advisor about training a whole team to produce and exchange clean IFC on every project.

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