Revit Levels in IFC

In Revit we typically have many reference levels which only server for placing objects - while in IFC the levels are tied to the building structure and you usually don't want to have more than 1 level per building story. In this video you will see how the level instance properties "Building Story" and "Story above" can be used to manipulate, which levels will be included in your IFC file and also how multi-story elements like walls, columns and ducts can be split by building stories during the export.

Links mentioned in the Video:
Golden Nugget Sample project (Revit 2020): https://www.dropbox.com/s/dsfpuiho5qz...
Adding IFC Shared parameters (previous video):    • IfcProject, IfcSite, IfcBuilding - default...  

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:05 Using the Building Story property
1:56 Using the Level Above property
3:20 Renaming IFC Levels

Useful links:
Autodesk Revit IFC Manual: https://damassets.autodesk.net/conten...
BuildingSMART Denmark IFC Manual: https://simbim.es/img/cms/pdf/IFC-gui...
Bond Brian's BIM Blog series on IFC export: https://bimblog.bondbryan.co.uk/ifc-i...

Current download links for Revit IFC (sidebar): https://bim-me-up.com/​
Autodesk App Store: https://apps.autodesk.com​
Revit IFC on Github: https://github.com/Autodesk/revit-ifc​
Wiki OS with useful tips around openBIM, not only for Revit: ​ https://wiki.osarch.org/index.php?tit...

Recommended freeware IFC Viewers:
Open IFC Viewer, very fast and supports latest IFC Versions: https://openifcviewer.com/​
BIM Vision, powerful viewer, offers additional features for measurement or easy display of classifications: https://bimvision.eu/download/​
BIMcollab IFC Viewer, popular viewer, offers direct connection to the BIMcollab platform: https://support.bimcollab.com/en/zoom...
FZK Viewer, a bit oldschool, not good with big models, but very accurate display of properties: https://www.iai.kit.edu/1302.php​

You can also view IFC files in following Autodesk solutions:
Autodesk online Viewer (free): https://viewer.autodesk.com/​
BIM 360 platform / Autodesk Docs (included in the AEC collection): ​https://www.autodesk.com/products/aut...
Autodesk Navisworks (Manage / Simulate, included in the AEC collection): https://www.autodesk.com/products/nav...

I also regularly blog about IFC and interoperability (mostly in German):
https://bim-me-up.com/​
https://blogs.autodesk.com/bimblog/​

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