Wall Conversion Rule
IFC Converter
Define a rule for converting IFC walls to Vertex BD walls in the Create conversion rule dialog box. The conversion is performed using either the Convert IFC Objects to Vertex Objects or Convert the Selected IFC Object to a Vertex Object function.
- Select the wall
- Click Select wall, and select the wall from the wall library to which the selected IFC walls or IFC walls that meet the search criteria will be converted In the conversion, the wall height will be determined by the IFC model.
- Reference line
- Select how to position the converted wall. From the Reference line list, select whether the walls are aligned according to the interior or exterior surface.
- Offset
- If necessary, you can move the converted wall outwards by the distance entered in the Offset field.
- Mirror
- If the wall is placed incorrectly (exterior side inwards) in conversion, edit the rule and select Mirror. Convert the objects again.
- Automatic connections
- By default, Automatic connections is selected, which means that the conversion will attempt to connect the walls to the surrounding walls if it is possible to form a connection. You can prevent this by clearing Automatic connections.
- Copy the Shape of an IFC Wall
- By default, Copy shape from IFC wall is unchecked, so the height of the frame layer of the converted wall is the height of the IFC wall, and the heights of the bottom and top edges of other layers relative to the frame layer are read from the wall library. Select Copy shape from IFC wall if you want the layers of the converted wall to follow the IFC wall shape.
- Property conversions
- You can select an IFC object property to copy to the Vertex part during conversion. The property conversions you can select depend on the object type.