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    • HornOxxH Offline
      HornOxx
      last edited by Gábor

      Hi All
      usually for me imported ifc files are extremely large and no longer usable so. I haven't done this often yet and I completely lack the experience 😉
      Does anyone know a way how to separate and delete the ifc (Bim) data content from the pure model file?

      never trust a skinny cook

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      • GD3DesignG Offline
        GD3Design
        last edited by

        Here is my workflow:
        -turn off layers of roof, furniture, fixtures, etc
        -select all walls, group them, enter group, explode all
        -use Vray to select by material, and group parts of wall I want to keep (there is a plugin for this if you dont use Vray.)
        -select all, then isolate faces (selection toys) and set all materials to default (sometimes I just delete all materials from the start (quick and easy using vray)
        -run CleanUp3 to get rid of 'crap', switch to monochrome mode and run AutoReverseFaces
        -put walls on new wall layer, then turn them off and move on to next part of model to 'de-BIM'

        Of course, I play by ear on this depending on how much of the model I really need to use and how 'messed up' the model is when I get it. For smaller areas, I may just remodel the portion that i need - I find I have less crashes and things move faster that way.

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        • HornOxxH Offline
          HornOxx
          last edited by

          @gd3design said:

          Here is my workflow:...
          👍
          thank you very much for your answer 👍 - first I have to understand step by step what you recommend and consider how and with which means I can implement your suggestions - so for example I still can't understand that Vray (which is not in our use) might be able to be helpful here...

          Hopefully i was clear above - my question is how to extract pure model data from any IFC file.
          In a current case I was able to import a 90 mb ifc file which grows in SkUp to 500 mb skp file which for me is no longer editable 😉 unfortunately I often don't have any influence on files which will be made available...

          Regards

          never trust a skinny cook

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