Archicad 18 review series#

Image: Example of aР’В Classification Reference added in ARCHICAD

NameР’В : The name or label by which the classification used is normally known.

(note: this will change from IfcCalendarDate to IfcDate in IFC4)

EditionDateР’В : The date on which the edition of the classification used became valid.

EditionР’В : The edition or version of the classification system from which the classification notation is derived.

Source : Source (or publisher) for this classification.

It can provide a human readable identifier (which does not necessarily need to have a counterpart in the internal structure of the document).

NameР’В :Р’В Optional name to further specify the reference.

The internal reference can provide a computer interpretable pointer into electronic source.

ItemReference :Р’В Identifier for the referenced item in the external source (classification, document or library).

For electronic location normally given as an URL location string, however other ways of accessing external references may be established in an application scenario.

This can be either human readable or computer interpretable. Location :Р’В Location, where the external source (classification, document or library).Graphisoft have also provided us with the following classifications to test and it is likely that these will be incorporated into the standard templates in the not to distant future:Р”Р„ Classification Reference is not a single piece of data and actually contains 7 pieces of data: The Concept Design BIM 2010 (US GSA) and Omniclass are predominantly for the US market with the others available for useР’В in the UK (and elsewhere if required). The ARCHICAD 18 and 19 UKI templates currently contain the following classifications: Alternatively with Uniclass or Omniclass you can classify the wall to a much more granular level, being able to define the exact material of the Wall.Р”Р„vailable Classifications in ARCHICAD 18/19 It covers the opportunity to be much more specific about what the Wall for example with NRM classifying whether it is external or internal. The inheritedР’В Name attribute allows for a human interpretable designation of a classification notation (or code) РІР‚вЂњ see use definition of РІР‚СљLightweight ClassificationРІР‚Сњ.РІР‚СњР”В¬lassification References offer an even deeper level of classification than simply defining an element as a Wall. An optional inheritedР’В ItemReference key is also provided to allow more specific references to classification items (or tables) by type. However this post deals with aР’В second type of classification which is referred to in IFC terminology as an IfcClassificationReference.Р”Р„ccording to buildingSMART РІР‚Сљan IfcClassificationReference is a reference into a classification system or source (seeР’В IfcClassification ).

Archicad 18 review series#

See our series on Element Classification, of which there are 3 posts, for more information on this subject. I have covered the detailed application of Element Classification in a series of detailed posts previously.

For example, classifying a model element/component as a Wall. The first is how you classify the element/component or a space against the standard IFC (ISO 16739:2013) schema.

There are really two types of classification when it comes to working with open standards.