Is there a way to change how Geometry Gym names blocks when importing? The default behavior is to name each block a unique string.
Can information from the part metadata be used instead?
The ifc I’m importing has many repeatable parts, so I’m trying to have them show up as instances with the same block name.
Thanks for the post. Yes, this is certainly something I could enable. The unique id name is used as in IFC, a representation map does not have a name attribute.
If there is a type associated, then the name of that will be used. But many IFC exports might not have this. Which attribute would you use in your sample image? The name should be unique and common to all instances that have the same block.
If you are willing and able to share a sample IFC file (you can email it privately), then I can take a look at this.
Ok got it. It looks like this IFC doesn’t use the “Type” attribute, so GG is creating a unique block for each part, although it seems to be using Assembly Mark to determine groupings. The “Assembly Mark” attribute is probably what I’d also use the create the block in this case, but the files I receive tend to be variable, so it could be different on the next one.
Is there a way to expose how blocks get mapped at the import dialog screen?
I’ll share a link to the model via email.
Thanks.
