Is it possible to add that type of feature with IFC properties ?
VA is really a huge deal when it comes to exporting IFC because is adds a lot of flexibility (being able to model anything, assign IFC class + IFC properties such as material, color, phase, reference, pricing is a really big deal).
But creating property sets (paramater in Visual arq) is a very tideous task.
At the moment it is only possible to create “shared” property sets within a whole rhino file, using the parameter list feature.
But some objects do not need to share every single property available in the file.
For instance :
For instance, in a project we are working on, we need to assign cladding parameter to objects. A staircase needs to have that “cladding” parameter, but a car parking space does not…
When creating file shared parameters, every single object in the file gets that parameter option.
The other option is to add parameter by object
But that makes the process really time consuming. That is why have a macthproperties for IFC propeties would be a work around.
Creating only one object with the desired parameters, and then macthing all the other ones according to it.
I wish we could filter through parameters and assign them through layers, IFC classes etc…
I really really hope you will be able to extend these IFC capabilities (parameter management) because it s a really big deal
Cheers