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Welcome to the bSDD-Revit-plugin wiki!
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- Open the "settings" tab from the selection sidepanel
- Select the main dictionary (for example: Basis Bouw producten 0.8.0) that will be used in this project
- Select the IFC dictionary (IFC 4.3) as filter dictionary to make sure IFC entities related to the main dictionary will also be used.
- Set parameter mappings
- (Optionally) Type "Description" into the field for the main dictionary, or another existing parameter that gives an indication of the bSDD type.
- Type "Export Type to IFC As" into the field for the IFC dictionary to correctly map the Revit IFC exporter
- Open the "Link" tab from the selection sidepanel
- Select Revit types using one of the slection modes in the top of the panel:
- Make selection
- Select all
- Select visible in view
- Open a group, and click the pencil icon to attach bSDD data to the Revit type
- The bSDD search panel opens and searches for the value in the chosen main dictionary parameter
- if it is found it is activated
- if not you can search in the search bar for an appropriate class in the main dictionary
- After selecting:
- it retrieves any related classifications set in the filter dictionaries, when multiple from the same dictionary are found those are shown in a dropdown list to shoose from.
- retrieves any propertysets
- Select classifications and fill out properties, then click save.
Using the IFC export button in the toolbar export the model to IFC. The plugin automatically creates a new IFC export profile "Bsdd export settings", it can be modified if you need to but it is preset with our best-practice settings. It uses the normal Revit IFC exporter but changes a few settings:
- It adds the bSDD dictionaries as stored in the project settings
After export a postprosessing task will add proper bSDD URL's to the IfcClassificationReferences.