When working with IFC, the model data gets imported or exported according to your IFC Translator settings. This tool sets the guidelines for converting elements and deciding how they’re understood, whether it’s in ARCHICAD or the external app reading the IFC file. It’s like the rulebook that ensures everyone speaks the same language when sharing models.
To ensure a good BIM workflow, is important to understand how a Translator is built. Archicad’s template already contains many preset Translators for you to use out of the box. The translator is composed of Conversion Presets, such as “Property Mapping”, in which the user can add and edit IFC Properties that will be exported within the model, as well as relate Archicad Properties to it.
It’s important to understand that all Archicad Properties can be exported as Data, but they won’t become IFC Properties Automatically, if the user needs it to be an IFC Property, they can add them to the Map. See an example:
