BIMPROPERTIES - How to export User properties?
Hi All
I'm teaching MEP tools to a client. I know how to create custom properties, associated to Services category, but can't find a way to export these properties to use in other drawings/models.
Any help?
TIA
João Santos
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Hi João,
I am in the same situation. Did you find a way to do this?
Many thanks in advance
Ernest
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Hello Fegis,
No, meanwhile the training ended and I never went back to this subject.
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Hi João, Ernest,
In BIMPROPERTIES, there is an EXPORT function, which will export all property definitions to an .XML file, which you can IMPORT back in other projects.
It was introduced in V22.2
I hope this helps?
Cheers,
Ruben
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Excellent! Thanks for the new info!0
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One small addition:
When you export the properties to XML, and include the XML-file in the setting 'BimDefaultPropertiesPath', they will be automatically included in every new project.
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Perfect thank you Ruben for the tip!0
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Hi !
My name is Paulo
I am new to Bricscad
I´m trying to export mass information together with IFC information
So I created an Stair definition to export its VOLUME
But the exported IFC does not bring this information. Is there a way to export volume from a stair?
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Hi Paulo,
Indeed, there seems to be an issue with the volume calculation for stairs. We'll look into it.
In the meantime, as a workaround, you could create a user-defined property, and copy paste the value there. Or, if you have multiple stairs, you could use the Python script in attachment.- Add a user-defined property 'Volume' and assign it to Stairs (in BIMPROPERTIES)
- Run the python script 'StairVolumeToProperty.py' with BIMPYTHON
- This will copy the calculated volume to the property 'Volume' you just created, for every stair in your model. This property will be exported to IFC.
- Please note that you'll have to rerun the script whenever the quantities have changed
0 - Add a user-defined property 'Volume' and assign it to Stairs (in BIMPROPERTIES)
