Ifc-Specific Files; Exporting To Gbxml - Autodesk 24000-000000-9860 - Revit Architecture - PC User Manual

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23 Under Type Parameters, scroll down to the IFC Parameters group.

IFC-Specific Files

Revit Architecture makes available the following IFC-specific files:
IFC Metric Template.rte. This file allows you to create new projects that are already set to the IFC standard.
IFC Parameter Upgrade.rvt. This file enables you to upgrade an existing project to contain IFC parameters
by reading the instructions contained in the IFC Parameter Upgrade.rvt file.
IFC Shared Parameters.txt. This file contains the shared IFC parameters if you want to manually update
an existing project to contain all or some of these parameters.
NOTE It is recommended to use the IFC Parameter Upgrade.rvt file instead, for performance reasons.
To access the IFC-specific files
1 In a web browser, go to http://revit.autodesk.com/library/html/index.html.
2 Click Revit Instruction and Help Samples.
3 Click IFC.
4 To download the IFC files, click Download Directory. On the File Download dialog, click Save,
5 In Windows Explorer, navigate to the target folder, and double-click IFC.exe to extract the
The downloaded files include parameter upgrade instructions.

Exporting to gbXML

The gbXML (green building XML) open schema was created to help building designers gather information
about the energy consumption characteristics of building projects. To perform energy analysis for a project,
you can export the project to gbXML. Then use the resulting gbXML file with a third-party analysis software
application that calculates the loads for your building project. For more information, go to
http://www.gbxml.org/.
To export to gbXML
1 Click File menu
2 In the Export to GBXML dialog, navigate to the target folder for the exported file.
3 Enter a name for the file, and click Save.
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(Element Properties).
The IFCExportAs and IFCExportType parameters display the values that you specified for the
family type. When you export the project to IFC, elements in this family will be mapped to the
specified IFC class and type.
The web page displays a list of the available IFC files.
and navigate to the target folder.
downloaded files.
Export gbXML.