
Download and install the IFC Builder BIM software, then explore the open beam workflow and service center to synchronize a three-dimensional architectural model in IFC format across specialized applications.
Create a new empty job in the BIM workflow, define floors (ground and basement), set three-meter heights, apply elevation changes, and prepare drawing templates for levels before importing AutoCAD files.
Import an IFC file to start a BIM project, configure views and elements, and adjust walls, openings, and templates for visualization.
Import CAD templates into a new BIM project via the templates view manager, adjust origin, scale, and views, and assign templates to different levels.
Explore the IFC builder graphical interface and the auxiliary toolbar, mastering file management and template viewing. Configure units, export defaults, and manage resources, floors, and groups to tailor BIM workflows.
Use the project menu to orient building, trace orientation with true north, configure floors in groups, copy designs across levels, build walls, and snap the model to the grid.
Insert rectangular or circular columns, set 0.3 by 0.3 meters, position them to hug walls at corners, and edit, move, rotate, copy, or delete in the 3D view.
Begin building a BIM model from basement to roof in IFC Builder by configuring basement and upper floor heights, applying templates, and placing columns, walls, slabs, windows, and doors.
Build the ground floor BIM by creating external walls, partitions, columns, openings for doors and windows, floor slabs, and a flat roof.
Extend the BIM model from the first to the second floor using the same method, configuring walls, partitions, slabs, openings, doors, windows, and copied columns, then prepare for pitched roof.
Define and label spaces and precincts in IFC Builder, create space groups, assign spaces to elevators, kitchens, living rooms, bedrooms, and export for BIM visualization.
Export your completed BIM project from the software to BIMserver.center to view online. Inspect ground input, adjust axes, check warnings, and manage collaboration and project history within the online service.
In this course, you will learn how to create an architectural BIM model of any building using IFC Builder. This model is specially designed to develop thermal and energy calculations.
The course is divided into two parts: an overview of the interface/tools of the program and an example of a real building designed step by step.
This course has received funding from EU Horizon2020 program under agreement 768718.