IFC Import Settings

General Settings

Remove Duplicates Few options are avaialble.
  • None - do not performy any additional checks for duplicates. Elements, shread in IFC file may be instanced.
  • Geometry - only meshes may be merged.
  • Everyting - Check for parts of scene for duplications.

During this operation metadata may be lost, since products with same geometry representation may have different metadata.
Check for duplicated geometry requires some time, but since geometry processing is not an easy task, especially for opening elements, time till appearing first 3d object on the screen is less.

Read IFC Type and ID to Metadata Read IFC data type and id to metadata.
Read Properties to Metadata Read product information properties to metadata. This may include author, site, building  information.

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