# IfcDoc Tool

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## [About the IfcDoc Tool category](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/about-the-ifcdoc-tool-category/1189)

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**Author:** [@jwouellette](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/u/jwouellette)\
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This is for the public discussion of items related to the development, implementation, and use of the IfcDoc tool.

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## [Where to obtain IfcDoc toolkits](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/where-to-obtain-ifcdoc-toolkits/5008)

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**Author:** [@shihangzhang](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/u/shihangzhang)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 8, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/where-to-obtain-ifcdoc-toolkits/5008 "2024-04-08T14:42:08Z")

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Hi, everyone! I am currently in search of the IfcDoc toolkit, and I’ve encountered some difficulties accessing certain websites. Unfortunately, the following links appear to be invalid: Page not found · GitHub Page n…

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## [Add Unit (IfcUnit) to IfcPropertySingleValue](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/add-unit-ifcunit-to-ifcpropertysinglevalue/4747)

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**Author:** [@steinerb](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/u/steinerb)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 31, 2023, 11:53pm UTC](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/add-unit-ifcunit-to-ifcpropertysinglevalue/4747 "2023-05-31T23:53:09Z")

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A python script produces an IFC-file wherein the following line appears several times: PropertySingleValueWriter = ifcfile.createIfcPropertySingleValue("{}".format(V), "{}".format(k), ifcfile.create\_entity("IfcText", st…

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## [IfcDoc cross-platform implementation](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/ifcdoc-cross-platform-implementation/1361)

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**Author:** [@Moult](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/u/Moult)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2021, 12:14am UTC](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/ifcdoc-cross-platform-implementation/1361 "2021-06-18T00:14:12Z")

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Good morning all! I i specifically referring to this issue here: I understand there is a scarcity of resources. Perhaps if some of the core maintainers (@TLiebich) could suggests a roadmap, the community can help star…

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## [IfcDoc: add property set as column definition instead of a single properties](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/ifcdoc-add-property-set-as-column-definition-instead-of-a-single-properties/3416)

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**Author:** [@Laurens](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/u/Laurens)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2021, 12:23am UTC](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/ifcdoc-add-property-set-as-column-definition-instead-of-a-single-properties/3416 "2021-03-11T00:23:02Z")

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In the process of making an MVDXML file with IfcDoc, we’d like to add full property sets as required properties. When adding a column definition to a model view, only single properties can be added from Psets. Is there…

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## [Parameter options in the IfcDoc Tool](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/parameter-options-in-the-ifcdoc-tool/2307)

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**Author:** [@Tob](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/u/Tob)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 8, 2021, 8:32am UTC](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/parameter-options-in-the-ifcdoc-tool/2307 "2021-03-08T08:32:18Z")

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Hello buildingSMART community, I am currently working a lot with MVD and the IfcDoc Tool, and I think I have a fairly good understanding of both but still got a long way to go. At the moment I am developing an MVD for …

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## [New IfcDoc tool web pages and links](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/new-ifcdoc-tool-web-pages-and-links/1322)

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**Author:** [@jwouellette](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/u/jwouellette)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2020, 3:28pm UTC](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/new-ifcdoc-tool-web-pages-and-links/1322 "2020-11-10T15:28:53Z")

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I have just finished updating the new technical.buildingsmart.org website to include the IfcDoc tools under “Resources”. https://technical.buildingsmart.org/resources/ifcdoc/ I have also moved the User Guide to the Git…

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## [Availability of ifcdoc format](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/availability-of-ifcdoc-format/2782)

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**Author:** [@pjd](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/u/pjd)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2020, 2:19am UTC](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/availability-of-ifcdoc-format/2782 "2020-06-19T02:19:45Z")

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Hi, The ifcdoc baseline formats seem to be no longer generally available. Really hoping that this is temporary or I’m somehow just missing it…when combined with the IfcDoc Tool there was a clear open path to analyse an…

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## [I can not add entities to the mvd](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/i-can-not-add-entities-to-the-mvd/2458)

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**Author:** [@KavehAll](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/u/KavehAll)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2020, 9:53am UTC](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/i-can-not-add-entities-to-the-mvd/2458 "2020-03-03T09:53:02Z")

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Hi, I just went through the Tutorial Videos and started to build a new mvd( loaded the ifcdoc file ,added a new mvd and data exchanges). when I am going to entities to add them to the corresponding mvd by right clicking…

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## [IfcDoc - Add Propertyset to Concept Templates](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/ifcdoc-add-propertyset-to-concept-templates/1788)

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**Author:** [@JHShin](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/u/JHShin)\
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**Last updated:** [September 5, 2019, 1:40am UTC](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/ifcdoc-add-propertyset-to-concept-templates/1788 "2019-09-05T01:40:56Z")

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Hi all, I would like to ask about how to add property-set in the Query panel when creating a concept template. I am using IfcDoc (v12.1) and try to create a new concept template. Whenever I select the property and cli…

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## [Definition IFC - Markdown and Version Control](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/definition-ifc-markdown-and-version-control/1774)

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**Author:** [@jonm](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/u/jonm)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 4, 2019, 10:35am UTC](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/definition-ifc-markdown-and-version-control/1774 "2019-09-04T10:35:52Z")

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I’ve been working for a while on the back end of IfcDoc, in particular relating to serializing and deserializing the data model used to store the definition of IFC (including documentation). This is particularly for the…

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## [Version Control Folders - Alphabetical Groupings](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/version-control-folders-alphabetical-groupings/1662)

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**Author:** [@jonm](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/u/jonm)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 6, 2019, 9:17pm UTC](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/version-control-folders-alphabetical-groupings/1662 "2019-08-06T21:17:14Z")

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In development of the version control folder listing of the definition of IFC from IfcDoc, I trialed grouping of entities into alphabetical folders. This resulted in something like this: I’m worried about this approa…

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## [IfcDoc - New Release](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/ifcdoc-new-release/1608)

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**Author:** [@jonm](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/u/jonm)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2019, 2:45pm UTC](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/ifcdoc-new-release/1608 "2019-07-22T14:45:40Z")

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I’ve just activated a new release (v12.1) of IfcDoc to github. Please use carefully and post any problems or issues here to the forum or log an issue on github.

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## [mvdXML export ConceptTemplate.Name](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/mvdxml-export-concepttemplate-name/1552)

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**Author:** [@linhard](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/u/linhard)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2019, 12:22pm UTC](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/mvdxml-export-concepttemplate-name/1552 "2019-06-28T12:22:30Z")

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Exporting mvdXML1.1 from IfcDoc do not contain the “Name” attribute of the ConceptTemplate below SubTemplates which is mandantory per schema definition.

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## [IFC Documantation](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/ifc-documantation/1454)

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**Author:** [@zeynab](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/u/zeynab)\
**Replies:** 32\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2019, 5:13pm UTC](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/ifc-documantation/1454 "2019-06-24T17:13:30Z")

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I start to learn about IFC file , IFCDoc software and every information about IFC . I am very beginner and i have several questions. please help me. I saw clip : https://youtu.be/qU46JMf\_nSk that published with bu…

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## [IfcDoc issues and ideas](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/ifcdoc-issues-and-ideas/1429)

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**Author:** [@ReD\_CoDE](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/u/ReD_CoDE)\
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**Last updated:** [May 23, 2019, 11:58am UTC](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/ifcdoc-issues-and-ideas/1429 "2019-05-23T11:58:36Z")

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I opened this topic to share issues and also ideas related to IfcDoc Some bugs: It seems that CS Schema has a bug in IFC4 Add2: Seems IfcDoc doesn’t generate a correct SQL Schema Kind regards, Ehsan
