[IFC] Is it possible to represent a truss with its forces and material properties etc, in an IFC4?

Martin156131

Here is a picture of a simple truss:

My question would be if I can map the information that is in the above image into an IFC file (IFC4).

So that if hypothetically in this IFC the truss with the information like youngs module etc, is in there, and then with a Python script the forces to calculated, and save the calculated forces again in the IFC file.

theoryshaw

not sure, but these threads might interest you, if you haven't seen them already.

• https://community.osarch.org/discussion/comment/12901
• https://community.osarch.org/discussion/comment/3226

Martin156131

Thanks for the input!

bernd

Old but gives a good overview https://github.com/berndhahnebach/Ifc_StructuralAnalysisView/tree/master/Descriptions