Interoperability with Complex Beams and Columns

Like other hierarchical elements in ARCHICAD, complex Beams and Columns can be exported as IFC elements in two different ways.

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Hierarchical IFC element - Single IFC element

Settings in the IFC translator define whether each segment is mapped as an IFC member in an element container, or the whole complex beam/column is saved as a single IFC element.

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