buildingSMART International official Model View Definitions (MVDs) releases are listed here. This includes exchange specifications for IFC2x3 and IFC4, as well as those that have been accepted as international standards or are currently under development via the buildingSMART Standards Process. Software applications may support sending or receiving data supporting any combination of exchanges.
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| IFC Schema | MVD Name | Status | Documentation | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IFC4 ADD2 TC1 | IFC4Precast | Final | Full documentation (zip) | Exchange of geometric information between CAD and MES systems for automated production of precast building components. |
| IFC4.2 | Bridge Construction View | Draft | BRie 2017.10.24 | Build and maintain bridges. |
| IFC4 ADD2 TC1 | Reference View | Final | RV 1.2 HTML RV_1-2.mvdxml | Simplified geometric and relational representation of spatial and physical components to reference model information for design coordination between architectural, structural, and building services (MEP) domains |
| IFC4 ADD2 TC1 | Design Transfer View | Draft | DTV 1.1 | Advanced geometric and relational representation of spatial and physical components to enable the transfer of model information from one tool to another. Not a "round-trip" transfer, but a higher fidelity one-way transfer of data and responsibility. |
| IFC4 ADD2 TC1 | Quantity Takeoff View | Draft | mvdXML | Estimate and track construction materials and costs. |
| IFC4 ADD2 TC1 | Energy Analysis View | Draft | EV | Estimate and track energy usage and costs. |
| IFC4 ADD2 TC1 | Product Library View | Draft | LV 0.1 | Manufacturer product information and configurations. |
| IFC4 | LandXML view | LandXML MVD 1.2 | Basic buildingSMART MVD for LandXML v1.2. | |
| IFC2x3 TC1 | Coordination View | Final | CV 2.0 | Spatial and physical components for design coordination between architectural, structural, and building services (MEP) domains |
| IFC2x3 TC1 | Space Boundary Addon View | Final | SB 1.1 | Identification and export of additional Space Boundaries (polygons which define the extents of a space's contact with directly adjacent surfaces [e.g. walls, floors, ceilings] and openings). Can be used for building energy analysis and quantity take-off. |
| IFC2x3 TC1 | Basic FM Handover View | Final | Diagrams - Documentation | Handover of model information from planning and design applications to CAFM and CMMS applications, as well as the handover of model information from construction and commissioning software to CAFM and CMMS applications |
| IFC2x3 TC1 | Structural Analysis View | Final | SA | The structural analysis model, created in a structural design application by a structural engineer to one or many structural analysis applications. |
| IFC 2x3 | Architectural Design to Building Energy Analysis | Candidate | link | This is not a formal bSI MVD |
| IFC 2x3 | Architectural Design to Circulation/Security Analysis | Proposal | link | This is not a formal bSI MVD |
| IFC 2x3 | Architectural Design to Quantity Takeoff for Cost Estimating | Candidate | link | This is not a formal bSI MVD |
| IFC 2x3 | Architectural Design to Spatial Program Validation | Candidate | link | This is not a formal bSI MVD |
| IFC 2x3 | Concept Design BIM 2010 | Official | link | This is not a formal bSI MVD |
| IFC 2x3 | Design to Code Compliance Checking (ICC 2006) | Proposal | link | This is not a formal bSI MVD |
| IFC 2x3 | Nordic Energy Analysis (subset of CDB-2010) | Candidate | link | This is not a formal bSI MVD |
| IFC 2x3 | Architectural design to structural design | Draft | link | This is not a formal bSI MVD |
| IFC 2x3 | Architectural design to thermal simulation | Proposal | link | This is not a formal bSI MVD |
| IFC 2x3 | Architectural Programming to Architectural Design | Draft | link | This is not a formal bSI MVD |
| IFC 2x3 | Curtain Wall Design to Energy Analysis | Draft | link | This is not a formal bSI MVD |
| IFC 2x3 | Extended coordination view | Idea | link | This is not a formal bSI MVD |
| IFC 2x3 | Extensibility | Idea | link | This is not a formal bSI MVD |
| IFC 2x3 | Indoor climate simulation to HVAC design | Proposal | link | This is not a formal bSI MVD |
| IFC 2x3 | Landscape design to road design | Idea | link | This is not a formal bSI MVD |
| IFC 2x3 | Masonry Structural Design to Structural Analysis | Draft | link | This is not a formal bSI MVD |
| IFC 2x3 | Modular Bldgs-Arch.Design to Struc.Design | Draft | link | This is not a formal bSI MVD |
| IFC 2x3 | Precast Concrete Exchanges | Candidate | link | This is not a formal bSI MVD |
| IFC 2x3 | Road design to landscape design | Idea | link | This is not a formal bSI MVD |
| IFC 2x3 | Space Requirements and Targets to Thermal Simulation | Draft | link | This is not a formal bSI MVD |
| IFC 2x3 | Structural design to structural analysis | Proposal | link | This is not a formal bSI MVD |
| IFC 2x3 | Structural Design to Structural Detailing (ATC-75) | Draft | link | This is not a formal bSI MVD |
| IFC 2x3 | Wood Structural Design to Structural Analysis | Draft | link | This is not a formal bSI MVD |
| IFC 2x3 | Architectural design to quantity take-off - level 1 | Idea | link | This is not a formal bSI MVD |
| IFC 2x3 | Architectural design to quantity take-off - level 2 | Draft | link | This is not a formal bSI MVD |
| IFC 2x3 | Architectural design to quantity take-off - level 3 | Idea | link | This is not a formal bSI MVD |
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