Autodesk / Autodesk/revit-ifc

How to get weight quantities from Revit?

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Description

The material in Revit has a density, but the base quantities in IFC only do not include weight. Weight is pretty critical in costing and LCA. Is there any way to get this data?

![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/88302/201003518-ae1b301c-20bc-464d-ac8e-7a625785ef07.png)

![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/88302/201003699-f6e4b20c-61e4-4ea3-8a02-bb14fb379090.png)

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Research direction

The issue concerns Revit material density, IFC base quantities, and weight data, with two attached screenshots. Start by reviewing how this repository exports Revit material quantities to IFC and reproduce the reported output; done means the resulting IFC exposes weight quantities suitable for costing and LCA.

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Assessment

Tech stack
csharp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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