INQ: Revit family with more than one material layer
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- C#
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Description
### Inquiry description
Hello,
is there a way to export more than one material as an IFC element that displays each material as a material layer?
Is there a family category and an ifc-entity which support this case?
I have built a multi-layered element for us using different materials because there is no simple function for the base wall that allows the layers to protrude differently. In X and Z direction! We need a prefabricated sandwich wall.
My solution was therefore to build my own family as a structural framing and define it as an IfcWall. Unfortunately, only one material is ever output as a “material layer.”
### Revit Version
2024.3.x
### IFC for Revit Addon Version
24.3.2
### Windows Version
11 24H2
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reproducing the export in Revit 2024.3.x with IFC for Revit 24.3.2 using the described structural-framing family mapped to IfcWall. Check whether the resulting IFC contains one material or multiple material layers; done should establish the supported family/entity combination or define the required implementation scope.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100