IFC-BIM Exchange Support Forum  


 

Purpose, Membership and Cost


Purpose
The purpose of this Forum is to bring together project team members to share their experiences exchanging Industry Foundation Class (IFC) formatted files between different software packages. Discussions of BIM-related exchanges, such as CIS/2, are also welcome.

International Membership
Membership is open to the international capital facilities communities.

Participation in NBIMS Encouraged
Those joining from the United States are encouraged to participate in the definition of the U.S. implementation of IFC through the National Building Information Model Standards (NBIMS) effort. Information about NBIMS may be found at the website: www.nbims.org.

Cost
Membership in this Forum is currently free. Once this Forum is operational it is expected that active users will assist in moderating the posts.
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Bill East
Engineer Research and Development Center
email bill.east@us.army.mil