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There are many standards. Unfortunately the most used ones are called DXF (Autocad file) and RVT (Revit file). There is an open standard called IFC that has a
by fsloth 6y ago
There are many standards. Unfortunately the most used ones are called DXF (Autocad file) and RVT (Revit file).
There is an open standard called IFC that has a foothold.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industry_Foundation_Classes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industry_Foundation_Classes
Unfortunately, it's still second place in most cases.
- rjsw 6y agoThe exchange file formats for IFC use the same syntax as those for STEP. The models could have been the same too but the people behind IFC wanted to do their own thing.
- fsloth 6y agoThe exchange format is irrelevant, it's the schema that matters, though. IFC does have XML serialization as well.