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How Does buildingSMART Software Certfication Program Work?
Global IFC Software Certification is divided into export and import parts.
Export
- Users export IFC files from the software
- Upload them to the Validation Service
- buildingSMART International collects anonymous data about the quality of the IFC files uploaded by users
- The aggregation of the results is used to generate 'score cards' about the performance of software tools supporting IFC
Import
- Get a copy of openly available test files here
- Import the test files in the software
- Answer questions about the quality of the import
- buildingSMART international aggregates results and publishes results
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‘Scorecards’ Explained
The scorecards are generated per version of a software tool. IFC uploads from software vendors are ignored when producing the scorecards. This means the score cards can only be generated for software tools that are used in practice by actual users. They are only generated when the data in the Validation Service are statistically significant.
Besides the validity (green) and invalidity (red), the score cards also give an overview of what functional parts of IFC are supported and which ones are not.
The score cards can also be used by users to evaluate the capabilities of software tools.
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