Question 1

How IFSE Group works?

Accepted Answer

Please see the following docs if you want to learn how the IFSE Groups works.
http://wix.to/FEDfCBw
http://wix.to/H0DfCBw
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Question 2

How can I propose to add or change a parameter?

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Feel free to submit us your requests.
Fill the doc you can find to the following link http://wix.to/40DgCBw, and send an email to andy.threlfall@fea.org.uk  or luca.salomoni@outlook.com
 
Our team of experts meets every 3/6 months and we will send you our answer immediately.
 
For your information here you can see our workflow for new parameters http://wix.to/Z0DhCBw

Question 3

Where I can find the TXT files with all the parameters?

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Go to our Downloads page and inside this folder http://wix.to/v0CzCBo you'll find all the latest TXT files in 6 languages ready to be imported in Revit!

Question 4

Where I can find the complete list of parameters?

Accepted Answer

Go to our Downloads page and inside this folder http://wix.to/v0CzCBo you'll find the latest Parameters Data Dictionary in XLS format.
 
Inside you will find all the parameters, whether they are valid or obsolete, their description and explanation, their origin and all useful information for your job.
All the parameters are divided into groups (Revit compatible) and subgroups to help you find and read them.

Please note that the XLS file cannot be imported into Revit or any other BIM software; this is for explanatory purposes only.
If you need the parameters to import them into Revit, check the previous question about TXT files.

Question 5

How I could become an IFSE member?

Accepted Answer

Please send an email to andy.threlfall@fea.org.uk or luca.salomoni@outlook.com with your details and expertise.
we'll be happy to answer you asap.

Question 6

How can I check if our BIM Families are correct?

Accepted Answer

you can drop an email with your sample RFA files directly to luca.salomoni@outlook.com
 
we'll revise your files and we'll be back to you asap.

Question 7

Multilanguage Families

Accepted Answer

In order to create a family containing descriptions of one or more types in multiple languages and to overcome the problem of having to duplicate families for each single language that the manufacturer wants/needs, IFSEBIM has defined a group of parameters and formulas that allow the description of a product to be defined in multiple languages.
The methodology involves:
•	The creation of several parameters, one for each desired language; for example, “1 Description_ENG”, “5 Description_FRA”, “6 Description_DEU”, etc.
•    The creation of a “Language ID” parameter with which the designer can identify the number assigned to each language, for example, 1 =  Description ENGLISH, 5 = Description FRENCH
•    The creation of a "Language_Check" parameter that will verify the correct evaluation of the previous parameter; this is in order to resolve any problems if the value of the ‘Language ID’ parameter is lower or higher than the range of languages available within the family
•    Definition of the formula below for the evaluation of the Revit standard parameter ‘Description’. In this way, when the designer changes the value of the ‘Language ID’ parameter, the product description will be updated according to the desired language.

if(Language_Check = 1, [1 ShortDescription_ENG], if(Language_Check = 2, [2 ShortDescription_USA], if(Language_Check = 3, [3 ShortDescription_ESP], if(Language_Check = 4, [4 ShortDescription_POR], if(Language_Check = 5, [5 ShortDescription_FRA], if(Language_Check = 6, [6 ShortDescription_DEU], if(Language_Check = 7, [7 ShortDescription_ITA], "")))))))

here attached you can find an RFA file (zipped) as example

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