Include/Exclude Objects

Including and excluding objects, or in other words, trimming of the model, means removing any object that you don’t need from the model. 

You may want to trim models before you share them with others to make sure all the data you share is relevant and reliable. Or you may trim models you receive from others as part of normalizing the models for your internal use. Normalization makes sure the users in your own organization get the maximum benefits out of BIM without being confronted with technical issues. This makes it possible for people who are not BIM experts to use BIM effectively.

A big benefit of the trimming is that it makes the models lighter and file sizes smaller. 

Settings

Objects

Define which objects are relevant to your use case. Select Object Class, Group, Group Category, Top Most or Part level objects. You can include and exclude individual objects (Object Instances) by defining object groups and including/excluding the groups.

Action

Define whether you want to include or exclude the Objects.

Include

Choose Included if you want to define which objects are exported to IFC. 

Exclude

Choose Exclude if you want to define which objects are not exported to IFC.

Not Decided Yet

Not Decided Yet is a special classification for the objects in Simplebim UI. It is the default class for all the objects, after you have imported your IFC model to Simplebim. If nothing is included, then Not Decided Yet are the objects that are exported to IFC. Otherwise Not Decided Yet means that you haven't yet explicitly decided what should be included and excluded.