{"id":13622,"date":"2026-07-03T15:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T13:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biblus.accasoftware.com\/en\/?p=13622"},"modified":"2026-07-03T15:59:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T13:59:02","slug":"how-to-import-ifc-properties-from-excel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblus.accasoftware.com\/en\/how-to-import-ifc-properties-from-excel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to import IFC properties from Excel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sommario\">Importing IFC properties from an Excel file and assigning them to an entity or group of entities. Here are a series of useful tools and an example file ready to use<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Are you dealing with having to<strong> import IFC properties from an Excel file<\/strong> in order to assign them to your 3D model?<\/p>\n<p>In this focus article I&#8217;ll show you how you can assign custom properties or standard properties to your IFC objects through some easy to read illustrations and an example file that is ready for you to download.<\/p>\n<p>In the sample file you\u2019ll notice that I have already assigned the properties to my project entities (<code>PropertySet<\/code>) as defined by building SMART.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll also provide you <strong>Excel templates with all the standard properties<\/strong> of the following entities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>wall (<code>IfcWall<\/code>) &#8211; download the Excel template with wall properties (<a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.usbim.com\/home\/workspaces?workspace_id=24969&amp;folder_id=7424412\">IfcWall-PropertySet<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>floor slab (<code>IfcSlab<\/code>) &#8211; download the Excel template with floor slab properties (<a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.usbim.com\/home\/workspaces?workspace_id=24969&amp;folder_id=7424412\">IfcSlab-PropertySet<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>door (<code>IfcDoor<\/code>) &#8211; download Excel the template with door properties (<a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.usbim.com\/home\/workspaces?workspace_id=24969&amp;folder_id=7424412\">IfcDoor-PropertySet<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>window (<code>IfcWindow<\/code>) &#8211; download the Excel template with window properties (<a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.usbim.com\/home\/workspaces?workspace_id=24969&amp;folder_id=7424412\">IfcWindow-PropertySet<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Take advantage of <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.accasoftware.com\/en\/ifc-viewer\">usBIM.viewer+<\/a><\/u>\u00a0, so as to have all the tools that you need to import a template from Excel with IFC properties and assign the properties to your project entities. Further on this article, you\u2019ll find a step-by-step guide that shows this very straight-forward process.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13660\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13660\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13660 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/biblus.accasoftware.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/Import-Property-Set-IFC-from-Excel.jpg\" alt=\"IFC Property Set from an Excel file\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13660\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13660 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/biblus.accasoftware.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/Import-Property-Set-IFC-from-Excel.jpg\" alt=\"IFC Property Set from an Excel file\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biblus.accasoftware.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/Import-Property-Set-IFC-from-Excel.jpg 800w, https:\/\/biblus.accasoftware.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/Import-Property-Set-IFC-from-Excel-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/biblus.accasoftware.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/Import-Property-Set-IFC-from-Excel-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/biblus.accasoftware.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/Import-Property-Set-IFC-from-Excel-705x397.jpg 705w, https:\/\/biblus.accasoftware.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/Import-Property-Set-IFC-from-Excel-284x160.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/noscript> IFC Property Set from an Excel file | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accasoftware.com\/en\/ifc-viewer\">usBIM.viewer+<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<h2 id=\"how-to-create-a-template-in-excel\">How to create a template in Excel<\/h2>\n<p>You can either follow the buildingSMART standards or create custom properties. In both cases you need to open a new Excel workbook (Excel file) and set up a table with four columns containing:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pset Name<\/strong>, where you can enter the name of the object (eg: <code>Pset_WallCommon<\/code>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Property Name<\/strong>, where you can enter the property name (es: <code>Reference<\/code>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Property IFC Type<\/strong>, where you can enter the type of value to be used (eg: <code>IfcPropertySingleValueIfcIdentifier<\/code>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Property Default Value<\/strong>, where you can enter the property values.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here you can find one of our <a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.usbim.com\/home\/workspaces?workspace_id=24969&amp;folder_id=7424412\">templates<\/a> ready to use and make the necessary changes in the Excel file to customize the properties to be assigned your project entities.<\/p>\n<p>In this template, I followed the buildingSMART instructions to create the example of a wall entity. As you can see from the image below, I\u2019ve also added a custom property that I have identified as <em>New Property<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13711\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13711\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13711 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/biblus.accasoftware.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/Property-set-structure-in-Excel.jpg\" alt=\"Property set structure in Excel\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13711\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13711 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/biblus.accasoftware.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/Property-set-structure-in-Excel.jpg\" alt=\"Property set structure in Excel\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biblus.accasoftware.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/Property-set-structure-in-Excel.jpg 800w, https:\/\/biblus.accasoftware.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/Property-set-structure-in-Excel-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/biblus.accasoftware.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/Property-set-structure-in-Excel-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/biblus.accasoftware.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/Property-set-structure-in-Excel-705x397.jpg 705w, https:\/\/biblus.accasoftware.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/Property-set-structure-in-Excel-284x160.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/noscript> Property set structure in Excel<\/p><\/div>\n<h2 id=\"how-to-import-a-template-from-excel\">How to import a template from Excel<\/h2>\n<p>If you\u2019ve created your property template in Excel and want to assign it to your IFC template, follow these simple steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>download <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accasoftware.com\/en\/ifc-viewer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">usBIM.viewer+<\/a> and install it for free<\/li>\n<li>create your custom template or use one of the Excel files that I make available for you<\/li>\n<li>open your IFC model with usBIM.viewer+<\/li>\n<li>click on<em> Edit<\/em><\/li>\n<li>select the entity to assign to the new properties<\/li>\n<li>from the tool bar, click on<em> Template<\/em> in the <em>Properties <\/em>section<\/li>\n<li>click on the folder icon in the <em>Properties to add<\/em><\/li>\n<li>select the Excel file to import<\/li>\n<li>in the <em>entity filter<\/em>, select the entities to which assigning properties<\/li>\n<li>select one of the two options proposed to confirm the operation<\/li>\n<li>click on Confirm&gt;Apply.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div style=\"width: 800px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-13622-1\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/webm\" src=\"https:\/\/biblus.accasoftware.com\/ptb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/11\/GIF-IFC-property-set.webm?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/biblus.accasoftware.com\/ptb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/11\/GIF-IFC-property-set.webm\">https:\/\/biblus.accasoftware.com\/ptb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/11\/GIF-IFC-property-set.webm<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>If you have correctly followed all the steps, you can now verify that your template has been assigned to the selected entities, by choosing the reference entity and reading its values in the properties toolbox.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at the new properties in the IFC file that is ready for you to download.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"how-to-assign-the-template-to-a-group-of-entities\">How to assign the template to a group of entities<\/h2>\n<p>Let&#8217;s now take a closer look at how to assign custom properties also to a <strong>group of entities<\/strong>. All you need to do is the following:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>open your IFC model with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accasoftware.com\/en\/ifc-viewer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">usBIM.viewer+<\/a><\/li>\n<li>click on <em>Edit<\/em>&gt;<em>Groups<\/em><\/li>\n<li>click the + symbol from the dialog, type the group name&gt;<em>confirm<\/em><\/li>\n<li>select the entities that you want to group and add them to the newly created group by clicking on the + symbol<\/li>\n<li>click on <em>Edit properties<\/em><\/li>\n<li>from the pop-up dialog, click on the folder symbol and choose the template file<\/li>\n<li>click on <em>Confirm<\/em>&gt;<em>Apply.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-13622-2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/webm\" src=\"https:\/\/biblus.accasoftware.com\/ptb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/11\/import-pset-ifc-from-an-excel-file-multiple-selection.webm?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/biblus.accasoftware.com\/ptb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/11\/import-pset-ifc-from-an-excel-file-multiple-selection.webm\">https:\/\/biblus.accasoftware.com\/ptb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/11\/import-pset-ifc-from-an-excel-file-multiple-selection.webm<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Animated Gif import Property Set multiple selection &#8211; usBIM.viewer+.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On the tool box on the left-hand side you\u2019ll see the group that you\u2019ve created (IfcGroup) while on the right-hand side toolbox the properties that you\u2019ve imported with the template.<\/p>\n<p>In brief, by following these simple steps you have:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>created an IFC property template with Excel<\/li>\n<li>assigned your template to a project entity with usBIM.viewer+<\/li>\n<li>created a group of entities<\/li>\n<li>assigned your template to the entity group that you\u2019ve created.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"download-sample-files\">Download sample files<\/h2>\n<p>Here are some useful tools to create a property template with Excel and assign it to your project entities:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"download\" href=\"https:\/\/cloud.usbim.com\/home\/workspaces?workspace_id=24969&amp;folder_id=7424412\">Sample IFC file<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"download\" href=\"https:\/\/cloud.usbim.com\/home\/workspaces?workspace_id=24969&amp;folder_id=7424412\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Template in Excel format with the main entity properties (wall, slab, door and windows) of a project<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"international-product-banner-desktop\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"product-banner-link\" href=https:\/\/www.accasoftware.com\/en\/ifc-viewer target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/enfold-child\/img\/banner_prodotto\/usbim-viewer-en.jpg\" alt=\"usbim-viewer\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/enfold-child\/img\/banner_prodotto\/usbim-viewer-en.jpg\" alt=\"usbim-viewer\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"international-product-banner-mobile\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"product-banner-link\" href=https:\/\/www.accasoftware.com\/en\/ifc-viewer target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/enfold-child\/img\/banner_prodotto_mobile\/usbim-viewer-en.jpg\" alt=\"usbim-viewer\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/enfold-child\/img\/banner_prodotto_mobile\/usbim-viewer-en.jpg\" alt=\"usbim-viewer\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Importing IFC properties from an Excel file and assigning them to an entity or group of entities. 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