About Terrain Elements (IFC 4)

IfcGeographicElement with TERRAIN type is supported at export and import.

At export, a Terrain entity attached to a Site is exported as IfcGeographicElement with the predefined type TERRAIN as follows.

 #1234=IFCGEOGRAPHICELEMENT('UUID',$,$,$,$,#111,#222,$,.TERRAIN.);

Note: Only Terrains attached to a Site can be exported.

At import, IfcGeographicElement with the predefined type TERRAIN is imported as a Terrain typed object, attached to the AEC Site.

When importing an IFC4 file, an IfcGeographicElement with the predefined type TERRAIN is imported as a Terrain typed object, attached to the AEC Site.

In exact mode, when the geometry of an IFC Terrain is tessellated, the geometry is imported into a CldBody in a 3D rep, as follows.

IFC4 Entity Import Option
Exact Tessellated Tessellate only Faceted B-Rep
IfcAdvancedBRep/IfcExtrudedAreaSolid / IfcOpenShell (without Planar Faces) B-Rep CGR B-Rep
IfcFacetedBRep / IfcOpenShell, IfcClosedShell (with Planar Faces) B-Rep CGR CGR
IfcTriangulatedFaceSet CldBody CGR CldBody