Learn IDS for BIM
Understand Information Delivery Specifications and put them to work on your next information delivery. These guides explain how to define requirements, structure a specification, and make sense of the results when an IFC model is checked.
Start with the essentials
Learn what an IDS file describes, who uses it, and where it fits in a BIM workflow.
Understand the relationship between a model and the requirements used to assess its information.
See how model information requirements can support a wider asset handover process.
Write your first specification
Work from a clear project requirement to a specification you can review and test.
Explore small examples for property values, naming rules and project information.
Learn how to select the right objects and avoid excluding the objects you intended to check.
Review your delivery workflow
Understand the difference between auditing an IDS file and checking an IFC model against it.
Explore a practical approach to libraries, project phases and successive releases.
A practical guide to ISO 19650, IFC, IDS 1.0 and buildingSMART.
Put your requirements into practice
IDS Compass brings specification authoring, reusable libraries and project organisation into one workspace. Start with a requirement you already need to communicate and build from there.
Explore the IDS editorMake BIM information requirements predictable.
Join the IDS Compass beta and start authoring standards-compliant IDS files from plain language.
Private beta · free while in beta.