Importing EXPRESS files into EA

[JerryM]

I have started to investigate BIM (Building Information Model) and the Industry foundation Classes (IFC) model.  IFC uses the EXPRESS protocol to define data model schemas.  Does anyone know of a way to import EXPRESS files directly or indirectly into EA?

Any help or insight appreciated,

Jerry

[Geert Bellekens]

I don't think you can import them out of the box, but that EXPRESS language seems pretty straightforward; couldn't be so hard to write a parser and import the model into EA.

I've don't similar stuff in the past, and I think a few days of development should be enough.

Geert

[JerryM]

Hi Geert,

Thanks for the reply.  I agree the conversion isn't too hard.  I was hoping though that someone had already taken this on.

Jerry