EPISODE · Mar 17, 2026 · 43 MIN
I Stopped Opening Revit. My Entire Workflow Is Now IFC with Jocelyn Sapin | openBIMvoice 03
from BIMvoice · host Petru Conduraru
I Stopped Opening Revit. My Entire Workflow Is Now IFC with Jocelyn Sapin | openBIMvoice 03 In the third episode of openBIMvoice, I talk with Jocelyn Sapin, a BIM consultant from Switzerland who made a decision most BIM professionals have not: he stopped opening Revit models entirely. His whole workflow runs on IFC. In this conversation he explains exactly how and why he got there. Jocelyn works exclusively on the client side, which means he receives models, checks them, and uses them without ever opening the native file. If you have ever wondered what it actually looks like to go full IFC in practice, this conversation will show you. What we discuss: The full IFC workflow. How Jocelyn stopped relying on native models and what his day-to-day work looks like when IFC is the only format on the table. The Swiss client model. Why public clients, banks, and hospitals in Switzerland require IFC deliverables and leave designers free to use any tool they want. Faster quality checks. Why checking model quality in IFC is three times faster than in native Revit files, and how Jocelyn uses IDS templates on every model he receives. The FM model mistake. Why trying to plan the facility management model from day one is wrong, and why building it from scratch at the end of the project is cheaper and smarter. Open format for the long term. Why any asset owner thinking in decades should never accept a proprietary file as a final deliverable. Questions? Contact me (Petru Conduraru): 🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/petruconduraru/ 📧 [email protected]
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I Stopped Opening Revit. My Entire Workflow Is Now IFC with Jocelyn Sapin | openBIMvoice 03 In the third episode of openBIMvoice, I talk with Jocelyn Sapin, a BIM consultant from Switzerland who made a decision most BIM professionals have not: he stopped opening Revit models entirely. His whole workflow runs on IFC. In this conversation he explains exactly how and why he got there. Jocelyn works exclusively on the client side, which means he receives models, checks them, and uses them without ever opening the native file. If you have ever wondered what it actually looks like to go full IFC in practice, this conversation will show you. What we discuss: The full IFC workflow. How Jocelyn stopped relying on native models and what his day-to-day work looks like when IFC is the only format on the table. The Swiss client model. Why public clients, banks, and hospitals in Switzerland require IFC deliverables and leave designers free to use any tool they want. Faster quality checks. Why checking model quality in IFC is three times faster than in native Revit files, and how Jocelyn uses IDS templates on every model he receives. The FM model mistake. Why trying to plan the facility management model from day one is wrong, and why building it from scratch at the end of the project is cheaper and smarter. Open format for the long term. Why any asset owner thinking in decades should never accept a proprietary file as a final deliverable. Questions? Contact me (Petru Conduraru): 🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/petruconduraru/ 📧 [email protected]
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