Possibly inconsistent definition of Elements in FZK House

#5
by lorenzo-mambretti - opened

Looking at the question-answer pairs for fzk_house there are a couple of them that I'm not sure I understand the definition of element used here

For example, in:

508,"What are the key building metrics including element counts, number of levels, total spaces, and footprint area?",
"Building Scale:
   - Total Architectural Elements: 49
   - Total Structural Elements: 46
   - Number of Levels: 2 storeys
   - Total Spaces: 7 defined spaces
   - Building footprint: 120 sq m",arc,fzk_house,2

The number of architectural elements is claimed to be 49 but I can only count 36 elements that fit that definition, with the following breakdown:

  • 13 walls
  • 11 windows
  • 5 doors
  • 4 slabs
  • 2 railings
  • 1 stair
    The remaining elements (IfcMember or beams) belong to structural quite nicely (summing to 46). There are "non-phisical" entities remaining (spaces, virtualElement, BuildingStorey, and Building) that might be counted to get to the number 49, but it seems a bit incosistent with the rest of the answer, which names stories and spaces outside of the list of architectural elements.
    What is the definition of "Architectural Elements" used here? which entities are included?

Note that also probably affects question 555, which uses 95 as number of total elements - so if "Elements" does not include Spaces and Levels, then probably that answer is wrong , consistently with 508.

Thanks for raising this issue, I agree.

Rather than pin down a single definition, I've dropped the ambiguous element counts: Q508 loses the "Total Architectural Elements" line (keeping structural elements, levels, spaces, footprint) and Q555 loses the "Existing elements: 95" line (keeping the phase breakdown).

Fixed in commit b51d1e2 (https://huggingface.co/datasets/sylvainHellin/ifc-bench/commit/b51d1e22de262f95bb98229e10fdd91ee8b6c0c6). Closing this issue.

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