# How do I try the sample model?

Choose Try the sample model on the Check page. It adds the Cafeteria, a small building model, with IFC Checker sample checks and Model health picked. Run the check and you get a full result: an index of 0.79, with 1,219 of 1,245 elements tested.

Updated 1 November 2026

## Run the sample check

1. Open **Check** in the top bar and choose **Try the sample model** under the drop area. The sample model appears under **Files**.
2. Look at the page. The model is listed under **Files**, marked as the sample model with its IFC schema and size. Under **Tests**, **Model health** is ticked and IFC Checker sample checks are picked. A line above **Run checker** says what the check will do.
3. Choose **Run checker**. **Results** opens and fills in while the check runs.
4. Read the result. The Model Correctness Index is 0.79, with 1,219 of 1,245 elements tested: 979 passed, 240 failed and 26 untested.
5. Try the rest of the page: click the failed number to see the failing elements in 3D, open a property set in **What fails most**, and scroll to **Extended data** and **BCF topics** ([the Results page](https://ifcchecker.com/help/read-the-results/)).
6. To check another test on the sample, go back to **Check**, pick another test under **Tests** and run it again. Any test of the list works on the sample, the predefined tests too.

## What the sample is

The sample is the Cafeteria, a model of a small cafeteria building. It carries demo values on purpose, so each test shows a pass, a failure and a warning, and none reaches an index of 1.00. The values are visibly demo values, and belong to no real project. The sample is checked like any model you add, every time: its result is never taken from an earlier check.

## What IFC Checker sample checks are

IFC Checker sample checks are twelve rules over IFC's standard property sets and attributes, for example the fire rating of walls and the load-bearing and external properties of slabs and beams. They exist to show how a check works. They are not a requirement document of anyone's.

## Keep reading

Next: [What if I check a model again?](https://ifcchecker.com/help/checked-before/)

Related:

- [How do I add my models to a check?](https://ifcchecker.com/help/add-models/)
- [How do I check an IFC model?](https://ifcchecker.com/help/check-a-model/)
- [How is the Results page laid out?](https://ifcchecker.com/help/read-the-results/)

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