Freeware
From Ifc
Beside commercial software packages there is also a number of software tools free of charge (freeware) that support IFC. Tools include viewer to visualize an IFC model, often in conjunction with showing the project structure and the properties of objects, text browser to show the original IFC file for debugging, converter to convert project data from/to other file formats, and syntax checker to check the formal validity of IFC files.
Freeware IFC tools for visualizing, checking and translating IFC files
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IFC2SKP, IFC Import Plugin for Google SketchUp 6 --> Download |
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Constructivity Model Viewer, a viewer for IFC Data --> Download |
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DDS IFC Viewer, a viewer for IFC Data *.ifc, *.ifcZIP, *ifcxml, *gbxml--> Download DDS IFC Reader, drag & drop IFC files and examine --> Download |
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FZKViewer, a viewer for IFC and CityGML Data. --> Download IfcStoreyView, a viewer for IFC Data. --> Download IfcViewer, a viewer for IFC Data. --> Download IfcWalkThrough, an application for virtually walk through IFC building models. --> Download IfcObjectCounter, an IFC file checker --> Download |
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IfcQuickBrowser, Text-browser for large IFC files. The IFC file is displayed in a tree structure. --> Download |
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Nemetschek IFC Viewer, free 3D IFC Viewer, supports IFC format and XML IFC Format -->Download (Dead link) Support Forum, open Support Forum for IFC Viewer --> visit forum |
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IFC File Analyzer, Create an Excel spreadsheet from an IFC file -->Download SteelVis - CIS/2 to IFC Translator, CIS/2 is the product model for structural steel -->Download |
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Solibri IFC Optimizer, a tool for optimizing/compressing IFC files Solibri IFC Optimizer Solibri Model Viewer, a viewer for IFC and Solibri Model Checker Data Solibri Model Viewer (Both Solibri softwares run on Windows and Mac OS X. Viewer also runs on Linux.) |
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Open Source BIM Server, an open source BIM Server based on IFC -->Website |
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Tekla BIMsight, *.ifc, *.ifcZIP, *ifcxml,.dgn, .dwg, .xml files, you can combine models and run clash detection for free --> Download |
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Ifc Engine Series, a set of tools for IFC Data. --> Download Ifc Engine Basic, a purely data viewer for IFC Data. --> Download Ifc Engine Viewer, a data + 3D viewer for IFC Data. --> Download Ifc Engine DLL, a toolbox for IFC Data (free for non-commercial use). --> Download Ifc Engine OCX, an ActiveX component with toolbox for IFC Data (free for non-commercial use). --> Download examples writing IFC, source code in different languages (C/C++) to write IFC based on SDAI (given source code is 100% free, the DLL is free for non-commercial use but could be replaced by any other SDAI DB). --> Download examples reading IFC, source code in different languages (C/C++/C#/VB6/VB.NET) to read IFC based on SDAI (given source code is 100% free, the DLL is free for non-commercial use but could be replaced by any other SDAI DB). --> Download |
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Open IFC tools, a set of tools for open source IFC development. --> Overview including open Java toolbox, IFC loader for Java-3d, Boolean modeller, and Schedule assistent |
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IfcOpenShell is a free open source IFC geometry engine. Besides the library itself, it features an importer for Autodesk 3ds Max, an importer for Blender and a stand-alone application to convert into the Wavefront .OBJ file format. --> Website |
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BIM Surfer, an open source WebGL viewer for IFC in the webbrowser -->Website |
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Open source BIM collectiveThe open source BIM Collective is created to support and build the highest-quality open source Building Information Modeling software for open standards like IFC. Projects like IfcWebServer, BIM tools for sketchup, UBERviewer (CityGML and IFC), BIMserver.org, IfcOpenShell and BIMsurfer team up to create a stable suite of free and open source tools for everybody to use! --> Website |
