IFC Quick Facts

About Quick Facts Tables

Format Type Identifier

IFC

Reader/Writer

Both

Licensing Level

Professional and above

Dependencies

None

Dataset Type

File

Feature Type

  • IfcProduct subclasses
  • Property Set Definitions
  • Quantity Set Definitions

Typical File Extensions

.ifc

Automated Translation Support

Yes

User-Defined Attributes

No

Coordinate System Support

Partial

Generic Color Support

No

Spatial Index

No

Schema Required

Yes

Transaction Support

No

Encoding Support

Yes

Geometry Type Attribute

ifc_type

Geometry Support

Geometry

Supported?

 

Geometry

Supported?

aggregate

yes

 

point

yes

circles

yes

 

polygon

yes

circular arc

yes

 

raster

no

donut polygon

yes

 

solid

yes

elliptical arc

yes

 

surface

yes

ellipses

yes

 

text

no

line

yes

 

z values

no

none

yes