Industry Foundation Class STEP/XML Files (IFC) Reader/Writer

FME reads and writes files in Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) format.

Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) Product and System Requirements

Format

Product

Operating System

Reader/Writer

FME Desktop License

FME Server

FME Cloud

Windows

Linux

Mac

Reader

Available in FME Professional Edition and higher

Yes

Yes

64-bit: Yes

Yes

Yes

Writer

Available in FME Professional Edition and higher

Yes

Yes

64-bit: Yes

Yes

Yes

Overview

Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) is an open, vendor-neutral standard for the exchange of Building Information Modelling (BIM) data. The IFC standard is maintained and published by BuildingSmart. The IFC standard is also published as ISO standard 16739.

Reader Overview

The IFC reader will automatically detect the version of the IFC file it is reading, by analyzing the file header.

The reader supports IFC2x, IFC2x2, IFC2x3 and IFC4.

Writer Overview

The IFC writer will output files using the IFC2x3 or IFC4 specification.