Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) Reader (Tech Preview)

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

The IFC_API reader produces FME features from IFC elements, with feature types based on the IFC element category.

Technology Preview

This format is still under active development, so please expect changes to the current behavior. Safe Software does not recommend using this format in production environments.

Supported Schemas

The reader can read IFC files with the following set of schemas:

IFC2x_FINAL
IFC2x2_FINAL
IFC2x3
IFC4
IFC4x1
IFC4x2
IFC4x3
IFC4x3_RC1
IFC4x4

Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) Product and System Requirements

Format	Product			Operating System
Reader/Writer	FME Form	FME Flow	FME Flow Hosted	Windows 64-bit	Linux	Mac
Reader	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

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.

The value for the reader dataset is the path to the .ifc source data file. If the data file does not exist, or if the file is unrecognized by the reader, then the translation will fail.

IFC 3D element geometry will be represented as 3D surfaces on features.