Industry Foundation Class STEP/XML Files (IFC) Quick Facts

About Quick Facts Tables

Format Type Identifier

IFC

Reader/Writer

Both

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

Industry Foundation Class STEP/XML Files (IFC) Geometry Support

Geometry

Supported?

aggregate

yes

circles

yes

circular arc

yes

donut polygon

yes

elliptical arc

yes

ellipses

yes

line

yes

none

yes

point

yes

polygon

yes

raster

no

solid

yes

surface

yes

text

no

z values

no