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IfcBlender is an addon for Blender to import IFC files (wikipedia). IFC is an open exchange format for building and construction data, that contains both geometry and semantic and topological information.

IfcBlender is based on IfcOpenShell, the free open source IFC implementation written in C++.

Note that this is first release for which Linux and Mac OSX builds are supplied. This is all rather new for us, we are still mapping on what platforms they actually do work, so if you encounter any problems with them (or just want to say they do work) please mail to [email protected], drop by at our forums or let us know in the comments.

Installation instructions:

Download and unzip IfcBlender, move the unzipped folder io_import_scene_ifc into your addons folder
Enable the Blender add-on by clicking on File > User Preferences > Add-ons > Import-Export > Import-Export: IfcBlender
You can now import .ifc files by selecting Industry Foundation Classes (.ifc) from the File > Import menu

What's new in r33?

The option to import the hierarchical structure (Project>Site>Storeys>Spaces>Elements) into Blender using parenting.
Some metadata is stored in the custom properties fields.
The option to choose to use either the entity's Name or the GlobalId for the Blender object name.
The conversion progress is displayed using a progress bar in the console.
Some minor bugfixes and improvements.

What's new in r37?