IFC File Analyzer

The IFC File Analyzer generates a spreadsheet from an IFC file. IFC (Industry Foundation Classes) is the data exchange standard used to facilitate interoperability in the building and construction industry. IFC is developed by buildingSMART.

In the spreadsheet, a worksheet is created for each type of IFC entity in the file. Every row in the worksheet contains the attributes for an instance of an IFC entity. Multiple IFC files can be analyzed at once to compare entity usage. There are options to select which types of IFC entities are processed and to report some of the IFC entity Inverse relationships.

Some coverage analysis is provided by reporting the usage of some entity attributes and if an entity is part of the Coordination View. There are also links to current IFC entity documentation.

Typical IFC viewers show a visualization of the building represented by the IFC file. The user can drill down to the individual attributes for a single building object. However, there is no way to view all of the entities and their attributes at once. The IFC File Analyzer provides this capability by creating a spreadsheet from the IFC file.

The paper "Developing Coverage Analysis for IFC Files" was presented at the CIB W78 conference, 16-19 November 2010, Cairo, Egypt. Download Powerpoint presentation.

Sample Spreadsheet: IFC_File_Analyzer_ifc.xlsx

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