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Installation of the NativeIFC addon

These instructions are temporary. The NativeIFC add-on is meant to be integrated later on with the BIM workbench

Prerequisites

The NativeIFC add-on will install and work with any version of FreeCAD and will allow to open and inspect IFC files. However, to create new IFC objects, you will need a FreeCAD version above or equal to 0.20.3. The NativeIFC add-on also requires IfcOpenShell installed. IfcOpenShell might already be installed with your version of FreeCAD.

Auto install

The advantage of this approach is the ability to update FreeCAD-BlenderBIM workbench via the add-on manager.

  • Open the Addon Manager preferences via Edit → Preferences → Addon Manager → Custom Repositories
  • Add https://github.com/yorikvanhavre/FreeCAD-NativeIFC to Custom Repositories list. In the Branch section indicate the main branch. Press OK.
  • Start the Tools → Addon Manager which will automatically find FreeCAD-NativeIFC add-on in the workbench list.
  • Install FreeCAD-NativeIFC add-on
  • Restart FreeCAD

Manual install

  • Navigate to your FreeCAD Mods folder (~/.local/share/FreeCAD/Mods)
  • Clone this repo there: git clone https://github.com/yorikvanhavre/FreeCAD-NativeIFC.git
  • Restart FreeCAD

Check if installation was successful

  • FreeCAD-NativeIFC importer should be available in open/insert file dialogs
  • The Project tool in the BIM Workbench shows an IFC icon