After successful installation the program adds IFC Exporter command into the Inventors Add-Ins ribbon tab

 

 

  

IFC Exporter command opens the user interface that is used for exporting Inventor assemblies and parts to the IFC2X3 or IFC4 format  

With IFC Exporter you can export any assembly or part file to the IFC2x3 or IFC4 format

Part objects are mapped to corresponding IFC objects and all properties of the objects can be optionally included in to the IFC file.

Third Party Licences

 IFC Exporter is using xBIM Toolkit libraries. xBIM libraries are made available under the CDDL Open Source license.

 

Export Document

 

 

To export Inventor assembly or part please select Schema version and press Export IFC button. You can also select optionally wheather or not export properties as well with the Export Properties check box. 

You can select as well wheather or not use Class Mappings and Property Mappings with other check boxes.

 

Settings

Project settings

There are some extra settings that you can include into the IFC file. Please set Project name, Organisation, Site name and Building name at the Settings tab and save them with Save Settings button.

Other settings 

 

IFC4 Geometry	Option to select geometry representation for IFC4 files
Tolerance	A value that determines how dense the triangle mesh is created for IFC elements (default 0.1)

 

 

 

Log and License

You can see log of exporting process at the Log and License tab with Open Logfile button