IfcOpenShell: Revision history

1 July 2023

• curprev 21:0721:07, 1 July 2023‎ Roy 043 talk contribs‎ 25,503 bytes +38‎ Marked this version for translation

30 June 2023

• curprev 11:5511:55, 30 June 2023‎ Yorik talk contribs‎ 25,465 bytes +363‎ Added BlenderBIM iIOS page

24 November 2022

• curprev 10:0710:07, 24 November 2022‎ Roy 043 talk contribs‎ 25,102 bytes +24‎ Marked this version for translation
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22 November 2022

• curprev 11:0811:08, 22 November 2022‎ Yorik talk contribs‎ 25,078 bytes +335‎ Added pip instructions

15 September 2020

• curprev 20:5620:56, 15 September 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 24,743 bytes 0‎ Compiling IfcOpenShell for MacOS

3 September 2020

• curprev 21:1621:16, 3 September 2020‎ Renatorivo talk contribs‎ 24,743 bytes +24‎ Marked this version for translation
• curprev 15:5115:51, 3 September 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 24,719 bytes +540‎ The IfcOpenShell project has also developed "IFC Pipeline", a self-hosted IFC processing and visualization program. It also provides a small web application that accepts file uploads, which anybody can use.

22 August 2020

• curprev 20:3820:38, 22 August 2020‎ Renatorivo talk contribs‎ 24,179 bytes +60‎ Marked this version for translation
• curprev 05:2405:24, 22 August 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 24,119 bytes +23‎ →‎IFC viewer application: The IfcOpenShell library actually includes a small graphical viewer for IFC files that uses PyQt5 and PythonOCC.

21 August 2020

• curprev 07:5007:50, 21 August 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 24,096 bytes +2‎ →‎IFC viewer application: Path to the library /home/user/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ifcopenshell
• curprev 06:5406:54, 21 August 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 24,094 bytes +836‎ The IfcOpenShell library includes a small graphical viewer that uses PyQt5 and PythonOCC.

19 August 2020

• curprev 23:5623:56, 19 August 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 23,258 bytes 0‎ Change the order of the paragraphs

16 August 2020

• curprev 02:1902:19, 16 August 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 23,258 bytes +62‎ IfcOpenShell online viewer

2 August 2020

• curprev 19:4819:48, 2 August 2020‎ Mario52 talk contribs‎ 23,196 bytes +12‎ Marked this version for translation

27 July 2020

• curprev 15:4115:41, 27 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 23,184 bytes +131‎ Main discussion in the forum

26 July 2020

• curprev 21:0021:00, 26 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 23,053 bytes +70‎ into explicit geometry that other CAD packages can understand, for example, STEP, OBJ, and DAE.
• curprev 02:2002:20, 26 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 22,983 bytes +8‎ and it's very straight forward as it only requires the libpcre3 and libxml2 development files.

25 July 2020

• curprev 22:5322:53, 25 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 22,975 bytes +1‎ If it is available, you may install IfcOpenShell using your distribution's package manager.
• curprev 22:5022:50, 25 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 22,974 bytes +17‎ however, as of this writing (2020) it is easier to start using it, as it is now included together with FreeCAD in many FreeCAD distributions. In general, it is advisable to use one of these pre-compiled distributions, and only compile it yourself if you are an advanced user.
• curprev 22:4322:43, 25 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 22,957 bytes +65‎ Now this directory can be moved to the user-specific or system site-packages/ (dist-packages/ for Debian/Ubuntu) to make it available for all Python applications.
• curprev 22:3422:34, 25 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 22,892 bytes +479‎ However, for FreeCAD we only need the ifcopenshell Python module. This module is not a single file, but a "package", that is, a directory with various files. This ifcopenshell package is put together from the Python wrappers built inside IfcOpenShell-build/ifcwrap/, and from the Python modules in the original source directory
• curprev 20:1920:19, 25 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 22,413 bytes +4‎ Removing the compiled libraries
• curprev 20:1820:18, 25 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 22,409 bytes +4‎ Installation of the compiled libraries
• curprev 19:1319:13, 25 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 22,405 bytes +105‎ The ifcopenshell Python module that is required for FreeCAD is not actually present in the build directory; this package is created only when make install is run. The resulting package is placed in a site-packages/ directory, or a dist-packages/ directory for Debian/Ubuntu distributions.
• curprev 19:0819:08, 25 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 22,300 bytes −16‎ The Python package ifcopenshell will be placed in a site-packages/ directory, or a dist-packages/ directory for Debian/Ubuntu distributions.
• curprev 19:0619:06, 25 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 22,316 bytes +80‎ If the compilation doesn't report any errors, you may run make install to copy the headers, compiled libraries, as well as the newly created Python module ifcopenshell to their corresponding installation directories.
• curprev 12:0412:04, 25 July 2020‎ Renatorivo talk contribs‎ 22,236 bytes +360‎ Marked this version for translation
• curprev 06:4906:49, 25 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 21,876 bytes +5‎ →‎Manual installation: IfcOpenShell directory name
• curprev 06:4006:40, 25 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 21,871 bytes +260‎ In all instructions above, instead of cmake, the graphical interface cmake-gui can be used. This will quickly show the available options in the configuration.
• curprev 06:3106:31, 25 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 21,611 bytes +33‎ If the USERSPACE_PYTHON_PREFIX variable was set during the CMake configuration step, ifcopenshell will be placed in the user's site-packages/ directory.
• curprev 06:2406:24, 25 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 21,578 bytes −20‎ →‎Testing the compilation in the build directory: If the build was successful you should have an examples/ subdirectory with the newly compiled IfcOpenHouse executable.
• curprev 05:5105:51, 25 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 21,598 bytes +374‎ →‎Testing the compilation in the build directory: If the build was successful you should have an examples/ directory in the build directory with the newly compiled IfcOpenHouse executable. Run this utility from the build directory to generate a sample IFC file.
• curprev 01:2201:22, 25 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 21,224 bytes +4‎ All configuration options are available in the CMakeLists.txt file located inside the IfcOpenShell-source/cmake/ directory. If there are problems when running CMake or Make, look here for other options that may need to be changed.

24 July 2020

• curprev 23:4823:48, 24 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 21,220 bytes +53‎ It is recommended to perform the configuration and compilation in a specific build directory separate from the source directory.
• curprev 22:4822:48, 24 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 21,167 bytes +340‎ IfcOpenShell directory; Single configuration line for Debian/Ubuntu
• curprev 20:3820:38, 24 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 20,827 bytes −4‎ →‎OpenCOLLADA: Use apt instead of apt-get
• curprev 19:0119:01, 24 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 20,831 bytes 0‎ Rename to IfcOpenShell to match the repository name
• curprev 15:0115:01, 24 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 20,831 bytes +3‎ In general, it is advisable to use one of these pre-compiled systems, and only compile it yourself if you are an advanced user.
• curprev 14:1814:18, 24 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 20,828 bytes +372‎ In the past, IfcOpenShell was a bit difficult to install as it needed to be compiled for the proper Python version; however, as of this writing (2020) it is much easier to work with it, as it is now included together with FreeCAD in many systems.
• curprev 13:2313:23, 24 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 20,456 bytes +31‎ Moved "Troubleshooting and other options" section
• curprev 13:1513:15, 24 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 20,425 bytes −62‎ libIfcGeom*.a and libSerializers*.a
• curprev 09:3009:30, 24 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 20,487 bytes +76‎ →‎Testing the compilation in the build directory: In the build directory there should be a test IFC file that can be run through the newly compiled IfcConvert program to output another file, either OBJ, DAE if OpenCOLLADA support was enabled, STEP, IGS, XML, SVG, or another IFC.
• curprev 08:1008:10, 24 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 20,411 bytes +487‎ Testing the compilation in the build directory. In the build directory there should be a test file that can be run through the IfcConvert program to output a mesh file, either OBJ or DAE if OpenCOLLADA support was enabled during compilation.
• curprev 07:4707:47, 24 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 19,924 bytes +95‎ →‎Specifying Python version: Remember that this version must be the same Python version against which FreeCAD was compiled.
• curprev 07:2407:24, 24 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 19,829 bytes +376‎ →‎OpenCOLLADA: If the files are too old in your distribution, you may also compile the libraries yourself. The procedure is outlined in the main repository, KhronosGroup/OpenCOLLADA, and it's very straight forward as it only requires libpcre3 and libxml2 as requisites.
• curprev 07:0707:07, 24 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 19,453 bytes +41‎ ...you may have to set the proper variables for OpenCOLLADA and for the libpcre library.
• curprev 05:4705:47, 24 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 19,412 bytes +343‎ The general instructions are outlined in the IfcOpenShell repository, and are as follows. Also OpenCOLLADA section.
• curprev 05:3505:35, 24 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 19,069 bytes +9‎ Final slash to indicate directory
• curprev 05:2705:27, 24 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 19,060 bytes +2‎ Final slash to indicate directory
• curprev 05:1705:17, 24 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 19,058 bytes +32‎ Small fixes in text
• curprev 05:0605:06, 24 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 19,026 bytes 0‎ If you'd like to install the IfcOpenShell library only for your user, and not affect system directories, you should place the extracted ifcopenshell/ folder in your own user's home directory.
• curprev 05:0305:03, 24 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 19,026 bytes −9‎ Note: the following examples assume a Debian/Ubuntu based system, but the general procedure should work for other operating systems.
• curprev 05:0105:01, 24 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 19,035 bytes −8‎ Note: the following examples assume a Debian/Ubuntu based system, but the general procedure should work for other operating systems.
• curprev 04:5804:58, 24 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 19,043 bytes +4‎ However, please notice that packages provided by a Linux repository tend to be old, and may not contain the latest developments in the software.
• curprev 04:4504:45, 24 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 19,039 bytes +16‎ for example, mechanical loading analysis, and thermal and energy efficiency studies.
• curprev 04:3904:39, 24 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 19,023 bytes −37‎ →‎Manual installation: However, for FreeCAD we only need the Python wrappers generated inside the ifcwrap/ directory, and the Python modules in the original source directory under src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/.
• curprev 03:3203:32, 24 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 19,060 bytes −8‎ N is the number of processors that you assign to the compilation process; choose at least one fewer than the total number of CPU cores that you have.
• curprev 02:5702:57, 24 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 19,068 bytes +1‎ Unzipping the downloaded package creates an ifcopenshell/ folder.
• curprev 01:3301:33, 24 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 19,067 bytes +132‎ →‎Manual installation: However, for FreeCAD use, we only need the files generated in the ifcwrap/ directory, and those in the original source directory under src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/, which don't need to be compiled.
• curprev 01:1001:10, 24 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 18,935 bytes +601‎ More information on manual installation
• curprev 00:5600:56, 24 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 18,334 bytes +96‎ print(ifcopenshell.__path__) ['/home/user/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ifcopenshell']

23 July 2020

• curprev 23:3823:38, 23 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 18,238 bytes +772‎ Removing compiled libraries. To remove the installed libraries, just remove the corresponding files that were installed, and the ifcopenshell/ directory with all modules inside.
• curprev 23:1723:17, 23 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 17,466 bytes +1,320‎ Installation of compiled libraries
• curprev 23:0323:03, 23 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 16,146 bytes +9‎ Actual compilation
• curprev 22:4322:43, 23 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 16,137 bytes +1,300‎ More information Python version, and installing in the user directory
• curprev 21:3321:33, 23 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 14,837 bytes +263‎ Note: the following examples assume a Debian/Ubuntu based system, but the same procedure should work for other operating systems in general.
• curprev 21:2321:23, 23 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 14,574 bytes +42‎ If the libxml2 libraries are not found during compilation and linking, or if the libraries are not in a standard directory, you may have to set the proper variables.
• curprev 21:1621:16, 23 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 14,532 bytes +356‎ By default the build system expects the community edition (OCE) of OpenCASCADE to be installed in /usr/include/oce, however, please notice that this version is old and no longer recommended by FreeCAD as of 2020. This is the reason that installing the development files of the main version of OpenCASCADE (OCCT) is recommended.
• curprev 19:5619:56, 23 July 2020‎ Renatorivo talk contribs‎ 14,176 bytes +621‎ Marked this version for translation
• curprev 17:5917:59, 23 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 13,555 bytes +131‎ IFC installation; discussion in the forum.
• curprev 17:2317:23, 23 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 13,424 bytes +934‎ →‎Compiling: More information and move the sections around
• curprev 15:4315:43, 23 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 12,490 bytes +11‎ →‎Using a pre-compiled distribution: Small fixes
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• curprev 13:5813:58, 23 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 10,843 bytes +1,778‎ →‎Installation: Using a pre-compiled distribution
• curprev 13:0213:02, 23 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 9,065 bytes +75‎ →‎Installation: However, please notice that packages provided by a Linux repository tend to be old, and not contain the latest developments in the software.
• curprev 12:5012:50, 23 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 8,990 bytes +162‎ IfcOpenShell is primarily a collection of C++ libraries, however, as it has Python bindings, it can be easily integrated with programs like FreeCAD and Blender.
• curprev 07:4307:43, 23 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 8,828 bytes +232‎ Compiling IfcOpenShell for MacOS; a guide that describes the general process. It may not be needed any more as IfcOpenShell is now distributed together with FreeCAD thanks to Conda.
• curprev 07:3707:37, 23 July 2020‎ Vocx talk contribs‎ 8,596 bytes +7,420‎ Re-writing of the most important parts of the page, with information from the project's repository, clarifying various things. OpenCOLLADA information still missing and installation to a local Python file, so that there is no global installation

12 March 2020

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6 March 2020

• curprev 12:4512:45, 6 March 2020‎ Kunda1 talk contribs‎ m 1,110 bytes +103‎ No edit summary
• curprev 12:4212:42, 6 March 2020‎ Kunda1 talk contribs‎ 1,007 bytes +1,007‎ Created page with "<languages/> {{UnfinishedDocu{{#translation:}}}} <translate> ==Description== From the website: </translate><blockquote><translate> IfcOpenShell is an open source (LGPL) sof..."