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  • J Offline
    jo-ke
    last edited by 18 Aug 2022, 09:46

    my customer sent me some ifc files.

    I tried to import to sketchup but import failed.

    what can I do?

    Any chance to convert to sketchup?

    http://www.zz7.de

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    • L Offline
      L i am
      last edited by 18 Aug 2022, 10:51

      1, Go to the file File menu inside Sketchup.
      2, Click Import.
      3, click the drop-down (bottom right) and select all supported types.
      4, Navigate to the IFC file and left-click the file.
      5, Click import at the bottom right-hand side.

      I assume you tried it this way?

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      • R Offline
        Rich O Brien Moderator
        last edited by 18 Aug 2022, 11:17

        Try viewing the file at...

        Link Preview Image
        Site not found · GitHub Pages

        favicon

        (ifcjs.github.io)

        If that fails try the free BlenderBIM addon

        https://blenderbim.org/

        ...then export to .dae

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        • J Offline
          jo-ke
          last edited by 18 Aug 2022, 11:51

          Yes I did it like you discribed.

          I will try the blender way...

          thank you!

          http://www.zz7.de

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          • J Offline
            jo-ke
            last edited by 18 Aug 2022, 12:27

            I intalled the blenderplugin.
            It worked well with the smallest ifc file (582 kb)

            but the most important file is to huge, Blender is crashing (120 MB)

            I can open it in the viewer https://ifcjs.github.io/web-ifc-viewer/example/index

            but I can not convert it into another format.

            There ist a downloadbutton and a dropbox button but they do not work

            what can I do?

            can somebody convert for me?

            http://www.zz7.de

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            • R Offline
              Rich O Brien Moderator
              last edited by 18 Aug 2022, 12:39

              Can you open the file with this...

              Link Preview Image
              Open IFC Viewer

              favicon

              (openifcviewer.com)

              Also try this...

              Link Preview Image
              Page not found · GitHub Pages

              favicon

              (www.ifcopenshell.org)

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              • J Offline
                jo-ke
                last edited by 18 Aug 2022, 12:53

                can I convert with it or only open it?

                opening works fine with the first one but I was not able to convert it.

                http://www.zz7.de

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                • R Offline
                  Rich O Brien Moderator
                  last edited by 18 Aug 2022, 12:58

                  The first is a viewer only. It's to see if the file will actually open.

                  The second allows you to convert. I was interested to see if the file itself would open elsewhere.

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                  • J Offline
                    jo-ke
                    last edited by 18 Aug 2022, 13:06

                    @rich o brien said:

                    Can you open the file with this...

                    Link Preview Image
                    Open IFC Viewer

                    favicon

                    (openifcviewer.com)

                    Also try this...

                    Link Preview Image
                    Page not found · GitHub Pages

                    favicon

                    (www.ifcopenshell.org)

                    first one: I can open it but the grafic look s wired. Not option to export to collada

                    second one: installation failed but description sounds interessting. Tried to install different versions, all failed.

                    http://www.zz7.de

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                    • R Offline
                      Rich O Brien Moderator
                      last edited by 18 Aug 2022, 13:16

                      I'm out of options I'm afraid.

                      Ask your client to export to a different format. IFC can be hit or miss because its not just mesh data and that is likely all you need.

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                      • J Offline
                        jo-ke
                        last edited by 18 Aug 2022, 13:59

                        My client was able to convert to sketchup.

                        thank you

                        http://www.zz7.de

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                        • R Offline
                          Rich O Brien Moderator
                          last edited by 18 Aug 2022, 14:16

                          Out of curiosity, what did that 120mb .ifc become in size when converted to .skp

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