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    • jo-keJ Offline
      jo-ke
      last edited by

      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

        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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        • Rich O BrienR Online
          Rich O Brien Moderator
          last edited by

          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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          • jo-keJ Offline
            jo-ke
            last edited by

            Yes I did it like you discribed.

            I will try the blender way...

            thank you!

            http://www.zz7.de

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            • jo-keJ Offline
              jo-ke
              last edited by

              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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              • Rich O BrienR Online
                Rich O Brien Moderator
                last edited by

                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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                • jo-keJ Offline
                  jo-ke
                  last edited by

                  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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                  • Rich O BrienR Online
                    Rich O Brien Moderator
                    last edited by

                    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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                    • jo-keJ Offline
                      jo-ke
                      last edited by

                      @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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                      • Rich O BrienR Online
                        Rich O Brien Moderator
                        last edited by

                        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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                        • jo-keJ Offline
                          jo-ke
                          last edited by

                          My client was able to convert to sketchup.

                          thank you

                          http://www.zz7.de

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                          • Rich O BrienR Online
                            Rich O Brien Moderator
                            last edited by

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

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