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Installation

Install Blender IFC Add-On

  1. Install Blender using the graphical installer from the Blender download page
  2. Download IFCOpenShell from The IFCOpenShell download page Make sure you have the right version. For your Blender Version, the 0.5.0 preview 2 works fine with Blender 2.79. IFCOpenShell for Blender
  3. Start Blender and press CTRL-ALT-U to open the User Settings
  4. click on "Add-ons" and then the "Install Add-on from File..." button install addon.
  5. Select the downloaded IfcOpenShell-zip file and import it.
  6. Now the Import-Export IfcBlender-Add-On should be available. If you search for "ifc" you should see it. Activate it by clicking on the checkbox to the left of its entry: activate addon.
  7. (optional) if you like to load the Add-on every time Blender starts click the "Save User Settings"-button.
  8. Close the "User Preferences" window and make sure the installation was successful. Under "File" -> "Import" you should see "Industry Foundation Classes (.ifc)"
    IFC in Blender.
  9. Make sure to remove everything (cameras, lights, other meshes, ...) before you import a building! Just press a in 'Object Mode' to select everything (you might need to press it twice if there is something selected) and x and confirm by clicking on Delete X.

Install IfcBlender

  1. Quit Blender if it is running
  2. Download/Checkout python-ifc-model
  3. Download IfcOpenShell for python for your blender version (for Blender 2.79 you can use "IfcOpenShell-python for python 3.5 64bit Windows")
  4. Extract the downloaded files and copy the folders ifc_model/ifc_model (the sub-folder) and ifcopenshell to <Blender Installation Folder>\<Blender Version>\python\lib Python-libs inside Blender

(TODO: installing this as Blender Add-On from the UI would be nice...)