2016-11-07 ~ Industry Foundation Classes ~ IFC View R1

[theo-armour]

IFC View R1

IFC View R1

IFC View Read Me

Concept

• IFC is an emerging AEC standard
• Many apps are proprietary and closed source
• Most of the open source apps require a download and install
• Mobile apps seem almost non-existent

qll of the above needs confirming

Mission

• Build lightweight IFC apps that work in your browser
• Provide interactive 3D views
• Entry level code accessible by engineers and architects

2016-11-07 ~ R1

• Opens, reads, parses and displays IFC files
• Three examples
  • Hello Wall
    • Building Smart - Examples
  • Hello House
    • Still at very early stage of interpretation - date held in library blocks needs extrusion, position and rotation
    • Building Smart - Examples
  • rst_advanced_sample_project.ifc
    • 15K entities - takes a while to load
• Reads and displays in 3D polylines, polyloops and coordinates
• Reads and displays on menu some unformatted project meta-data
• First commit
• Add Read Me

[webdada]

Hi, Theo,

I have made some quick comments below - just my two cents.

Sam

Concept

Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) is the open and neutral data format for openBIM.
Many open and closed source apps are not web-based.
Many apps translates IFC to other formats for visualization, storage and query
Mobile apps also have similar challenges, including IFC to other format translation.

Mission
Build lightweight IFC apps that work in your browser
Provide interactive 3D views
Entry level code accessible by engineers and architects
Basic IFC property editing capability
High Performance viewing based on streaming or gradual loading of different layers - instead of loading everything at once.
Ability to Redline IFC models

[theo-armour]

@webdada
Updated the read me.