ifcpipeline a online ifc viewer

B by bernd on 25 Aug 2020, edited 25 Aug 2020 #

http://view.ifcopenshell.org/

Upload any ifc from your local computer and view it in a browser.

Does anybody has more informations? I assume it is Thomas himself who is behind this viewer!?

cheers bernd

B by bernd on 25 Aug 2020 #

Most interesting question ... Is ifcopenshell itself used to parse the geometry?

M by Moult on 25 Aug 2020 #

@bernd I believe IfcConvert (which is IfcOpenShell) creates a DAE, and then Collada2Gltf is used to prepare the geometry. I think now a glb is used instead of a gltf. Also, IfcConvert also creates an XML to retain the metadata. Then BIMSurfer v2 displays it (note there are 3 BIMSurfer versions, each incompatible with the other and with a particular tech stack).

The Ifc Pipeline package also includes some other things like a database, I believe for managing the process queue.

@aothms is behind it, yes.