{"id":456868,"date":"2020-08-11T08:49:58","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T06:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bim-me-up.com\/?p=456868"},"modified":"2021-04-23T16:13:53","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T14:13:53","slug":"the-most-popular-ifc-viewers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bim-me-up.com\/en\/the-most-popular-ifc-viewers\/","title":{"rendered":"The most popular IFC viewers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyone working with openBIM and IFC also needs a good and preferably vendor-neutral viewer. As I am asked this question very often, I will summarize the most frequently used viewers here today. <strong>free of charge<\/strong> Viewer and my experiences with them - and of course I look forward to your comments and additions!<\/p>\r\n<p>TOP 5 vendor-neutral viewers:\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iai.kit.edu\/1302.php\">FZKViewer<\/a> developed by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is used worldwide by IFC experts as THE neutral viewer and is often my first choice. Unfortunately, the graphical user interface is a bit old-fashioned and the navigation is not exactly intuitive. The FZKViewer is very compact and requires no installation - it is simply unpacked after downloading and can be started by double-clicking on the .exe file. <br \/><em>Platform: Windows<br \/><\/em>\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/openifcviewer.com\">open IFC Viewer<\/a> is a relatively new and neutral development from the Open Design Alliance (ODA). The viewer also claims to support experimental IFC features. I haven't tested it thoroughly yet, but it certainly sounds promising.\u00a0<br \/><em>Platform: Windows \/ MacOS <br \/><\/em>\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.bimcollab.com\/en\/zoom\/free-ifc-viewer\">BIMcollab ZOOM<\/a> is very intuitive and easy to use. Even though BIMcollab offers a paid PRO version, the free version is completely sufficient for viewing and checking IFC files. <br \/><em>Platform: Windows \/ MacOS<br \/><\/em>\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bimvision.eu\/en\/download\/\">BIM Vision<\/a> is a modular IFC viewer with its own SDK. In the free version, it is a solid viewer and can be extended with various plug-ins that enable, for example, the merging of IFC files or the export of sub-areas into a new IFC. <br \/><em>Platform: Windows<br \/><\/em>\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li><em><br \/>\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Other viewers (not manufacturer-neutral):\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solibri.com\/de\/download-solibri-anywhere\">Solibri Anywhere<\/a>\u00a0is clearly laid out, but also has its own logic and does not necessarily display the IFCs faithfully - Solibri automatically calculates quantities based on the values contained in the IFC, but these cannot be found in other viewers, which can lead to confusion.<br \/><em>Platform: Windows \/ MacOS<br \/><br \/><\/em><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dds-cad.de\/produkte\/dds-cad-viewer\/\">DDS-CAD Viewer<\/a> has a good range of functions and even offers collision detection. <br \/><em>Platform: Windows<\/em><em> <br \/><\/em>\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li>Another option that is often overlooked, but in many cases is also suitable for quickly and easily viewing IFC files in the browser, is the <a href=\"https:\/\/viewer.autodesk.com\">Autodesk Viewer<\/a> - IFC files (and many other formats) can be uploaded here free of charge and are available after a short processing time, including the tree structure and properties. The files remain available online for 30 days (extension possible) and can also be shared with others. <br \/>Autodesk BIM 360 is also based on this technology and offers all the functions of a CDE platform in addition to the viewer. <br \/><em>Platform: all (browser)<\/em><br \/>\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">Last but not least, Navisworks can also be interesting for Autodesk users, as it is not free of charge, but as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.de\">AEC Collection<\/a> and offers many other BIM management functionalities, such as 4D simulation or clash detection.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\"><br \/><em>Platform: Windows<\/em><\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In any case, the viewers must be updated regularly (preferably automatically), as there are currently regular innovations in the IFC area, especially with regard to IFC4. I also always use 2-3 viewers (at least one of which is manufacturer-neutral) so that I can compare the results with each other if necessary.<\/p>\r\n<p>What are your experiences here and which viewers do you use?\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Update 13.8. - your recommendations:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.ibtnet.de\/public\/card-1_desite_share\">DESITE Share<\/a> - Particularly good for infrastructure projects \/ IFC 4.1<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.areddo.com\"><span id=\"ember1476\" class=\"ember-view\">Areddo IFC Viewer<\/span><\/a>\u00a0- Very high performance<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;q=usbim.viewer%2B&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8\">usBIM.viewer+<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>Online Viewer: <a href=\"https:\/\/ifc-view.com\">bimspot ifs-view.com<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>Mobile solution: <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/de\/app\/3d-pdf-reader\/id569307672\">3D PDF Reader for iOS\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><em>Please vote for your \"favorites\" in the sidebar and feel free to add new suggestions - as soon as a viewer has 3 suggestions, I'll add it to the list. Thank you \ud83d\ude42<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wer sich mit openBIM und IFC besch\u00e4ftigt, braucht auch einen guten und am besten herstellerneutralen Viewer. Da ich diese Frage sehr oft gestellt bekomme, fasse ich euch heute hier die meistgenutzten gratis Viewer sowie meine Erfahrungen mit diesen zusammen &#8211; und freue mich nat\u00fcrlich \u00fcber eure Kommentare und Erg\u00e4nzungen! TOP 5 herstellerneutrale Viewer:\u00a0 FZKViewer entwickelt [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":456867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-456868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bim","category-ifc"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2lEa7-1UQQ","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bim-me-up.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IFC-Viewer.1c151acba2d648cd98ed1a8ebe4fa64d.png?fit=500%2C326&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bim-me-up.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bim-me-up.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bim-me-up.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bim-me-up.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bim-me-up.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=456868"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/bim-me-up.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":457071,"href":"https:\/\/bim-me-up.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456868\/revisions\/457071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bim-me-up.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bim-me-up.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bim-me-up.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bim-me-up.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}