Import an IFC or SDXF file

The project starts from a building drawn elsewhere, in an IFC or SDXF file. The method depends on your site and your plan.

  1. Import an IFC or SDXF file asks for the file:

    The file step

    Drop it in the frame, or Choose a file. It is 64 MB at most. Converting an IFC costs credits, the price is written under the frame; an SDXF is free.

  2. The window reads the file, converts the IFC, then draws the project. A large building takes a few minutes; Cancel stops the import.

  3. The result:

    • The building is ready: the number of levels, rooms, doors and windows. Next continues.
    • With problems: the list of what could not be drawn, to Download the list. The project will be created with everything else; these points are taken up in the editor.
    • This file cannot be imported: the reason is written, no project is created. Choose another file starts again.

  4. The project's information (Page unavailable): the title is the file's, to change if you like. The units are the file's.

  5. Depending on the chosen provider, Details. An import has no Location step.

  6. Create Project opens the building in the editor. Walls, doors, windows, floors, ceilings and named rooms are editable elements there, level by level.