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Format

Industry Foundation Classes

Summary

Name
Industry Foundation Classes
Version
2x2
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/659
Format type
Text (Structured)
Description
The Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) data model is intended to describe building and construction industry data. It is a platform neutral, open file format specification that is not controlled by a single vendor or group of vendors. It is an object-based file format with a data model developed by buildingSMART (formerly the International Alliance for Interoperability, IAI) to facilitate interoperability in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry, and is a commonly used collaboration format in Building information modeling (BIM) based projects.
File extensions
ifc
Source
Catenda / Catenda

Relationships

Has priority over

Internal signatures

Industry Foundation Classes 2x2

Note
BOF: ISO-10303-21{0-4096}FILE_SCHEMA{0-1}({0-1}('IFC2X2

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
49534F2D31303330332D3231{0-4096}46494C455F534348454D41{0-1}28{0-1}2827494643325832
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Updated in V81

    Release date
    18 February 2015

    Industry Foundation Classes 2x2: Signature and version updated.

  • Added in V75

    Release date
    17 July 2014

    Industry Foundation Classes: Signature developed in collaboration with Catenda/the DuraArk project

    Industry Foundation Classes: Outline Entry Added. Submitted by Catenda/the DuraArk project