Developers

Additional material and guidelines on using the products developed by the Modeling Support Group

get involved: Explains the different ways to get involved and to participate in IFC and IFC-related development work.
get started: a collection of tools, source code, guidelines and other support items for easy entry into understanding IFC and ifc-files.
Implementer's community: buildingSMART International group for software developers to get involved in the buildingSMART interoperability programs. This is organized by the Implementation Support Group ISG.
supporting ifc implementation: Information about how to implement IFC, links to external implementation sites, and further guidance to implementers.
certifying ifc implementations: buildingSMART International organizes and supports certification programs for software developers that want to demonstrate and test IFC compatible solutions. A particular IFC certification program is provided for Model View Definitions officially approved and released by buildingSMART International. This site provides the technical details of IFC software certification by buildingSMART.
accompanying documents: additional and accompanying documentation to support the IFC and other specification. Examples are reader's guides or glossaries.
frequently asked questions: Frequently asked questions

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