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Welcome to the python-ifc wiki!

I forked the original python-ifc by mvaerle because for my own work I needed an easy-to-apprehend Python parser for IFC files, and I wanted to share my bug fixes and what I added to the code.

python-ifc as of today lacks many basic features such as being able to manage complex types and making a difference between mandatory and optional attributes of entities.

I'm far from being a specialist of the IFC specification and I will probably only try to implement what is needed for my own studies on IFC files.

My main interest in IFC is not on the architectural part but on the description of MEP networks.

As a reminder:

• IFC2x3 TC1 is the schema in practical use today, since 2008 and until 2016
• IFC4 is to be used from 2014 onwards