Codemill IFC Exporter for Autodesk® Inventor®

Codemill IFC Exporter for Autodesk® Inventor®

Win64, English

Codemill Oy
With Codemill IFC Exporter for Autodesk® Inventor® you can export any Inventor assembly or part with all design tracking properties included into the IFC2x3, IFC4 or IFC4x3 format.

General Usage Instructions

After installation start Autodesk Inventor in the usual way. You will find the installed program in the Add-Ins Ribbon Tab.

If the plugin is not visible in the Add-Ins tab, it may have been blocked by security reasons. Then you can change its load behaviour in the Inventor Add-in Manager. Please select IFCExporter and then uncheck "Block" and then check "Loaded/Unloaded" and "Load Automatically" and press OK.

Easiest way to export an Inventor file to IFC:

Open an assembly or part file, specify the file name, select schema version, check export properties in options and

press Export IFC button.

 

The plugin has also possibility to use Class and Property Mappings.

With Class Mappings the user can tell the plugin which IFC element type to use for individual parts.

With Property Mappings the user can map Inventor design tracking properties to standard BuildingSMART property sets.

Online help: 

https://codemill.fi/navistools/inventor/webframe.html#Using%20IFC%20Exporter%20plugin.html

Screenshots

Commands

Installation/Uninstallation

The installer that ran when you downloaded this app/plug-in from Autodesk App Store will start installing the app/plug-in. OR, simply double-click the downloaded installer to install the app/plugin. You may need to restart the Autodesk product to activate the app/plug-in. To uninstall this plug-in,exit the Autodesk product if you are currently running it, simply rerun the installer, and select the "Uninstall" button. OR, click Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features (Windows 7/8.1/10/11) and uninstall as you would any other application from your system.

After installation start Autodesk Inventor in the usual way. You will find the installed program in the Add-Ins Ribbon Tab.

If the plugin is not visible in the Add-Ins tab, it may have been blocked by security reasons. Then you can change its load behaviour in the Inventor Add-in Manager. Please select IFCExporter and then uncheck "Block" and then check "Loaded/Unloaded" and "Load Automatically" and press OK.

 

Additional Information

Purchase a permanent license online

The permanent license cost of this plugin is 500€. If you find this plugin useful, you can purchase a permanent license anytime from: https://www.codemill.fi/purchases

Known Issues

Contact

Company Name: Codemill Oy
Support Contact: jukka.meklin@codemill.fi

Author/Company Information

Codemill Oy

Support Information

Email support is available at jukka.meklin@codemill.fi and at jari.heinajarvi@codemill.fi

Version History

Version Number Version Description

3.0.0

Added support for Autodesk Inventor 2025 version Added support for IFC4x3 schema version

2.0.4

Added support for Autodesk Inventor 2024 version Added function for splitting large parts into several chunks Added option to change assembly and subassembly colors Added option to transfer origin and the direction of coordinate system of the model

2.0.0

Added support for Autodesk Inventor 2024 version

1.7.3

Added function to transform coordinate system Added function to update class mappings after new component added

1.7.1

Units of measure in IFC file change to centimeters as per Autodesk Inventor database units

1.7.0

Initial version for Inventor 2023
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