A small IFC reference tool I've been working on

wu yao — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:51:36 GMT

Hi everyone,

I've been working with IFC quite a bit lately, and I often find myself looking up different IFC entities, attributes, and their definitions.

The buildingSMART documentation is great, but sometimes I just need a quick reference without jumping between multiple pages.

So I built a small IFC Reference tool to make that a bit easier.

It currently includes three IFC schema versions:

IFC 4.3 ADD2
IFC 4 ADD2 TC1
IFC 2x3 TC1

The reference content comes from the official buildingSMART documentation, and you can download the manuals for offline use, which is pretty handy when working without an internet connection.

The IFC Reference feature is completely free.

Nothing groundbreaking, just a small tool I thought might be useful for anyone who works with IFC regularly.

It's part of an app I've been developing called Viewra IFC, available on both iOS and Android. You can find it on the App Store or Google Play by searching for "Viewra IFC".

Thought I'd share it here in case anyone finds it useful. Would also be interested to know how others usually look up IFC schema information, or if there's anything missing that would make this more helpful.

Operating system used: Mac Apple Silicon 15

Re: A small IFC reference tool I've been working on

wu yao — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:13:12 GMT

For anyone interested in trying it out, here are the download links:

iOS (App Store):Download
Android (Google Play):Download

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