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Summary
Name	Industry Foundation Classes
Version	4
Other names
Identifiers	PUID: fmt/700
Family
Classification	Text (Structured)
Disclosure
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.
Orientation
Byte order
Related file formats	Has priority over Standard for the Exchange of Product model data Is subsequent version of Industry Foundation Classes (2x3)
Technical Environment
Released
Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by	None.
Supported by	None.
Source	Michelle Lindlar / German National Library of Science and Technology
Source date	11 Feb 2015
Source description
Last updated	11 Feb 2015
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