ifctool

Command line tool for working with IFC models. It extracts IFC elements by ID or types, and exports as JSON or CSV (via json2csv).

Install

``
yarn install
`

Usage

`
> node src/ifctool.js
Usage: node ifctool.js [--flag=value]*
may be one of:

--elt=id Print the IFC element with the given ID
--type=type Print the IFC elements of the given type
--out=csv Print as CSV instead of JSON
--fmt=... Format CSV, see: https://www.npmjs.com/package/json2csv

EXAMPLES

To print the root element of the model:

node ifctool.js index.ifc --elt=1

As CSV

node ifctool.js index.ifc --elt=1 --out=csv

With custom formatting

node src/ifctool.js index.ifc --type=IFCBUILDINGELEMENTPROXY --out=csv --fmt='["Name.value"]'
`

e.g. with the included index.ifc:

`
> node src/ifctool.js --id=42
args: [ '42' ]
web-ifc: 0.0.34 threading: 0
line 42: IfcSIUnit {
expressID: 42,
type: 448429030,
Dimensions: { type: 0 },
UnitType: { type: 3, value: 'TIMEUNIT' },
Prefix: null,
Name: { type: 3, value: 'SECOND' }
}
`

`
> node src/ifctool.js index.ifc --type=IFCBUILDINGELEMENTPROXY --out=csv --fmt='["Name.value"]'
web-ifc: 0.0.34 threading: 0
"Name.value"
"Together"
"Together"
"Together"
"Together"
"Together"
"Together"
"Together"
``