Freeware

Beside commercial software packages there is also a number of free tools that support IFC. Tools include viewer to visualize an IFC model, often in conjunction with showing the project structure and the properties of objects, text browser to show the original IFC file for debugging, converter to convert project data from/to other file formats, and syntax checker to check the formal validity of IFC files.

 Free IFC tools for visualizing, checking and translating IFC files

Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe	IfcStoreyView, a viewer for IFC Data. --> Download IfcViewer, a viewer for IFC Data. --> Download IfcWalkThrough, an application for virtually walk through IFC building models. --> Download IfcObjectCounter, an IFC file checker --> Download
Data Design System	DDS IFC Viewer, a viewer for IFC Data. --> Download DDS IFC Reader, drag & drop IFC files and examine --> Download
TNO Building Research	Ifc Engine Series, a set of tools for IFC Data. --> Download Ifc Engine Basic, a purely data viewer for IFC Data. --> Download Ifc Engine Viewer, a data + 3D viewer for IFC Data. --> Download Ifc Engine DLL, a toolbox for IFC Data (free for non-commercial use). --> Download Ifc Engine OCX, an ActiveX component with toolbox for IFC Data (free for non-commercial use). --> Download
G.E.M. Team Solutions	IfcQuickBrowser, Text-browser for large IFC files. The IFC file is displayed in a tree structure. --> Download
NIST	CIS/2 to IFC Translator, CIS/2 is the product model for structural steel CIS/2 -->Download
Solibri	Solibri IFC Optimizer, a tool for optimizing/compressing IFC files -->Download Solibri Model Viewer, a viewer for IFC and Solibri Model Checker Data -->Download (Both Solibri softwares run on Windows and Mac OS X.)