Translations:Manual:BIM modeling/46/en


 * Select the top object you want to export, that is, the Building object.
 * Select menu File -> Export -> Industry Foundation Classes and save your file.
 * The resulting IFC file can now be opened ina wide range of applications and viewers (the image below shows the file opened in the free IfcPlusPlus viewer). Checking the exported file in such a viewer application before distributing it to other people is important to check that all the data contained in the file is correct. FreeCAD itself can also be used to re-open the resulting IFC file.