Translations:Arch IFC/6/en

Both the importer and exporter depend on an external piece of open-source software, called IfcOpenShell, which might or might not be bundled with your version of FreeCAD, depending on the platform and where you obtained your FreeCAD package from. If IfcOpenShell is correctly installed, it will be detected by FreeCAD and used to import and export IFC files. An easy way to check if IfcOpenShell is present and available, is either to try to import or export an IFC file, or simply enter the following in the FreeCAD Python Console (found under menu View->Panels):