Online open converter tool for IFC files - frontend interface

This is an online JS-based frontend that gives a simple interface for converting IFC files to a number of other formats.

Before installation

You need:

• Java version 8+
• a running version of the back-end to this code: https://github.com/LBDserver/converter_backend/

Installation and getting started

Open console and run:

• npm install
• npm run start

What can this web-app do

After starting the server, a local web application (React) starts that allows converting IFC to a number of other data formats:

Extend the app

Care to extend the application so it can also output other formats, this is easily possible with a small number of code edits as long as you have an executable available of the conversion process.

More info

Jeroen Werbrouck, UGent - jeroen.werbrouck@ugent.be