IfcOpenShell 0.4.0 rc1 released!

It has been a while, but today the immediate availability of the first release candidate for the IfcOpenShell 0.4 release is announced! On this blog some of the new features of this release will be highlighted in detail. For example on file format conversion. Please report all issues found (by leaving a comment, starting a thread on the forums, a message on IRC, e-mail or a letter, you know where to find us)!

Changes since 0.3:

• Introduction of IfcConvert 
  • A new utility that writes STEP, Collada, IGES and Wavefront OBJ files
• Support for IfcSurfaceStyles when importing geometry
  • Surface styles govern the colours applied to elements in IFC viewers
• More robust support for clipped representations
• Blender IFC importer updated for 2.69
• 3ds Max IFC importer updated for 3ds Max 2014
• Improved performance and stability

The release can be downloaded from the http://ifcopenshell.org website:

• The IFC importer for Blender: http://ifcopenshell.org/ifcblender.html
• The IFC importer for Autodesk 3ds Max: http://ifcopenshell.org/ifcmax.html
• The stand-alone IFC geometry conversion utility: http://ifcopenshell.org/ifcconvert.html
• The plug-in for BIMserver.org: http://ifcopenshell.org/bimserver.html

Enjoy! And remember that IfcOpenShell still needs your help!