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It will take from 30 up to 120 minutes to compile everything. It's not the smarter way of compiling IfcOpenShell but this simple script will compile all dependencies, Python versions, etc.
It will take from 30 up to 120 minutes to compile everything. It's not the smarter way of compiling IfcOpenShell but this simple script will compile all dependencies, Python versions, etc.


3. Once it finishes (I don't remember now but it will be printed something like "Built IfcOpenShell..." and it will return to your prompt) you will have a new folder '''/IfcOpenShell/build/''' full of files and folders. From my personal experience, two weeks ago the nix "build-all.sh" script didn't finished successfully but after trying it yesterday with the newest updates it worked fine so I guess you might experience something similar in case the development goes further...
3. După ce termină (nu-mi amintesc acum, dar va fi tipărit ceva de genul "Built IfcOpenShell ..." și se va întoarce la promptul dvs.) veți avea un nou dosar '''/IfcOpenShell/build/''' plin de fișiere și foldere. From my personal experience, two weeks ago the nix "build-all.sh" script didn't finished successfully but after trying it yesterday with the newest updates it worked fine so I guess you might experience something similar in case the development goes further...
So now you have everything you need but you have to do some manual work in order to get it working:
So now you have everything you need but you have to do some manual work in order to get it working:
4. Open FreeCAD and open the Python console and Report view. Then write into the Python console the following:
4. Open FreeCAD and open the Python console and Report view. Then write into the Python console the following:

Revision as of 11:00, 18 September 2018

Tutorial
Topic
Arch Workbench
Level
Advanced
Time to complete
120 minutes
Authors
Pablo Gil
FreeCAD version
Example files
See also
None


Introducere

A fost o anchetă atât de dificilă de a obține o copie de lucru a IfcOpenShell-python pe OSX / macOS pentru a importa / exporta fișierele IFC pe care le partajăm în acest tutorial în cazul în care ajută mai mulți oameni. Sistemul nostru de operare OSX 10.11.6, 64bits cu Python 2.7.11, ar putea funcționa pentru dvs. dacă aveți OSX, de asemenea, deoarece acestea sunt adesea 64bits dar pot diferi de a mea. Procedura ar putea fi foarte asemănătoare dacă rulați sub Linux sau Windows, dar probabil există unele diferențe.

Pași de urmat

1. Descărcați sau clonați întregul proiect GitHub de la https://github.com/IfcOpenShell/IfcOpenShell (it will always be the newest version)

2. De la un terminal mergeți în directorul / nix / și lansați scriptul. În OSX este rulat cu:

./build-all.sh

It will take from 30 up to 120 minutes to compile everything. It's not the smarter way of compiling IfcOpenShell but this simple script will compile all dependencies, Python versions, etc.

3. După ce termină (nu-mi amintesc acum, dar va fi tipărit ceva de genul "Built IfcOpenShell ..." și se va întoarce la promptul dvs.) veți avea un nou dosar /IfcOpenShell/build/ plin de fișiere și foldere. From my personal experience, two weeks ago the nix "build-all.sh" script didn't finished successfully but after trying it yesterday with the newest updates it worked fine so I guess you might experience something similar in case the development goes further... So now you have everything you need but you have to do some manual work in order to get it working: 4. Open FreeCAD and open the Python console and Report view. Then write into the Python console the following:

import sys
print sys.path

You will get a looong line with all the paths that FreeCAD reads. You may be able to install ifcopenshell in any of them but I suggest you to place it inside one where you find a /site-packages/ after a /Python/ or /python-something/. In my case it was /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages. (you will find paths inside your app directory but I suggest you to not use them because then IfcOpenShell will only be available for this app)

5. So, once located where you want/have to install it, go there with your file browser (Finder in OSX). That is, go inside /site-packages/ folder

6. Open a new file browser window and navigate to your downloaded GitHub project: /IfcOpenShell/src/ifcopenshell-python/ and copy the full /ifcopenshell/ folder

7. Paste it inside /site-packages/ folder. Now you should have something like:

/site-packages/ifcopenshell/__init__.py
/site-packages/ifcopenshell/entity_instance.py
/site-packages/ifcopenshell/file.py
/site-packages/ifcopenshell/geom/app.py
/site-packages/ifcopenshell/geom/main.py
/site-packages/ifcopenshell/geom/occ_utils.py
/site-packages/ifcopenshell/geom/__init__.py
/site-packages/ifcopenshell/guid.py

8. Now we have to pick to files inside the /build/ folder, they are:

_ifcopenshell_wrapper.so
ifcopenshell_wrapper.py

but as we have compiled everything you will have to pick the one that matches with your FreeCAD Python version. Check it easily reading the first line inside your FreeCAD Python console view. In my case it was Python 2.7.11.

9. Now go let's copy the files inside the place it corresponds to your Python version. In my case it was:

/IfcOpenShell/build/Darwin/x86_64/build/ifcopenshell/[b]python-2.7[/b].10/ifcwrap/

10. Paste them inside /site-packages/ifcopenshell/

11. Check everything is in place:

/site-packages/ifcopenshell/__init__.py                  (1)
/site-packages/ifcopenshell/entity_instance.py           (1)
/site-packages/ifcopenshell/_ifcopenshell_wrapper.so     (2)
/site-packages/ifcopenshell/file.py                      (1)
/site-packages/ifcopenshell/geom/__init__.py             (1)
/site-packages/ifcopenshell/geom/app.py                  (1)
/site-packages/ifcopenshell/geom/main.py                 (1)
/site-packages/ifcopenshell/geom/occ_utils.py            (1)
/site-packages/ifcopenshell/guid.py                      (1)
/site-packages/ifcopenshell/ifcopenshell_wrapper.py      (2)

(1) from GitHub project
(2) from /build/ folder


12. Close and reopen FreeCAD

Testing

Now that it is installed, let's check if everything works as expected:

12.1 in the Python console write:

import ifcopenshell
from ifcopenshell import geom

if it doesn't throw any error it means it may be correctly installed

12.2 Go to Yorik's FreeCAD manual, navigate to the lower part of the page and download the following files to test:

house.FCStd
house.ifc

12.3 Open house.FCStd, select the root "Building" object and export it (menu File/export/) setting the File type to "Industry Foundation Classes (*.ifc)". Press "save" and if it works and it doesn't throw an error in the Report view then it's working

12.4 Final test, import house.ifc into a new file so open a new file and import that file... it will take a while.

13. Enjoy BIM with FreeCAD!

Final thoughts

My opinion is that FreeCAD itself should have precompiled versions of IfcOpenShell bundled with the distribution because building it by yourself is a total pain and average user won't do it (they don't know how to compile, manage GitHub, etc), but well, maybe in the future.

I hope it helps you.

Cheers

Links

Forum thread here