What is a .IFCZIP file?
IFCZIP is a compressed IFC building-information model.
- Did you know
- IFCZIP is just an IFC building model packed into a ZIP to save space.
- An IFCZIP normally wraps a single STEP-format IFC file, and the compression can shrink a large building model by around 80 to 90 per cent.
- buildingSMART gives the IFCZIP extension its own official logo, treating the zipped model as a first-class way to exchange BIM data.
- What Analyser reads
- Header and metadata extraction for 3D meshes, voxels, BIM, point clouds and Gaussian splats: Wavefront OBJ, Stanford PLY, OFF, glTF, AMF, MagicaVoxel VOX, COLLADA DAE/ZAE, USD crate, X3D/VRML, LightWave LWO/LWS, Quake MD2/MD3/MDL, VRM avatars, Siemens JT, LAS/LAZ/PCD/PTS/E57 LiDAR clouds, IFC BIM, and .splat/.spz - vertex/face/point counts, bounding boxes, units and authoring tool.
- Depth of analysis
- .IFCZIP is an identification-grade format: Analyser recognises it from its bytes and decodes the header metadata it carries, rather than opening it in a full viewer. Formats that do get a full viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
- Open a .IFCZIP file
- Drag a .IFCZIP file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It is identified entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.