Data exchange translator implementations
This page collates
information on the availability of data exchange translators for construction industry
applications software that claim to comply with CIS/2 and IFC (the
two major product model based data exchange standards). Although some "soft"
legacy
information is included for completeness, all
other information has
been collated from "hard" information extracted from attributable emails
direct from the vendors concerned.
This page is no longer maintained, please see the red update links below:
For information about CIS/2 visit CIS/2 Links
No further CIS/1 implementations, an October 1998 summary of what was implemented is given in CIS/1 legacy information
Many CIS/2 implementations are available.
Implementation and testing work is ongoing.
Technical details of what is available is collated at
CIS/2 Implementations.
Click here for more recent information (not fully up to date)
IAI rebranded as buildingSMART
No
further
IFC
1.5.1 implementations.
No further IFC 2.0 implementations.
No further IFC 2x implementations (platform release - later releases are upwardly compatible)
No further IFC 2x2 implementation.
Current
implementation and testing is focused on
IFC
2x3
Next IFC 2x4 Beta 3 release (2010)
Click here to see the IAI Implementers Support
Group sponsored matrix of applications software and translator status (last
updated January 2003).
The following information has not been updated for some time (due to resource limitations and only limited information from the vendors:
Unattributable
Information
(April 2000)
Attributable
Information
(
Technical Details
(
Request to vendors for
Attributable Information
Request to vendors for Technical Details
An official buildingSMART database of application software ant their IFC support has been anticipated for some considerable time.
The buidingSMART link was broken last I checked, the best current source of such information is on the ifcwiki.