IFC import

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IFC import

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Hi all
Not sure if this should be posted here, but here goes:

All my Linux machines are based on Ubuntu, they all give this error while importing:
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Currently I am setting up a new machine, a Dell Precision 3250.

It has windows 10 pro as installed OS.

I am in the process of installing Linux as my second OS. Linux is my preferred.

My testing of freecad is mainly centered around IFC workflow.

Can any of You please guide me to which:
  • LINUX and freecad version should I install to avoid the above issues?
  • Freecad version for testing IFC on Windows
The IFC import issue has bothered me for a long time, so any advice would be much appreciated

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Re: IFC import

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This is strange... Can you share the problematic IFC file?
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Re: IFC import

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This is an old problem... Works on windows,
On Ubuntu based machines all ifc files cause the system to hang on import, this goes for both files exported from freecad and from others..
Looks very similar to https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=32158

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Re: IFC import

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I think I had reported something similar but can't find it at the moment....

...memory is not good, seems something related to python 2 / 3 and was fixed earlier...


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Re: IFC import

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Ah yes, UTF related...
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Re: IFC import

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It seems I have the exact same issue. Did you find the solution to this problem?
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Re: IFC import

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Hi,

same problem here.
It seems the same reported in:

https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=30451
https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=32158
https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=31163

When I try to import an IFC file (whatever IFC file) FC freeze and I need to kill the application.
If I try without the GUI the issue is located at the importIFC.py mod:

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$ freecadcmd-daily -l
FreeCAD 0.18, Libs: 0.18R15860 (Git)
(c) Juergen Riegel, Werner Mayer, Yorik van Havre 2001-2019
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[FreeCAD Console mode <Use Ctrl-D (i.e. EOF) to exit.>]
>>> import importIFC
>>> importIFC.open("test.ifc")
Importing IFC objects......
Traceback (most recent call last):        (25.0 %)   
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/lib/freecad-daily/Mod/Arch/importIFC.py", line 373, in open
    doc = insert(filename,doc.Name,skip,only,root)
  File "/usr/lib/freecad-daily/Mod/Arch/importIFC.py", line 848, in insert
    a["IfcUID"] = str(guid)
UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode characters in position 0-10: ordinal not in range(128)
>>>
I've just compiled IfcOpenShell using the nix script (https://github.com/IfcOpenShell/IfcOpen ... ild-all.py) and I didn't notice any error during the procedure.

These are my specs:

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OS: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.18.15860 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: master
Hash: 3b708c7f84b0425076b520e1d95627b20fd75fe0
Python version: 2.7.15rc1
Qt version: 5.9.5
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 7.3.0
Locale: English/UnitedStates (en_US)
I hope someone could help: FC it's an amazing software and I'd like to use it for BIM but it's a pity not to be able to work with IFC
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two hints from my side ...

- make sure you gone use the same Python (Py2 or Py3) for FreeCAD and IfcOpenShell
- does work ifcopenshell without FreeCAD- there are some ifcfiles in ifcopenshell sources included?

start python or python3

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import ifcopenshell
f = ifcopenshell.open('ifcopenshellsources/test/input/acad2010_objects.ifc')
f.by_type('IfcPerson')
f.by_type('IfcWall')
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Re: IFC import

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For me on Debian Buster ifc import works on Python 2 and Python 3 with this file https://github.com/aothms/IfcOpenHouse
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Re: IFC import

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bernd wrote: Wed Feb 20, 2019 9:29 am two hints from my side ...

- make sure you gone use the same Python (Py2 or Py3) for FreeCAD and IfcOpenShell
- does work ifcopenshell without FreeCAD- there are some ifcfiles in ifcopenshell sources included?

start python or python3

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import ifcopenshell
f = ifcopenshell.open('ifcopenshellsources/test/input/acad2010_objects.ifc')
f.by_type('IfcPerson')
f.by_type('IfcWall')
Yes, ifcopenshell works both on python2 and python3

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$:~/Documents$ python
Python 2.7.15rc1 (default, Nov 12 2018, 14:31:15) 
[GCC 7.3.0] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import ifcopenshell
>>> f = ifcopenshell.open('lamp.ifc')
>>> f.by_type('IfcPerson')
[#4=IfcPerson($,'Maros','János',$,$,$,$,$)]
>>> g = ifcopenshell.open('wall.ifc')
>>> g.by_type('IfcWall')
[#36=IfcWall('3Y30_eCwGHwPsPuDLUGSGJ',#5,'Wall','',$,#33,#35,$)]
>>> 
$:~/Documents$ python3
Python 3.6.7 (default, Oct 22 2018, 11:32:17) 
[GCC 8.2.0] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import ifcopenshell
>>> f = ifcopenshell.open('lamp.ifc')
>>> f.by_type('IfcPerson')
[#4=IfcPerson($,'Maros','János',$,$,$,$,$)]
>>> g = ifcopenshell.open('wall.ifc')
>>> g.by_type('IfcWall')
[#36=IfcWall('3Y30_eCwGHwPsPuDLUGSGJ',#5,'Wall','',$,#33,#35,$)]
>>> 
The lamp.ifc file is a lamp I downloaded from https://www.bimobject.com
The wall.ifc file (attached) is just a wall I modeled in freecad.
Both the files are imported without problem on Blender with the ifcblender addon
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