DDS-CAD Viewer

The DDS Viewer allows you to open IFC files (as well as DWG and DXF) to view the model in 2D or 3D on screen. You can also navigate through the model by object, space and system, and view the detailed parameters of any object, including its associated property sets. It is also possible to switch off the display of objects or change their transparency, to allow you to view the details of the model more clearly.
The viewer can also to some extent be used as a fileformat converter (IFC, DWG, 3DS etc.)

To get a free version of the DDS Viewer, visit our ftp server and download DDSViewer.exe

A few IFC sample/test projects can be found here

For technical experts we are also providing the buildingSMART community with a free IfcSchemaReader tool. In addition to browse different version of the Ifc schema, you can also drag&drop Ifc files at this tool for a number of anlyses.