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Xbim.Essentials

xBIM Essentials provides support for IFC2x2, IFC2x3, IFC4 Addendum 2 and IFC Alignment (IFC4x1). xBIM can open, create or modify any IFC file format, including XML, STEP21 and IFCZIP formats. All programmatic access to IFC Entities is through a single interface, allowing one code base to work with all IFC formats and schemas. Ifc4 is the default interface future proofing your development work.

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Published
Jan 26, 2025
Latest stable version

Install

.NET CLI
dotnet add package Xbim.Essentials --version 6.0.493
Package Manager Console
Install-Package Xbim.Essentials -Version 6.0.493
PackageReference
<PackageReference Include="Xbim.Essentials" Version="6.0.493" />

Frameworks

.NETStandard2.0 .NETStandard2.1 .NETFramework6.0 .NETFramework8.0

Dependencies

Xbim.Common
.NETStandard2.0
[6.0.493, )
Xbim.Ifc4
.NETStandard2.0
[6.0.493, )
Xbim.Ifc2x3
.NETStandard2.0
[6.0.493, )
Xbim.Ifc4x3
.NETStandard2.0
[6.0.493, )
Xbim.IO.Esent
.NETStandard2.0
[6.0.493, )
Xbim.IO.MemoryModel
.NETStandard2.0
[6.0.493, )
Xbim.Ifc
.NETStandard2.0
[6.0.493, )
Xbim.Tessellator
.NETStandard2.0
[6.0.493, )
Xbim.Common
.NETStandard2.1
[6.0.493, )
Xbim.Ifc
.NETStandard2.1
[6.0.493, )
Xbim.Ifc4
.NETStandard2.1
[6.0.493, )
Xbim.Ifc2x3
.NETStandard2.1
[6.0.493, )
Xbim.Ifc4x3
.NETStandard2.1
[6.0.493, )
Xbim.IO.Esent
.NETStandard2.1
[6.0.493, )
Xbim.IO.MemoryModel
.NETStandard2.1
[6.0.493, )
Xbim.Tessellator
.NETStandard2.1
[6.0.493, )
Xbim.Common
.NETFramework6.0
[6.0.493, )
Xbim.Ifc
.NETFramework6.0
[6.0.493, )
Xbim.Ifc4
.NETFramework6.0
[6.0.493, )
Xbim.Ifc2x3
.NETFramework6.0
[6.0.493, )
Xbim.Ifc4x3
.NETFramework6.0
[6.0.493, )
Xbim.IO.Esent
.NETFramework6.0
[6.0.493, )
Xbim.IO.MemoryModel
.NETFramework6.0
[6.0.493, )
Xbim.Tessellator
.NETFramework6.0
[6.0.493, )
Xbim.Common
.NETFramework8.0
[6.0.493, )
Xbim.Ifc
.NETFramework8.0
[6.0.493, )
Xbim.Ifc4
.NETFramework8.0
[6.0.493, )
Xbim.Ifc2x3
.NETFramework8.0
[6.0.493, )
Xbim.Ifc4x3
.NETFramework8.0
[6.0.493, )
Xbim.IO.Esent
.NETFramework8.0
[6.0.493, )
Xbim.IO.MemoryModel
.NETFramework8.0
[6.0.493, )
Xbim.Tessellator
.NETFramework8.0
[6.0.493, )

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