Archive Contents

When you download and extract the IFC SDK libraries to an empty folder, the directories should be preserved and have the following structure.

Item (Folder or File)		Operating System	Description
bin		Non-Windows	IFC SDK binary executable and library files. Files are placed in the appropriate subfolder. The name of the subfolder depends on the specific platform, compiler version, and processor architecture.
build		Non-Windows	Contains CMake configuration files for building IFC SDK executable and library files.
exe		Windows	IFC SDK binary executable and library files for Windows platforms. Files are placed in the appropriate subfolder. The name of the subfolder depends on the specific platform, compiler version, and processor architecture.
Ifc		All	IFC SDK binary executable and library files. Files are placed in the appropriate subfolder. The name of the subfolder depends on the specific platform.
	Examples	All	Source code of IFC SDK example applications. See Use ODA IFC SDK Sample Applications for additional information about samples.
	Extensions	All	Source code of IFC SDK extension modules.
	Include	All	IFC SDK header files, which represent its public API.
Kernel		All	IFC SDK header files from Kernel SDK. This folder also contains the source code for Kernel SDK extensions used in IFC SDK.
KernelBase		All	IFC SDK header files from the base part of Kernel SDK.
lib		All	IFC SDK library files and other binary libraries that IFC SDK depends on.
Platforms		Windows	Project files generated with CMake for the Windows platform. Contains two solutions: `IFC_vc_ex` — Includes example applications, extensions and import/export functionality. `IFC_vc_ext` — Includes modules from the Common Application subfolder and related example applications. `vc*` — The suffix that determines the compiler version and platform-specific information. For example, the suffix `vc16_amd64dll` means that IFC SDK was built for a 64-bit platform with the Visual C++ 2019 compiler. Files are placed in the appropriate subfolder. The name of the subfolder depends on the specific platform, compiler version, and processor architecture.
ThirdParty		All	Contains third-party files (source code, headers, binary files, etc.) that IFC SDK depends on.
CMakeLists.txt		Non-Windows	A file that contains instructions for the CMake utility which creates make-files for building IFC SDK binary files.
configure		Non-Windows	A utility that generates make-files based on a CMake configuration.
platform.txt		All	A text file that contains platform-dependent information: Operating system Processor architecture (bit capacity) Compiler version information ODA Platform version Build number

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