To run the ExIfcDump sample application, please do the following:

1. Open the terminal window and go to the directory where the sample binary file is allocated:
   • For Windows® platforms: <IFC_DIR>\exe\<version>
   • For Non-Windows platforms: <IFC_DIR>/bin/<version>

   <IFC_DIR> is a directory where you unpacked the IFC SDK archive.

   To determine your <version> parameter, please see the appropriate section in the Download IFC SDK topic.

2. Run the sample with appropriate parameters:

   
               ExIfcDump <source filename/start directory> <target dump filename> [<schema version>]
             

   source filename/start directory	The full name of a separate .ifc file that contains content to be dumped, or a folder path that defines the initial directory that contains .ifc files to be dumped.
   target dump filename	The name of the resulting file that contains collected statistics for dumped .ifc files.
   schema version	An optional parameter that determines the version of the schema of .ifc files that should be dumped. This parameter can accept one of the following values (case insensitive): IFC2x3 IFC4 ANY (by default)

This picture shows the application output when the command is not correct (a), the resulting output after the application correctly finishes (b), and the output text file with the dump result (c).