The most recent release can be downloaded from the Downloads section
of your personal account.
Only registered Open Design Alliance members can access the download page.
For more information regarding Open Design Alliance membership, please see http://www.opendesign.com/join.
IFC SDK releases are available as downloadable archives (.zip or tar.gz
files depending on the platform). When an archive name does not include "dll",
the archive contains static libraries.
To obtain the correct libraries for your compiler on your platform:
Create a directory on your computer for the IFC SDK
libraries, header files, and documentation.
Download
IFC SDK libraries for your operating system and compiler.
For a detailed description of archive filenames, see Archive Filenames.
Extract the libraries and documentation, making sure to preserve the directory
structure stored in the compressed files. Examples and samples are included
in the archives.
For a detailed description of the unpacked archives, see
Archive Contents.
IFC SDK binary archives are provided for all dynamic and static platforms supported
by ODA Software.
Using Multiple Configurations
You can unpack different archives for the Windows platform into the same folder. This is convenient,
for example, to build Release and Debug configurations using the same source,
or even to have configurations linked dynamically and statically.
Unpacking other archives to the same folder will cause warnings because there
are duplicate files in both archives. This is okay; duplicate files are
the same.
Important! Always use empty folders when upgrading
IFC SDK versions. Mixing files from different IFC SDK versions may cause problems.