
Codemill IFC Exporter for Autodesk® Inventor®
Win64, EnglishGeneral Usage Instructions
After installation start Inventor in the usual way. You will find the installed program in the Add-Ins Ribbon Tab.
If the plugin is not visible in the Add-Ins tab, it may have been blocked by security reasons. Then you can change its load behavior in the Inventor Add-in Manager. Please select IFCExporter and then uncheck "Block" and then check "Loaded/Unloaded" and "Load Automatically" and press OK.
The easiest way to export an Inventor file to IFC:
Open an assembly or part file, specify the file name, select schema version, check export properties in options and
press Export IFC button.
The plugin has also the possibility to use Class and Property Mappings.
With Class Mappings the user can tell the plugin which IFC element type to use for individual parts.
With Property Mappings the user can map Inventor design tracking properties to standard BuildingSMART property sets.
Integration with Autodesk Construction Cloud® (Inventor and Inventor Professional 2024 and 2025 versions)
IFC Exporter contains interface to download and upload files from/to Autodesk Construction Cloud.
The plugin uses Autodesk's 3-legged authentication approach to search and use your available Hubs and projects to view and download files and modify files. To allow access to this custom integration in your Autodesk Construction Cloud, please use the following App Name and Client ID:
App Name: APS Connect
Client ID: uzJQZGmpX7hvPZf8qP5UNVn08R2aGc1iYB3t9tlAAOK5TrfE
Integration with Viewer (Inventor and Inventor Professional 2024 and 2025 versions)
IFC Exporter contains an interface to browse files from Autodesk Construction Cloud and Autodesk® BIM 360®
Our plugin uses Autodesk's 3-legged authentication approach to search and use your available Hubs and projects to view files. To allow access for Hubs Browser in your Autodesk Construction Cloud, please use the following Forge App Name and Forge Client ID:
App Name: Hubs Browser
Client ID: NAUpbdTFbMqKXsryF61HEVyFFR851fgAaWfiTI1ZLq7ydtIi
Online help:
https://www.navistools.net/helpndocinventor/UsingIFCExporter.html
Commands
Installation/Uninstallation
The installer that ran when you downloaded this app/plugin from the Autodesk App Store will start installing the app/plugin. Or, simply double-click the downloaded installer to install the app/plugin. You may need to restart the Autodesk product to activate the app/plug-in. To uninstall this plug-in,exit the Autodesk product if you are currently running it, simply rerun the installer, and select the "Uninstall" button. OR, click Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features (Windows 7/8.1/10/11) and uninstall as you would any other application from your system.
After installation start Inventor in the usual way. You will find the installed program in the Add-Ins Ribbon Tab.
If the plugin is not visible in the Add-Ins tab, it may have been blocked by security reasons. Then you can change its load behaviour in the Inventor Add-in Manager. Please select IFCExporter and then uncheck "Block" and then check "Loaded/Unloaded" and "Load Automatically" and press OK.
Additional Information
Purchase a permanent license online
The permanent license cost of this plugin is 500€. If you find this plugin useful, you can purchase a permanent license anytime from: https://www.codemill.fi/purchases
Known Issues
Contact
Author/Company Information
Support Information
Email support is available at jukka.meklin@codemill.fi and at jari.heinajarvi@codemill.fi
Version History
Version Number | Version Description |
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3.0.1 |
Integrated with Autodesk Construction Cloud® (ACC) projects to download and upload files. (Autodesk Inventor 2024 and 2025 versions) Integrated with Forge Viewer for browsing project files. (Autodesk Inventor 2024 and 2025 versions) |
3.0.0 |
Added support for Autodesk Inventor 2025 version Added support for IFC4x3 schema version |
2.0.4 |
Added support for Autodesk Inventor 2024 version Added function for splitting large parts into several chunks Added option to change assembly and subassembly colors Added option to transfer origin and the direction of coordinate system of the model |
2.0.0 |
Added support for Autodesk Inventor 2024 version |
1.7.3 |
Added function to transform coordinate system Added function to update class mappings after new component added |
1.7.1 |
Units of measure in IFC file change to centimeters as per Autodesk Inventor database units |
1.7.0 |
Initial version for Inventor 2023 |