# IFC file reader / Bim Processing

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/ifc-file-reader-bim-processing/17195
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [September 22, 2025, 1:09pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/ifc-file-reader-bim-processing/17195 "2025-09-22T13:09:35Z")
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### Author: ![Mateusz\_Bogdan](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mateusz_bogdan/32/3081_2.png) [@Mateusz\_Bogdan](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Mateusz_Bogdan)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2025, 1:09pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/ifc-file-reader-bim-processing/17195/1 "2025-09-22T13:09:35Z")

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Hi,

Not sure if this is the right place… If so please tell me !

A while ago i’ve seen a [post on LinkedIn about a IFC reader plugin for Paraview](https://lnkd.in/p/eaY-msBn). It would be a very nice addition for building / urban scale studies (CFD / Solar / …), and being able to load a IFC directly to Paraview would be terrific for nice renderings !

However, looking into it, it seems to be a LidarView plugin, but in any case I couldn’t figure out how to make it work either in LidarView or Paraview.

Does it it need to be compiled, or do i need to compile Paraview (or LidarView) with it or with some tags ?

Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated !!

Regards,  
Mateusz B.

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/ifc-file-reader-bim-processing/17195/2 "2025-09-22T15:49:00Z")

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For context: [https://gitlab.kitware.com/LidarView/plugins/BimProcessing](https://gitlab.kitware.com/LidarView/plugins/BimProcessing)

If I’m not mistaken this plugin requires you to build ParaView and then the plugin to be able to use it.