Do you know how to install the IFC importer for Blender on Mac OS X?

Question

I am not able to import .ifc files in Blender. When I try to import an .ifc file, Blender goes unresponsive.

I am using Mac OS X ver 10.10.2 . Python ver is Python 2.7.6 . Blender ver is Blender 2.73a

I see that the http://ifcopenshell.org/ifcblender.html shows the message under OS X: "Users are advised to use a 32bit Blender and IfcOpenShell on OSX if possible"

I have installed the IfcBlender for Blender 2.73 32bit OSX but get a variety of errors including an incorrect architecture error.

I have gone to http://ifcopenshell.org/ifcblender.html and selected IfcBlender for Blender 2.73 64bit OS X .

I attempted to use the importer to import the files via Install the Blender add-on by clicking on File > User Preferences > Add-ons > Install from File . I select the files, but Import-Export: IfcBlender does not show under the import/exports to check off.

Then I copied the downloaded io_import_scene_ifc to the path /Applications/blender.app/Contents/Resources/2.73/scripts/addons via cp -r io_import_scene_ifc /Applications/blender.app/Contents/Resources/2.73/scripts/addons in the terminal. Now the Import-Export: IfcBlender shows, and I can enable it on the import/exports. Once I check off, then .ifc shows under file > import

When I attempt to select an .ifc file to import, Blender becomes unresponsive. The file I am trying to import is only 25MB on my local system.

I do not know what IfcOpenShell-python for python 2.7 64bit OS X from http://ifcopenshell.org/python.html is for or what path to install this (if needed).

Any idea how to get Blender to import ifc formats?

UPDATE: I attempted to load a .ifc that was about 5k in size and it loaded fine. So the problem of loading an ifc has been resolved. Opening the 25MB file still hangs. Is there a recommended file size not to exceed for Blender?

Answer 1

If anyone runs into similar problems installing the ifc importer, this is how I resolved:

Copied the downloaded io_import_scene_ifc to the path /Applications/blender.app/Contents/Resources/2.73/scripts/addons via cp -r io_import_scene_ifc /Applications/blender.app/Contents/Resources/2.73/scripts/addons in the terminal.

Now the Import-Export: IfcBlender shows, and I can enable it on the import/exports. Once I check off, then .ifc shows under file > import