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esther
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Power BI and BIM formats

Hello All,

 

I´m trying to understand if there is any connection between Power BI and the IFC Standard?.

http://www.buildingsmart-tech.org/specifications/ifc-overview/ifc-overview-summary

 

Which means, can someone please let me know if power BI cain conect data from any of the following types of file?

 

- .ifc

- .ifcXML

- .ifcZIP

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powerbiblogic
Advocate III
Advocate III

Hello,

you can try our solution here

 

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Data-Stories-Gallery/PowerBi-and-Bim-model-data/m-p/696837

 

Maybe it can work for you.

I wrote you a private message too.

 

Regards

Anonymous
Not applicable

@esther,

There is no built-in connector for IFC Standard in Power BI Desktop, please cntact IFC support if it has REST API or database behind it. it is possible to connect straight to the REST API or the database from Power BI Desktop.

 
Regards,
Lydia

Anonymous
Not applicable

Hello

There are some ways to parse the IFC and do some data analysis using third-party (also opensource) software. e.g. https://github.com/IfcOpenShell/ifcopenshell-jupyterhub

You can drop me an email for further info: post.ddemin@gmail.com

Sincerely

Demin

Hi,
I would like to reactivates the discussion on this topic, I also interested in having an integration between IFC and power bi custom visuals, of which allow to control the 3d behaves within a power bi dashboard. It would really appreciated.

Thanks alot

Hi @elsabeeh,

 

Take a look at this post:

BEXEL Manager & Power BI integration

 

It covers the integration of Power BI with BEXEL Manager`s clash detection analysis, including the IFC model viewer. There are also other Power BI dashboards for different BIM analyses.

 

Hopefully, this can be of use.

esther
New Member

Hello,

 

I´m trying to understand if there is any connection between Power BI and the IFC Standard? 

http://www.buildingsmart-tech.org/specifications/ifc-overview/ifc-overview-summary

 

Which means, can someone please let me know if power BI cain conect data from any of the following types of file?

 

- .ifc

- .ifcXML

- .ifcZIP

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