IFC import as text (webinar question)

Grasshopper ShapeDiver
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"Hi all,

First of all thanks for the webinar yesterday. I am responding to the webinar .ifc import question that came up yesterday.

Mathieu quickly explained that .ifc is supported in export (noted, I also use it), and that since .ifc is nothing but .txt under the hood (noted, I was aware), import could go via import .txt.

I am trying to import an .ifc file via text-import on a designer subscription, but I get the error that only the format’s allowed are able to be imported. […]

I am wondering: is there a way that you can easily let the TEXT-import allow .ifc import as well? So not as geometry, but as text? I would be helped very much by that! I’ll do the .ifc to geometry gymnastics in the GH-definition myself.

Thanks for letting me know,
best,

Thomas"

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"Hi Thomas,

many thanks for your feedback regarding the webinar!

No problem, we will allow ifc files as text input, seems we forgot to add this so far.

Could I ask you to also add a short forum post about this? It will be interesting for other users as well.

Many thanks,
Alex"

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@snabela,

Not to put the pressure on, just curious: Do you have any idea which update will include this?

Best and thanks for the answer and effort,

Thomas

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This update has been released in the version 1.9.3-beta of the plugin, which is now available through the package manager (make sure to enable pre-releases). Please test it and let us know if it works as expected.