Installation

A minimal version of COMPAS IFC can be installed directly with pip.

pip install compas_ifc

If you want to use the built-in viewer, install COMPAS Viewer as well.

pip install compas_viewer

If you need to interact with IFC geometry using OCC Brep, install COMPAS OCC through conda-forge.

conda install compas_occ -c conda-forge

Install the Claude Code agent skill

The package ships with a Claude Code skill so AI coding agents can drive compas_ifc through its command-line interface. Install it with:

python -m compas_ifc install-skill

The skill is copied into ~/.claude/skills/compas_ifc and will be picked up by any subsequent Claude Code session. To remove it, pass --uninstall. See Agent skill (Claude Code) for what’s inside.

Next steps

Three reasonable starting points depending on how you intend to use the library:

• Open a model — Python API tour, from opening a file to visualisation.

• Command-line interface — full command-line reference for terminal users and scripting.

• Agent skill (Claude Code) — what the bundled agent skill does and how it activates.