Choice for distant axis objects. When global project files have unnamed Axis/line objects at the global zero point, far from the rest of the model, you choose «Import without these objects» or «Cancel and check the IFC file». The original file is not changed, and body geometry and named references are kept. This stops Origo's 30 km check from blocking such files.
IFC types are written in rounds of about a second and show progress, so SketchUp does not redraw the model hundreds of times.
Smart Explode no longer rewrites Layer0 on every face and edge, and import and definition metadata are removed after IFC type processing.
The import continues even if the progress window is slow to become ready.
Skala IFC 2.25.12.210
Released
2026-09-23
Skala IFC brings together import, Smart Explode and Reset, and places the first import safely via Skala Origo.
Smart Explode is integrated in the IFC import. The import automatically tidies up groups that merely inherited an IFC tag, and reports the result. Spatial IFC containers with their own geometry are split so the geometry remains a separate IFC object.
Skala Reset is built in. The axes follow the object's shape: the X axis is laid along the main direction, even for sloping pipes with fall, and the origin sits at the centre of the fitted bounding box. Reset runs automatically after import, and the IFC menu has «Skala Reset – centre and object direction» for existing geometry. Geometry, IFC properties, materials and tags are kept.
The import clean-up can be undone in one operation per import choice, and locked, dynamic and glued components, camera-facing symbols and Origo's north arrow are skipped.
The type list shows before the coordinate analysis is finished, and completed results are reused, so the import is faster.
Untyped IFC shapes are exploded and empty wrappers are removed, and the import keeps its progress through placement and clean-up.
First IFC import with Skala Origo. IFC reads named Origo/Origin, BasePoint, SurveyPoint, ReferencePoint and zero-point objects at Z = 0, and uses the object's declared insertion point as the working origin. Without an unambiguous reference, the working origin goes south-west of the imported geometry. Global XYZ is preserved, and both extensions must be up to date.
«Swap X and Y» in the import settings. Off by default and independent of the export setting. It swaps X/Y for the new geometry and keeps Z.
Export uses the model's actual coordinates by default. «Export to another origin» is under the settings gear, together with «Swap X and Y», and applies to one export.
IFC Labels shows imported property sets and quantities under «From IFC», which can be collapsed and is read-only. This also works on models that are already imported. Internal Smart Explode data is not shown.
The same design in all IFC dialogs. On Windows the dialogs are frameless with rounded corners and their own close button; import and export are 720 × 520, and the import progress window shows how many objects have been processed, for example «12,345 of 60,000».
SketchUp's extra progress window and the duplicate Qt window in SketchUp 2026 are hidden while Skala IFC – Import is shown.
Valid IFC 4.3 for Vektra's trenches and backfill, and IFC identities and units are preserved, with a simpler export summary.
Skala IFC 2.17.1.173
Released
2026-08-03
Skala IFC moves into the Skala Studios menu, gets «IFC Labels» and «As built» and exports materials to Infrakit.
«pset» is now called «IFC Label», with a tidier design, and the drop-down is readable in dark theme.
«As built» tab. IFC syncs the shared export destination from Skala LX, with host-neutral hooks.
Infrakit materials. Materials (mass type) can optionally be included for Massetransport, only for an Infrakit destination and never as a local «Save IFC».
Cloud export shows errors instead of a silent local fallback, and the summary shows materials. The Choose destination window is compact, with logos.
Import: the coordinate analysis box and the wait for the type scan are removed, and the import shows that it is working on large files.
Import with a temporary origin and the «Export done» dialog on cloud export are fixed, and the dialog is no longer clipped.
Skala IFC 2.12.1.143
Released
2026-07-17
Claude can drive a live SketchUp, and IFC exports straight to Trimble Connect.
Export of real IFC 4.3. The IFC4X3_ADD2 schema is bundled as the default for classification and export.
The export dialog shows a preview list of the IFC types to be exported.
A temporary origin is now created with a button, not automatically on import.
The extension loads the IFC menu correctly (top file and shared file menu), and a folder named «IFC» is no longer treated as a file in the cloud picker.