A Tour of the IFC SDK: Tools for a C++ Module Format

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IFC SDK provides a C++ projection of the IFC spec (v0.43) with memory-mapped datatypes that map directly onto the on‑disk C++ module format, used today inside MSVC. Repository builds with vcpkg + CMake, ctest assertions all pass in the demo build. Tools include the IFC printer that dumps declarations (example module shows a struct named "life"), the IFC visualizer (JavaScript, loads and queries an IFC file), and an IFC driver with a working version subcommand; future subcommands are planned.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 0:16IFC history and motivation
3. 2:53Overview of SDK pillars
4. 3:40Building and testing
5. 7:06Exploring the codebase
6. 10:18Using the IFC printer
7. 12:32IFC visualizer tool
8. 14:09IFC driver and future

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