Go to the converter, drop the IFC, and it opens in 3D in your browser within seconds. Free, no account needed to look. Sign in with your email if you want to keep it, come back to it, or send a colleague a link that opens the same view.
Most IFC viewers are desktop installs. Some are fine, but when you only need to check a model from a laptop without admin rights, a phone, or a client's machine, an install is the wrong tool. This page is the online one: the file goes to the viewer, the viewer comes to you.
How it works
- Drop one
.ifcon the converter page (up to 200 MB). It uploads as it is; nothing is converted or altered. - Your browser parses it with an open-source IFC engine (web-ifc) and draws every element with its own colour: drag to orbit, right-drag to pan, scroll to zoom, SECTION to cut the model with a box, FULL SCREEN to fill the window.
- Leave, or keep it. Without an account the file is deleted from the server after 30 minutes. With one, press KEEP IN MY ACCOUNT: the model stays until you delete it, encrypted with a key of its own.
- Share it. Press SHARE on the kept model and copy the link. Whoever opens it signs in with their email and gets the same 3D view and the IFC download. You see how many people opened it and can stop sharing at any time.
Open your IFC now
Drop the file, see it in 3D, keep it if you want to. Free, no install, EU servers.
OPEN THE VIEWER ▸What you see
- Every element with geometry, coloured from the IFC's own styles; transparent glass stays transparent.
- Counts under the view: elements, triangles, classes.
- A section box you drag by its faces to look inside a building or a hull.
- Any discipline, any source. Architecture, structure, MEP, plant, ships: if it is IFC2x3 or IFC4 with shape representations, it draws.
What it does not do yet: property panels, measuring, clash checks. It is a viewer for looking, keeping and sharing, not a coordination tool.
Online viewer vs desktop viewer
| Veksle online | Desktop IFC viewer | |
|---|---|---|
| Install | None, works in the browser | Download and install, admin rights often needed |
| Phone or tablet | Yes, for models up to a few hundred MB | Rarely |
| Keeping models | Free account, 2 GB, encrypted per user | Your own disk |
| Sharing | One link; the other person signs in and sees the same view | Send the file, they install a viewer |
| Properties, measuring, clashes | Not yet | Usually yes |
| Where the file goes | One server in Germany (EU), deleted after 30 minutes unless kept | Nowhere |
Have a Navisworks file instead?
The same page converts .nwd and .nwc to IFC4 first and then shows the result in the same viewer. See NWD to IFC and the NWD viewer online.
FAQ
Is it really free?
Yes. Viewing, keeping up to 2 GB and sharing cost nothing. If a paid tier arrives it will be for extra capacity or tools, and it will say so before you are asked for anything.
Do I need an account to view an IFC?
No. Drop the file and look. The account, which is just your email and a 6-digit code, is only for keeping the model and sharing it.
How big an IFC can it open?
Uploads are capped at 200 MB. Because the parsing happens in your browser, a desktop handles that size comfortably; a phone asks before loading anything above about 40 MB and may run out of memory on very large models.
Who can see my model?
Nobody, unless you share it. Files are deleted from the server after 30 minutes if you do not keep them. Kept files are encrypted with a key that belongs to your account; a share link shows the model to people who sign in with it, and you can stop sharing at any time. Details in the Privacy Policy.
Which IFC versions work?
IFC2x3 and IFC4 (including IFC4 Add2). IFC4.3 files open as far as their geometry uses representations the engine knows, which covers buildings; alignment-based infrastructure geometry may be missing.