Can I automate an IFC export with Ruby?

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I work with the Building Information Modelling (BIM) process and want to automate this.
In Sketchup 2017 I can automate 3D modelling and adding information to components with a Ruby script. But I also want to automate the IFC export.

In the SketchUp Ruby API I can’t find the solution for automating an IFC export.
Are there any solutions? Or is this not possible yet?

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You can iterate over the model and use the ComponentDefinition#get_classification_value method Class: Sketchup::ComponentDefinition — SketchUp Ruby API Documentation. I have been planning myself to make a more intuitive and user friendly BIM interface for quite some time but haven’t had the time for it yet.

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If you have Pro and want to just call the Pro ifc exporter, try this in the Ruby Console.

Sketchup.active_model.export("C:/testmodel.ifc")

Check if the file exists.

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@eneroth3 the ComponentDefinition #get_classification_value method doesn’t export the model to IFC.
This function get the IFC classification value from a component.

@jim_foltz I work with the SketchUp 2017 Pro version.
SketchUp does export something, but I can’t find the file.

I keep searching for the answer.