ST-Developer BIM/AEC Support - STEP Tools, Inc.

Standards for BIM and AEC

ST-Developer includes libraries for use with the BIM and AEC standards defined by BuildingSmart, STEP and others.

Industry Foundation Classes IFC 4, IFC 2x3, and IFC 2x2
Exchange electronic descriptions of buildings and related properties.
CIMsteel Integration Standard (CIS/2)
Exchange information about the construction of steel structures. Although this is not a STEP application protocol, it has been strongly influenced by the STEP models and many of the definitions are similar.
AP 225: Building Elements
Exchange 3D shape descriptions for building elements such as beams and columns and the assembly of those elements into a complete building.