# Tooling

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## [About the Tooling category](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/about-the-tooling-category/49)

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**Author:** [@jwouellette](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/u/jwouellette)\
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Discussion of tooling for bSI standards other than IfcDoc.

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## [JavaScript or TypeScript / Node.js IFC tool](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/javascript-or-typescript-node-js-ifc-tool/3604)

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**Author:** [@igor.sokolov](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/u/igor.sokolov)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 17, 2021, 8:45am UTC](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/javascript-or-typescript-node-js-ifc-tool/3604 "2021-06-17T08:45:44Z")

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Does anybody know toolbox to write IFC files on ts/js?

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## [Convert / Parse Stepfile in Web](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/convert-parse-stepfile-in-web/1367)

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**Author:** [@rok](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/u/rok)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2021, 10:14am UTC](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/convert-parse-stepfile-in-web/1367 "2021-04-23T10:14:35Z")

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Hi there are just some ideas to access data of an ifc-file in a homepage or webservice. Even for getting some areas or parsing more detailed data with relations. XML is quite easy readable… but a lot of files are not ye…

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## [CLI tools to help development](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/cli-tools-to-help-development/2525)

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**Author:** [@claimred](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/u/claimred)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2020, 9:27am UTC](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/cli-tools-to-help-development/2525 "2020-05-21T09:27:33Z")

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Does anyone know if fzkviewer and/or checking tool lite tools from KIT are avaliable in some command line form? Or if it is possible to contribute to them. It’d be absolutely amazing to have checking tool as a cli progra…

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## [Is there any command line tool to diff two ifc models?](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/is-there-any-command-line-tool-to-diff-two-ifc-models/1252)

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**Author:** [@JustinWang](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/u/JustinWang)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [January 16, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/is-there-any-command-line-tool-to-diff-two-ifc-models/1252 "2020-01-16T17:15:41Z")

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Dear experts, I want to know whether you have any recommended tool that can compare two .ifc models by the command line? My expectation: the diff result will cover geometry, property, color, material, relationship, spa…