category
(string): Category name (e.g., "IFCWALL", "IFCDOOR", "IFCWINDOW")
How to use it
category is exposed by the Openbim MCP MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the category tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.
FULL OPENBIM MCP LISTINGOther tools in Openbim MCP (11)
(array): List of specific attributes to include
(boolean): Include default attributes
Converts an IFC file to a .frag file format for efficient processing.
Fetches elements of a specified IFC category from loaded fragments.
(string): Full path of the .frag file to load
Include association relations
(string): Full path of the IFC file to convert
Include definition relations
Loads a .frag file into memory for querying.
(string): Full path where the output .frags file will be saved
(object): Relation configuration