Thank you for your comment. You will find a list of software which are BIM/IFC compatible on this web site
http://www.ifcwiki.org/index.php/IFC_Certified_Software
Ragards

Building Information Modeling(BIM) is changing all the building industry in the US, impact all its players : owner, architects, structure engineering, MEP engineering, construction manager, facility manager. All these people have to implement new processes and use new software (mainly coming from major companies such as Autodesk and Bentley who propose a complete BIM offer). It implies a big investment to do this change and we can fear that the weakest are going to disappear because not able to change.
Europe even if behind in this change is moving : architects are the first to move mainly because of the need for building modeling for energy efficiency aspect. In France 4 years ago 1% of the building design with modeling now it is 15%. Now the question are :
- how fast the other building industry players are going to be impacted and specially electrical engineering,
- what will happen to building players which are not able to move,
- how is the building software industry going to change? Beside the 2 majors, there are a lot of smallest companies not able to propose a complete BIM offer. They rely on a BIM standardization initiative: IFC to insure interoperability between software coming from different providers. But is the interopability level going to be sufficient compared to what Autodesk and Bentley offer?