diff --git a/src/blenderbim/blenderbim/bim/import_ifc.py b/src/blenderbim/blenderbim/bim/import_ifc.py
index 1ed67ac988..266cec2784 100644
--- a/src/blenderbim/blenderbim/bim/import_ifc.py
+++ b/src/blenderbim/blenderbim/bim/import_ifc.py
@@ -574,7 +574,13 @@ class IfcImporter:
                 return
             if not self.does_element_likely_have_geometry_far_away(element):
                 continue
-            shape = ifcopenshell.geom.create_shape(self.settings, element)
+            try:
+                shape = ifcopenshell.geom.create_shape(self.settings, element)
+            except:
+                try:
+                    shape = ifcopenshell.geom.create_shape(self.settings_body_2d, element)
+                except:
+                    continue
             m = shape.transformation.matrix.data
             mat = np.array(
                 ([m[0], m[3], m[6], m[9]], [m[1], m[4], m[7], m[10]], [m[2], m[5], m[8], m[11]], [0, 0, 0, 1])