IFC Product Library addon for Blender Bonsai — seeking feedback

neil101 — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 06:06:40 +0000

I've built an open-source product library addon for Bonsai that lets you browse, search, and insert manufacturer IFC products into your projects from a sidebar panel. It also includes an import wizard for converting OBJ/STL/glTF / etc. files into catalogued IFC library products. There's also a rudimentary array placement for structural beams and joists with span advisory tables.
Built it because I found Bonsai's learning curve steep and wanted a more intuitive workflow for placing real products and couldn't find anything to do what I needed. Works with manufacturer IFC downloads (Armitage Shanks, Hansgrohe, etc.) and geometry from GrabCAD and similar sources.
Looking for feedback on the workflow, the library structure, and particularly interested in how others would approach parametric geometry for products like metal web joists where simple scaling distorts the geometry.

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IFC Product Library addon for Blender Bonsai — seeking feedback