To this end, there are features and efforts in FreeCAD when provides the flexibility to build complex door shape - though not sure how and if FreeCAD / IFC may support e.g. door lock/handle type shape

BRep seems to be one area the FreeCAD has the edge? In an earlier discussion about IfcRationalBSplineSurfaceWithKnots, I try to export my model of Corb's Ronchamp to Ifc.

That's super cool! The total thickness summed from all layers is not stored in IFC, it's merely a calculated value. Perhaps something to do a feature request in FreeCAD?

Thanks once again everyone! @Moult actually FreeCAD shows all the layers, their thickness and all the data I added. For the entire wall though it doesn't show its overall thickness with all layers inc

FreeCAD <--> Bonsai collaboration is always one area that should be explored, espeially when Native Ifc in FreeCAD is implemented.

it seems to me from the FreeCAD project tree screenshot that you are suing FreeCAD 1.0, which does not work with IfcTypes. IfcType was introduced only recently and is currently only available in the d

I am proposing a reorganization of the FreeCAD workbenches and tools, and I would like to receive feedback, suggestions and comments.

Does anyone know how to manage types in FreeCAD Native IFC?

This is a big task :) I'm actually in the middle of refactoring FreeCAD's own window/door tool. Basically following https://yorik.uncreated.net/?blog/2023-025-new-window-tool

not so much "grouping" as in FreeCAD trees) since basically I use the search rather than sliding up and down. I add the "project overview" and move the panels of

who has tackled this many times already in FreeCAD. See https://github.com/IfcOpenShell/IfcOpenShell/issues/3537 and https://github.com/buildingSMART/IFC4.3.x-development/issues/673 and https://githu

This video provides an overview of architectural section plane in FreeCAD BIM. This is very powerful tool, which can be used a basis for creation plans, sections and elevations.

The foundation of the native IFC approach is IfcOpenShell (https://ifcopenshell.org/) - toolkit or API for efficient work with ifc files. This is the backend for borth Bonsai and FreeCAD ifc capabilit

I'd like to add that in FreeCAD we have also become nativeIFC. And we do the exact same thing ("standard" IFC structure + custom data that "only FreeCAD reads and uses&q

Yes. I see it as a scale: on one side you have the user/architect friendly solutions (freecad sketch, revit family editor) in the middle nodes (sverchok or archicad nodes) and on the other side progra

Here you have a really simple FreeCAD parametric door with 2 representations.

IFC, we're getting native solid modeling akin to FreeCAD mixed with meshes all in Blender. I have no regrets. More fun history here https://community.osarch.org/discussion/1652/happy-4th-birthday-ble

source tools. Namely, at this point Bonsai and FreeCAD. The idea was brought up here.

When coming to parametric sketching i think freecad should be the tool. Ideally you could model a Part with different representations all based on the same parameters. And you could also assign the di

Thanks for all these interesting links and ideas. I like the fact there is many solutions. I think drawing the family with parametric dimensions in Freecad, then import the types into the IFC, would b