@zoomer I assume it's a similar meaning to how Blender internally uses Blender mesh / BMesh, but Bonsai bypasses it, so FreeCAD internally uses OpenCASCADE, but LinesCAD will also bypass it.

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From the blog post: "The main need for such a tool arises from the limitations of both FreeCAD (too slow with large files) and Bonsai (too far from a simple "drawing" workfl

It of course will work as seamlessly as possible with both FreeCAD and Bonsai. That's the whole cool thing of being IFC-based. Also because without opencascade, it won't have advanced stuff like nurbs

Looks good, is it supposedly to work with FreeCAD BIM collaboratively?

This is a new little (maybe not so little, we'll see how it goes...) project I've started, it's called LinesCAD and it's meant to be a kind of redux version of FreeCAD tailored for BIM and 2D CAD. I

For FreeCAD, we are currently bringing all "information" parts (homepage, blog, dev docs) into a unified static site that will replace the current one in a few months hopefully. So o

It is so great that Blender and FreeCAD create Thumbnails for macOS Finder. Many of my proprietary Apps don't.

But via your link I finally came to Freecad's Help/Wiki.

Folow up on FreeCAD in GSoC 2026: 5 projects were accepted. Only this one is directly related to AEC field:

To understand the Clone vs Link practical difference in the BIM field, I would also recommend you to read this post by Furgo: https://forum.freecad.org/viewtopic.php?t=103648

Thanks @paullee !

Links is a more advanced object in FreeCAD core system, which like linux file system links (created by command 'ln', in Windows it is shortcut), but with several other features like ability to create

Like with Blender, problem with Freecad is again that every bit of any other CAD experience or muscle memory makes learning these creative UI/UX environment just harder :)

I have not yet tested the SketchArch WB yet, as there are so many things to explore in the vanilla FreeCAD :)

Import/export with FreeCAD works (FreeCAD is the native format).

The new tutorial explains how to create and work with architectural section line symbols in FreeCAD BIM:

This tutorial explains how to setup architectural/structural grid in FreeCAD BIM. It also shows how to place the grid on TechDraw page and how to link the grid to be able to place the grid on multiple

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