I wonder ... I wonder if we can contribute these "architectural" things to https://github.com/boltsparts/BOLTS so that FreeCAD / OpenSCAD can also benefit from these rough planning o

* multiple formats like IFC, FreeCAD, Revit, Blender (.blend), ArchiCAD, Rhino etc.

FreeCAD Arch Workbench

in freecad too, arrays are just series of instanced elements. we've tried to gather them into an IfcElementAssembly, which is what we increasingly do because it's convenient, your whole structure can

So there is this interesting forum thread at FreeCAD https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?t=72345

FreeCAD Arch Workbench

Yorik also created a script in FreeCAD to do that...

Then short descriptions of BlenderBIM and FreeCAD, potential powers of change. I also included IFC.js and Speckle because I think those two have right now the biggest chance of shaking the industry.

The point made about "Speckle is not a black box run by exclusive committee meetings. Being 100% open source, our responsibility is shared with users and contributors" was true, but

If I look at the OSArch homepage there are 4 posts out of 10 posts talking about OSArch itself (call for projects, funding, new banner image [the article itself talks about other things, but the headl

My endgoal is to create an ifc modell with geometry with a script or nodes not hand drawing in the gui, and for me there is the option with BlenderBIM or FreeCAD or directly trying with IfcOpenShell w

What could emerge is a (more) unified toll like FreeCAD. FreeCAD is substantially built on top of OpenCascade. A new tool could be built on top of Blender. That community of tools could become a netwo

* FreeCAD example

projects such as this, Blender, Speckle, FreeCAD.

2. Taking Ifc files from closed programmes(Revit&Archicad) and using them in BBim or Freecad

* Roundtrip IFC annotation: FreeCAD and BlenderBIM

https://twitter.com/FreeCADNews/status/1574571041740947457

@Moult i also think that FreeCAD is bit heavy, so i am going to try PythonOCC. When i got something together, i will write an update here :)

I think that is a great idea @Moult ! It would also be a great event to bring in Bim managers from big companies to see the work being done! If a $25 ticket can save them a $1940 revit license or some

time to keep up with what's been happening in FreeCAD, Ladybug, IFC.JS, etc. Similarly, those working on IFC.JS may have no idea about what's been happening with the new BCF/IDS stuff or how Solvespa