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Project Organization Best Practices
by zoomer ·Everywhere in BIM Apps when you draw Walls you get separate Walls. While in FreeCAD (for other restrictions) you mostly have multiple Walls as a single Wall Element. Likely when they are using the sam -
A Boost for OSArch
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OpenAEC - everything open source by end of 2026
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OpenAEC - everything open source by end of 2026
by semhustej ·As far as I know LinesCAD is not FreeCAD based. It being build on top of some of the similar libraries as FreeCAD (Qt, Coin3D, IfcOpenShell, but it is being created from scratch. -
OpenAEC - everything open source by end of 2026
by duarteframos ·Linescad is a FreeCAD based application focused on AEC by the great Yorik, who also works in the AEC features of FreeCAD itself (I think). Probably with the aim of gaining more freedom to do what AEC -
OpenAEC - everything open source by end of 2026
by FranSeoane ·OpenCadStudio; Open2DStudio; Linescad; Freecad; 2D Cad for Gnone; Librecad............. -
Forum system migration and wiki host migration
by Moult ·Secondly, I went through some of the regular suspects (FreeCAD, Speckle, ThatOpen, Blender, etc) in this area and pre-emptively published a bunch of posts and events (some backdated). This will help n -
A Boost for OSArch
by paullee ·Not only FreeCAD, Yorik is working on LinesCAD also :D -
A Boost for OSArch
by Moult ·Also maybe @yorik and the changes happening in FreeCAD. -
Forum system migration and wiki host migration
by Moult ·Thanks @marcuspollio - really insightful, we'll likely follow in FreeCAD's footsteps. -
Forum system migration and wiki host migration
by marcuspollio ·Don't know if it's of any use: we use Open Web Calendar with a NextCloud public calendar at FreeCAD. You can find the custom Hugo partial and config params. This gives something like that. -
IFC and VR
by zoomer ·If it only had *.blend and *.FCstd import or would offer Direct Synchronization AddOns with Datasmith (already obsolete ?) or there new connection system (?) for Blender and FreeCAD. Like it has for m -
FCB Lounge FreeCAD tutorials
by semhustej ·FreeCAD is a parametric CAD software, so it enables parametric setup of elements. This tutorial shows how to setup BIM objects such as walls or columns to adjust to level height automatically: -
Announcing LinesCAD
by isain ·this ifc components can be created with for egg freecad if needed custom one) this approach would be simple to implement and real life usable becouse with this mind set construction is made not to in -
FCB Lounge FreeCAD tutorials
by semhustej ·This video shows how to use BIM_DrawingView, which is a new tool in FreeCAD 1.1. It streamlines the creation of floor plans and elevations. -
Announcing LinesCAD
by zoomer ·Last days I watched a few early FreeCAD tutorials from @semhustej about the 2D Tools - got a design idea by these to test in practise, to get a quick look of how that could look ... -
Looking for feedback: open-source engineering simulation workflow layer
by Shlomo365 ·* What should be learned from existing tools like FreeCAD, Code_Aster, CalculiX, OpenFOAM, Gmsh, VTK, ParaView, and similar projects. -
Will AI help or hurt open source communities?
by zoomer ·Because of @yorik complaints with AI in FreeCAD. -
A name for the new IfcOpenShell viewer
by zoomer ·Yesterday I just tumbled about render mode (?) "Coin" in FreeCAD. WTH should that be ? -
Announcing LinesCAD
by zoomer ·To not need to recreate the "usefull" parts of already existing stuff from scratch ? Or there may be some modernized parts of LinesCAD that FreeCAD itself would also need/profit from