As many of you know, we recently created a funding platform on Open Collective: https://opencollective.com/osarch Here the community can fund OSArch in general, and/or fund specific projects directly. To just get the ball rolling, the steering committee choose to post the following (2) projects. ...

Learn how to create a procedural pavilion using free software Blender for architects in this upcoming course by Dimitar Pouchnikov. Blender’s tools are a perfect mixture between the freedom to create in Maya with the inherent and very easy-to-use parametricism that can achieve results like Grasshopper, while preserving some of the precision that people may be used to from Rhino and Sketchup. Can you believe all this power is offered in an open source software. ...

When you start working with Blender to create architectural models, one of the last things you imagine is that it is possible to output technical drawings instead of a traditional render. Did you know that you can produce technical drawings with Blender? Today, I want to share another workshop from Blender 3D Architect, the Technical drawing creation with Blender and Inkscape. ...

We’ve been quietly working away in the steering committee to make a platform ready to present projects and manage donations. If you’re ready to become a regular (or one time) supporter just head over to our new OSArch Open Collective and sign up! ...

OpenProject 12.2.0 has just been released, with the biggest feature being a new integration with Nextcloud. OpenProject is an open source GPLv3 licensed web-based project management platform, with over 2 million downloads and 190 contributors. OpenProject has a BIM module, which allows basic navigation of OpenBIM models, and is one of the few open source options to use as a Common Data Environment (CDE) for AEC professionals. ...

OSArch has a new banner image! The image is courtesy of a collaboration between Ioannis Christovasilis of Aether Engineering and Ryan Schultz of OpeningDesign. These two companies are known for applying an open source approach to the AEC industry. ...

Part of our mission at OSArch is bringing people together & sharing knowledge. The OSArch Wiki plays an important role in this goal. In the OSArch Community Forum we discuss topics and on the wiki we document them. At least that’s the idea, but it takes a lot of dedicated work. ...

In the May/June issues of a leading UK AEC publication, AEC Magazine there was a 16 page special section starting on page 67 all about IFC (sponsored by buildingSMART UK & Ireland). The whole section is all about something we value here at OSArch: OpenBIM, Open Standards & even a mention for the Open Source / Free Software Community. So why is OpenBIM & Open Standards important? ...

Since this is my first article, let me introduce myself and Blender 3D Architect. My name is Allan Brito, and I’ve been an architect working with Blender since version 2.35. When I started using Blender in 2005, it wasn’t something that many architects and designers were actively doing. FLOSS was appealing because it gave me control over my workflow, and I never stopped using Blender for all my projects. In 2008, I started sharing everything I had learned about Blender for architecture on Blender 3D Architect. ...

Please welcome the new release of FreeCAD, version 0.20! Installers and images available for Windows, MacOS and Linux on the FreeCAD website and on GitHub. https://www.youtube.com/embed/-Mqh4-irSO4 This version is pretty much a “stable version”, and a continuation of the work done on the 0.19 version. It is backwards-compatible with it, which means the files you produce with 0.20 are still openable with 0.19. ...