https://osarch.org/tags/construction/Recent content in Construction on OSArchHugoen-usExcept where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under CC BY 4.0.Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:52 +0100https://osarch.org/2026/05/29/bonsai-viewer-is-coming/Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:52 +0100https://osarch.org/2026/05/29/bonsai-viewer-is-coming/Bonsai Viewer is being developed as a free software IFC coordination and review viewer, addressing the gap left by commercial tools such as Revizto, BIMcollab, and Solibri.https://osarch.org/2026/05/01/ifclite-adds-point-cloud-and-collaboration-workflows/Fri, 01 May 2026 06:28:46 +0100https://osarch.org/2026/05/01/ifclite-adds-point-cloud-and-collaboration-workflows/IFClite is expanding from browser-native IFC viewing into point cloud workflows and real-time collaborative IFC editing in the browser.https://osarch.org/2026/04/17/bonsai-0-8-5-released/Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:20:36 +0100https://osarch.org/2026/04/17/bonsai-0-8-5-released/Bonsai 0.8.5 has been released with 962 new features and fixes, including Blender 5.1 support, BonsaiPR, workflow upgrades, AI/MCP tooling, and IfcOpenShell core improvements.https://osarch.org/2026/03/22/olympus-aeco-web-application-toolkit-open-sourced/Sun, 22 Mar 2026 14:50:38 +0000https://osarch.org/2026/03/22/olympus-aeco-web-application-toolkit-open-sourced/Olympus is an open source toolkit for building and prototyping browser-based 3D AECO applications, with IFC support, a Three.js editor, Monaco code editor, charts, Python, undo-redo, and addons.https://osarch.org/2026/01/28/ifclite-adds-federated-loading-support/Wed, 28 Jan 2026 07:44:40 +0000https://osarch.org/2026/01/28/ifclite-adds-federated-loading-support/IFClite, a browser-native IFC viewer built with WebGPU and Rust/WASM, has added federated loading support for IFC4, IFC4X3, and IFC5 workflows.https://osarch.org/2025/11/20/bonsai-0-8-4-released/Thu, 20 Nov 2025 11:46:49 +0000https://osarch.org/2025/11/20/bonsai-0-8-4-released/Bonsai 0.8.4 has been released with 1111 new features and fixes, including Blender 5.0 support, IfcTester.org, RocksDB IFC model handling, and web-focused IfcOpenShell packaging.https://osarch.org/2025/09/17/blender-foundation-announces-new-board-and-executive-director/Wed, 17 Sep 2025 12:15:06 +0100https://osarch.org/2025/09/17/blender-foundation-announces-new-board-and-executive-director/Ton Roosendaal will step down as Blender Foundation chairman and CEO on 1 January 2026, with Francesco Siddi taking over as executive director.https://osarch.org/2025/07/13/bonsai-0-8-3-released/Sun, 13 Jul 2025 10:32:10 +0100https://osarch.org/2025/07/13/bonsai-0-8-3-released/Bonsai 0.8.3 has been released with 770 new features and fixes, including Blender 4.5 support, bSDD improvements, IFC5D updates, and broader polish across Bonsai and IfcOpenShell.https://osarch.org/2025/03/16/castle-game-engine-now-supports-ifc/Sun, 16 Mar 2025 23:41:50 +0000https://osarch.org/2025/03/16/castle-game-engine-now-supports-ifc/The Castle Game Engine is a free, open source, cross-platform (desktop, mobile, console, web) 3D and 2D game engine. It comes with a powerful visual editor and support for open standards like glTF, X3D, ... and now IFC - a key open standardhttps://osarch.org/2023/07/29/what-is-brickschema-and-how-can-i-use-it-update-blenderbim-add-ons-brick-module/Sat, 29 Jul 2023 06:49:17 +0100https://osarch.org/2023/07/29/what-is-brickschema-and-how-can-i-use-it-update-blenderbim-add-ons-brick-module/For the past 8 weeks, I've been working on the BlenderBIM Add-on's Brickschema authoring module as part of the Google Summer of Code Program . I’m pretty new to the schema, but I’ve learned a lot about its usage and implications! I’ve listehttps://osarch.org/2023/03/27/funding-for-a-git-ifc-interface-in-blenderbim/Mon, 27 Mar 2023 17:46:58 +0100https://osarch.org/2023/03/27/funding-for-a-git-ifc-interface-in-blenderbim/Imagine GIT for IFC files. That is, imagine a tool that keeps track of changes to an IFC file over the duration of a design project--a tool that allows branching or forking of different design options from a distributed team, and tool thathttps://osarch.org/2022/11/12/ifc-101-a-free-ifc-crash-course-with-python/Sat, 12 Nov 2022 04:40:00 +0000https://osarch.org/2022/11/12/ifc-101-a-free-ifc-crash-course-with-python/The IFC-101 series is a free course with python, taking you from the Basics of IFC up to building a native IFC native application.https://osarch.org/2022/10/22/new-open-source-4d-project-planning-and-controls-toolkit/Sat, 22 Oct 2022 00:27:00 +0100https://osarch.org/2022/10/22/new-open-source-4d-project-planning-and-controls-toolkit/There is a new suite of open source 4D project planning and controls libraries developed by Hassam Emam, a professional project planner.https://osarch.org/2022/10/15/whitepaper-published-on-native-ifc-methodologies/Sat, 15 Oct 2022 12:38:00 +0100https://osarch.org/2022/10/15/whitepaper-published-on-native-ifc-methodologies/A new whitepaper has been published on Native IFC methodologies, authored by Bruno Postle, developer of Native IFC software Homemaker, and co-authored by Thomas Krijnen and Dion Moult, developers of Native IFC libraries and interfaces. Thehttps://osarch.org/2022/09/02/openproject-released-with-nextcloud-integration/Fri, 02 Sep 2022 01:27:12 +0100https://osarch.org/2022/09/02/openproject-released-with-nextcloud-integration/OpenProject now integrates with Nextcloud to allow documentation, schedules, and specifications to be linked to work packages.https://osarch.org/2022/08/09/a-banner-for-using-blenderbim-in-production/Tue, 09 Aug 2022 21:37:50 +0100https://osarch.org/2022/08/09/a-banner-for-using-blenderbim-in-production/OSArch has a new banner image! The BlenderBIM image is courtesy of a collaboration between Ioannis Christovasilis of Aether Engineering and Ryan Schultz of OpeningDesign. Read more about the project ...https://osarch.org/2022/07/12/openbim-blenderbim-add-on-in-aec-magazine/Tue, 12 Jul 2022 17:19:42 +0100https://osarch.org/2022/07/12/openbim-blenderbim-add-on-in-aec-magazine/AEC Magazine has published a 16 page special edition featuring IFC, OpenBIM, and Open source software like the BlenderBIM Add-on and IFC.JS.https://osarch.org/2021/05/25/epic-megagrants-funding-awarded-to-blenderbim-add-on/Tue, 25 May 2021 10:52:50 +0100https://osarch.org/2021/05/25/epic-megagrants-funding-awarded-to-blenderbim-add-on/Epic MegaGrants funding will go towards developing the BlenderBIM Add-on and IfcOpenShell in three aspects: geometry, drawings, and IFC.https://osarch.org/2021/01/04/bim-project-management-openproject-11-1-released/Mon, 04 Jan 2021 23:44:48 +0000https://osarch.org/2021/01/04/bim-project-management-openproject-11-1-released/OpenProject 11.1 has recently been released. OpenProject is an open source and free web application for BIM project management.https://osarch.org/2020/12/08/new-blenderbim-add-on-release-v0-0-201207/Tue, 08 Dec 2020 07:45:28 +0000https://osarch.org/2020/12/08/new-blenderbim-add-on-release-v0-0-201207/The BlenderBIM Add-on release v0.0.201207 include improved IFC round-tripping, and stabilisation of the new material system.https://osarch.org/2020/11/15/new-blenderbim-add-on-release-v0-0-201115/Sun, 15 Nov 2020 05:42:10 +0000https://osarch.org/2020/11/15/new-blenderbim-add-on-release-v0-0-201115/The BlenderBIM Add-on release v0.0.201115 comes with 52 new features and fixes, including improved materials, layers, geolocation, and vendor workarounds.