BlenderBIM Add-on

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Website	https://blenderbim.org
Source	Github
License	LGPL-2.0
Bugs	Github
Community	Forum Chatroom Mastodon (Dion Moult) Twitter LinkedIn (Dion Moult) LinkedIn Group

The BlenderBIM Add-on is an add-on to Blender. It provides functions related to OpenBIM reading, writing, and analysis.

Features

• Featured projects
• Import .ifc, .ifczip, and .ifcxml formats
• Export .ifc, .ifczip, and .ifcjson formats
• Provide an interface to manage IFC data, including:
  • Assigning IFC classes
  • Assigning attributes to IFC elements
  • Assigning properties and property sets to IFC elements
  • Assigning quantities and quantity sets to IFC elements
  • Calculating quantities of IFC geometry

Getting started

The BlenderBIM website has a tutorial to export your first model.

• How to install the BlenderBIM Add-on
• BlenderBIM beginners tutorial: my first BIM project

You can then read these articles to learn to use the add-on in more detail.

• How to install the BlenderBIM Add-on
• Setting up a BIM Project with BlenderBIM Add-on
• Building and exporting an IFC model with BlenderBIM Add-on
• How to add IFC properties and quantities in BlenderBIM Add-on
• Exporting 2D documentation with BlenderBIM Add-on
• Adding labels linked to properties and quantities
• A simple step by step example of a project with BlenderBIM Add-on
• BlenderBIM and COBie
• 5D-BlenderBim: A tool for Quantity Surveyors or Cost Engineers

Advanced usage

• BlenderBIM Add-on code examples

Getting involved

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Financial support

Are you interested in supporting this Open-Source BIM project financially? Here are a few options:

• Donate directly to Dion Moult
• Reach out to the community to discuss other potential ways of supporting the project financially.