BlenderBIM Add-on

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Website	https://blenderbim.org
Source	Github
License	GPL-3.0-or-later
Bugs	Github
Community	Forum Chatroom Mastodon (Dion Moult) Twitter LinkedIn (Dion Moult) LinkedIn Group

Description

The BlenderBIM Add-on is a part of our Category:Blender_Add-ons. It provides functions related to OpenBIM reading, writing, and analysis through a user interface to IfcOpenShell.

BlenderBIM is alpha software, expect things to change and break. It is not ready for regular production work if you're not willing to expend a lot of pain and effort. Please read the BlenderBIM_Add-on_Roadmap to understand progress on the software.

You can find ways to offer financial support in the Donation_Directory.

Features

• Featured projects
• Import .ifc, .ifczip, and .ifcxml formats
• Export .ifc, .ifczip, and .ifcjson formats
• Checking IFC data against an Information Delivery Manual with MicroMVDs
• 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
• Clash detection

Learn More

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
• BlenderBIM Add-on adding information to IFC
• 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
• BlenderBIM Costing
• 5D-BlenderBim: A tool for Quantity Surveyors or Cost Engineers

We are collecting tips, tricks and best practices for using the BlenderBIM Add-on on this page:

• BlenderBIM Add-on FAQ Collection of Questions from Forum

Advanced usage

• BlenderBIM Add-on code examples

External Resources

• Petru Conduraru of the BIMVoice Youtube Channel and Podcast has some introductory videos and a playlist focusing on BlenderBIM Add-on.
• "A Modular Toolkit for Developing openBIM Data Pipelines" presentation to buildingSmart, 20 minute video. The project won the 2020 Technology Award. The toolkit includes BlenderBIM Add-on and it's components IFC Diff, IFC Clash, BIM Tester, IFC Patch, IFC CSV and IFC CoBie
• In this Twitter thread Ryan Schultz from OpeningDesign provides a series of quick, off-the-cuff BlenderBIM tutorials. They are centered around the development and evolution of The Stead: an open source modular/panelized home.

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