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We help create the built environment with '''free software''', increased '''transparency''', and a more '''ethical''' approach. 
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">On this wiki, we collect and share everything we know about the free technology in our industry. Every page on this website was written by people just like you.</p>

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| [[File:OpenSourceHouse_Studiolada.png|The Open Source House (FreeCAD)]]
| [[File:Wikilab_drawing.jpg|Documentation from the wikilab model (FreeCAD)]]
| [[File:Code_aster_verification_mechanisms-loads.jpg|Load simulations (Code-Aster)]]
| [[File:Quinta_Monroy.png|Quinta Monroy apartments (FreeCAD)]]
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== Get Involved ==

Interested in OSArch initiatives, and why OSArch is so important to the design, construction, operation, and recycling of the built environment? [[Open-Source Architecture Community|Read more]]

* Post questions in our [https://community.osarch.org/ Community Forum]
* Join our [[Monthly Meetup]] show & tell event
* [[Donation_Directory|Donate]] to sustain our volunteers
* See [[AECO Workflow Examples|past projects]] using free software and see [[Featured images]]
* See more ways to [[How to contribute to OSArch|contribute to OSArch]]

Right now, we're looking in particular for volunteers to help with these things. If you're up for it, post on the forums and let us know!

* We need someone to help manage the OSArch Twitter account.
* We need someone to help design a curriculum to teach about AEC tools and OpenBIM concepts.
* We need help with writing more wiki articles! Anybody can edit!

== Explore Free Software ==

Did you know there's a growing list of over 100 free tools to help you do your job? Unlike proprietary software, [[free software]] will never make your digital work incompatible, obsolete, or force you into subscriptions. [[AEC Free Software directory|See the AECO Free Software Directory]].

Begin your journey:

* [[:Category:BlenderBIM Add-on|Learn freeform 3D modeling and BIM model creation with BlenderBIM Add-on]]
* [[:Category:FreeCAD|Learn solid 3D modeling and BIM model creation with FreeCAD]]
* [[Code Aster|Learn structural analysis with Code Aster]]
* [[Ladybug Tools|Learn environmental analysis with Ladybug Tools]]
* [[Learn geospatial analysis with QGIS]]
* [[Manage a project with OpenProject]]

Do you want to dig deep in to AEC tech?

* [[Sverchok|Learn visual node-based parametric design with Sverchok]]
* [[:Category:IfcOpenShell|Learn OpenBIM & IFC programming using IfcOpenShell]]

== Use Open Standards ==
Open technology and standards helps our digital tools interoperate and protect you against data expiry. See what's available at the [[AEC Open Data Standards Directory|Open Data Standards Directory]].

* Learn about [[OpenBIM]]
* Get sample files of [[AEC Open Data directory|Open Data]]
* Learn about relevant [[Standards organizations]]
* Read [[AEC academic paper directory|Academic Papers]] and [[AEC articles|external articles]]

Learn about [[Industry Foundation Class (IFC)]] data concepts:

* [[Industry Foundation Class (IFC)|An introduction to IFC]]
* [[IFC classes|What is an IFC class]]
* [[IFC projects and contexts|How is an IFC project defined]]
* [[IFC attributes and properties|How does IFC store attributes and properties]]
* [[IFC spatial tree|How spaces are broken down in IFC]]
* [[IFC materials|How materials are stored in IFC]]
* [[IFC geolocation|How georeferencing data is stored in IFC]]
* [[IFC aggregates|How to group sub objects in IFC]]
* [[IFC classifications|How IFC integrates with classification systems]]

Delivering OpenBIM for facility management?

* [[Construction Operations Building Information Exchange (COBie)|Learn about how COBie works]]
* [[COBie definition of a maintainable asset|Read the COBie definition of a maintainable asset]]

Learn how to specify data requirements with [[Model View Definitions (MVD)|MVDs]] and [[Using MicroMVDs for exchange requirements|MicroMVDs]] ([[:Category:Model_View_Definitions_(MVD)|all articles]]).

Stuck with proprietary software? Learn best practices and workarounds to produce industry standards compliant data.

* [[Revit setup|How to set up Revit for OpenBIM]]
* [[Revit and IFC classes|How to export correct IFC classes from Revit]]
* [[Revit and IFC Geometry|How to optimise IFC geometry output from Revit]]
* [[Revit classifications|How to export classification data from Revit]]
* [[Revit geolocation|How to geolocate models from Revit]]
* [[Revit project metadata|How to define an OpenBIM project in Revit]]
* [[Revit spatial hierarchy|How to organise IFC spaces in Revit]]
* [[Revit type products|How to define IFC construction types in Revit]]
* [[List of known invalid IFC practices|List of known invalid IFC practices]]

To see a complete list of articles, check out the [[:Category:Directories|directories]] and [[:Category:Categories|categories]].

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