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by Yousheng on 13 Dec 2021, edited 13 Dec 2021
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@Dav_id Sorry for the late reply, we got a new way to install IFC Toolbox with a sideload package, for some users this actually fixed the binary error. Here is the link for the package. https://github.com/youshengCode/IfcToolbox/releases/tag/sideload
And as Dion said, behind the IfcConvertor we use IfcConvert CLI tool from IfcOpenShell. Before the next release of IfcToolbox, I suggest you to using the current IfcOpenShell build directly. The next major release for V2 is planned for 2022 Q1.
bty, thanks @bitacovir @duncan for adding IfcToolbox to the software list! Please let me know if I could help fulfil some content. Thanks.
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by duncan on 15 Dec 2021
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@Yousheng the next step on the wiki is to make a dedicated page. The example page I always refer to is the page for Inscape https://wiki.osarch.org/index.php?title=Inkscape
Once a simple page like that is ready it can replace the link from the Software Directory. We just want to keep the software pages general so they don't get out of date quickly. We don't really have resources to keep updating those pages. If you want to take that on it would be great.
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by tobenz on 22 Sep 2022
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While I really appreciate the efforts towards an IFC - > SVG workflow I would really like to know your opinion on how the reverse could be realized. A live connection between 2D and 3D is essential for many users, and object manipulation in 2D is still the way most people work, hence the success of Revit and Archicad. Multiple views in Blender: are those possible? Svg manipulation with callbacks to ifc and blender maybe? Or is a new way necessary to work with IFC in the long run? Are there new render engines that you are aware of that can cope better with both 2d and 3d? Could something like godot be used to start something from scratch?
Just thinking out loud...
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by CadGiru on 22 Sep 2022
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@tobenz said:
A live connection between 2D and 3D is essential for many users, and object manipulation in 2D is still the way most people work, hence the success of Revit and Archicad. While I really appreciate the efforts towards an IFC - > SVG workflow I would really like to know your opinion on how the reverse could be realized.
Believe @Moult 's approach to 2d documentation in BlenderBIM, will store the 2d geometry and annotations within the ifc file
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by tobenz on 22 Sep 2022
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True, but it is an "on demand" render workflow, not a wysiwyg approach
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by theoryshaw on 22 Sep 2022
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Multiple views in Blender: are those possible?
yes. See GIF below.
However, activating a BB drawing however seems to apply across all the windows. Ideally it would be nice it only applies to the active window. I think, however, this is only a matter of tweaking the code base a bit.
True, but it is an "on demand" render workflow, not a wysiwyg approach
I think it will eventually get there, however.... that is, being able to see a hatch, for example, in blender, in real time. There's discussion like this for example.
