OSArch - Open Source in AEC

OSArch helps support a built environment created with free software, increased transparency, and a more ethical approach.

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Projects

Support the following initiatives from OSArch - Open Source in AEC.

  1. Bonsai: Open multiple drawings in viewport: D&D Phase 1 Item 10 - Open multiple drawings in viewport
  2. Bonsai: Join projection planes that are coplanar: D&D Phase 1 Item 09 - Join projection planes that are coplanar
  3. Bonsai: Saveable view - clipping box equivalent: D&D Phase 1 Item 08 - Saveable view specific clipping box equivalent?
  4. Bonsai: editing sheets/layouts easier from bonsai: D&D Phase 1 Item 07 - placing and editing sheets / layouts easier from bonsai
  5. Bonsai: Edit text using tab, enter etc: D&D Phase 1 Item 06 - Edit text using tab, enter etc
  6. Bonsai: Element visibility options: D&D Phase 1 Item 04 - Element visibility options
  7. Bonsai: seeing elements behind other elements: D&D Phase 1 Item 03 - Element visible on drawing if behind other element
  8. Bonsai: extra lines to an (parametric) element: Bonsai: Option to add extra lines to an (parametric) element
  9. See drawing as they print in the Bonsai viewport: See drawing as they print in the Bonsai viewport
  10. OSArch's Git Platform - Monthly Expenses: A centralized Git platform for sharing and collaborating on open-source BIM content, with a parti...
  11. OSArch's Git Platform - Migration: A centralized Git platform for sharing and collaborating on open-source BIM content, with a parti...
  12. Convert BlenderBIM SVG into Intelligent DXF w/ Inkscape: This project looks to develop a Inkscape plugin to convert a SVG, from BlenderBIM, to an intellig....

About

How OSArch supports the AEC industry

We provide support in five ways:

  1. We help provide marketing and awareness for free software in the AEC industry. We develop consistent branding, and a network of grassroots sharing on free software initiatives.
  2. We provide online community groups to ask questions and discuss with others in the community about free software in AEC across multiple disciplines and tools, unrestricted to a single software, through a variety of channels. These include live chat, online forums, email contact, and virtual meetups.
  3. We provide, collect, and organise knowledge sharing material about free software in AEC. This includes written documentation, academic articles, video tutorials, training material, and this wiki that you are reading right now.
  4. We build free software. Some members of OSArch are developers who write code and create tools in response to industry needs.
  5. We make connections between developers and users, to support developers and users.

Please visit our main osarch.org site, our forum and our wiki for more information.

Financial support

Our funding mission is to help open-source AEC projects consolidate their efforts into more integrated, common solutions. We prioritize funding projects that...

  • Avoid duplication of effort
  • Support interoperability
  • Have a broad and distributed contributor base
  • Make a measurable contribution to the industry

You have three ways to support our mission: