You can use Blender for Building Information Modeling projects (BIM) with the open source BlenderBIM addon. Dion Moult wrote in to announce the latest update.
The BlenderBIM Add-on v0.0.231104 has been released with 405 new features and fixes. The BlenderBIM Add-on is an add-on for Blender that provides native IFC and OpenBIM authoring for architects, engineers, and construction professionals. The highlights include:
- Support for Blender 4.0
- You can now create bend fittings for pipes and ducts
- Distribution system connectivity can be visualised
- IfcFM lets you extract facility management data based on COBie 2.4
- Improved interface and new panels for coordinates, zoning, drawing dimensions, and stakeholders
- Work in progress new material and style management system
- Integration with the bSDD for classification systems
- Default file association on Windows
- More IfcPatch recipes to overcome Revit bugs and purge data
- More work on IFC4X3, PyPI distribution, more documentation, and a whole host of bugfixes and other changes.
