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Bonsai v0.8.1 released with more BIM features

Dion Moult ·
A sleeping rabbit next to a bonsai tree in a pot with small rocks and moss.

Bonsai v0.8.1 has been released! Bonsai is an add-on for Blender that provides native IFC and OpenBIM authoring for architects, engineers, and construction professionals.

Highlights include:

  • Twice as fast geometry processing with support for hybrid CGAL / OpenCASCADE geometry kernels
  • Improved modeling tool for walls, slabs, doors and more, with snapping, axis alignment, angle snaps, and polyline drawing with instant previews
  • Improved aggregate visualisation
  • More accurate parametric roof generators, and more features for parametric stairs and materials for parametric doors
  • Polyline, axis measurement, angle, and area measurement tools
  • Direct IFC element adding, with the ability to immediately add non-mesh geometry elements
  • New geometric editing mode for representation items, include new modeling tools for solid extrusions and boolean hierarchies
  • Basic visualisation of structural loads cases and reaction forces
  • Costing and resourcing improvements

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Author Dion Moult
I work in the architecture industry and do software development. I have written about Gentoo Linux, CG art, open-source, plants, robotics, digital privacy, and GIS. My blog is available at http://thinkmoult.com/ and I am available on the fediverse socially as @[email protected]
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