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IfcOpenShell

We build free software IfcOpenShell, Bonsai (previously known as the BlenderBIM Add-on), and more for the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction industry

Today's Balance
$13,189.66
Estimated Annual Budget
$32,553
2nd sponsored developer
$50,000
per year

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Has IfcOpenShell software helped you or your company? Want to help us grow but lack deep pockets? Help chip in $5 every month and together it adds up!

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Imagine the world without IfcOpenShell. How different would it be? Be the person to make change happen with only $10 per month.

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$10 USD / month

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+ 37
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Basic Corporate

If IfcOpenShell is a key part of your company's software library, help budget a little our way and help change the industry!

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$50 USD / month

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Corporate Sponsor

Believe in what we do? Become an official corporate sponsor and make us grow from a spare-time gig into a sustainable foundation.

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$100 USD / month

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Custom contribution
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Projects

Support the following initiatives from IfcOpenShell.

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The current builds (IfcConvert, python module, ...) aren't compatible with Apple's M1 chip. This ...

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Top financial contributors

Individuals

1
BAUPUNKTNULL AG

$3,250 USD since Dec 2022

2
Randolph

$1,600 USD since Aug 2023

3
Dion Moult

$1,550 USD since Dec 2020

4
Matthew Fuller

$1,450 USD since Apr 2021

5
Tomasz

$1,300 USD since Nov 2023

6
Mats Norén

$1,200 USD since Dec 2020

7
Sailor

$1,100 USD since Feb 2024

8
Trenton Gauthier, AIA

$1,000 USD since Dec 2020

9
carlopav

$905 USD since Nov 2022

10
Lukas Alberts

$855 USD since Apr 2021

Organizations

1
Cyril Waechter BIM Insight

$6,500 USD since Nov 2022

2
BIMvoice

$5,010 USD since Jul 2023

3
PlaniBIM SA

$2,300 USD since Feb 2023

4
Spectar

$950 USD since Jan 2021

5
OpeningDesign

$650 USD since Apr 2023

6
Aether Engineering

$530 USD since Sep 2022

7
Tietoa Finland Oy

$500 USD since Feb 2022

8
Agents of Architecture

$50 USD since Nov 2023

IfcOpenShell is all of us

Our contributors 214

Thank you for supporting IfcOpenShell.

Dion Moult

Admin

$1,550 USD

Cyril Waechte...

Corporate Sponsor

$6,500 USD

BIMvoice

Corporate Sponsor

$5,010 USD

BAUPUNKTNULL AG

$3,250 USD

PlaniBIM SA

Corporate Sponsor

$2,300 USD

Randolph

Corporate Sponsor

$1,600 USD

Matthew Fuller

Basic Corporate

$1,450 USD

Tomasz

Corporate Sponsor

$1,300 USD

Go OpenBIM, Go OpenSource, XeoKit SDK, ifcopens...

Mats Norén

$1,200 USD

Sailor

Corporate Sponsor

$1,100 USD

Trenton Gauth...

$1,000 USD

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Today’s balance

$13,189.66 USD

Total raised

$42,933.75 USD

Total disbursed

$29,744.09 USD

Estimated annual budget

$32,552.50 USD

About


OpenSourceBIM helps finance the development and promotion of Open Source software for BIM. Software we are helping develop include:
  • IfcOpenShell, a C++ and Python IFC developer library for developing cross-platform OpenBIM apps
  • Bonsai (previously known as the BlenderBIM Add-on), a Blender extension to natively author IFC models
  • IfcConvert, a CLI utility to convert from IFC to glTF, XML, SVG, OBJ, DAE, and more.
  • IfcCSV, a CLI utility and library to manage IFC data using spreadsheets
  • IfcDiff, a CLI utility and library to do deep semantic comparisons of IFC models
  • IfcClash, a CLI utility and library for IFC clash detection
  • BCF, a Python developer library for the BIM Collaboration Format
  • bSDD, a Python developer library for the buildingSMART Data Dictionary API
  • ... and more than 10 other developer libraries and CLI apps
Our work has also contributed to a number of academic publications and research projects for OpenBIM analysis, including voxel analysis, drawing generation, and BMS data. Our software is also being taught at a number of academic institutions including the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, MSc-education of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Construction & Robotics tracks at RWTH Aachen University and TU Eindhoven, and the Zigurat Global Institute for Technology.

Our software also helps power others in the industry, and other free software, such as FreeCAD's BIM Workbench.

Our team