Visual Programming for BricsCAD for Linux
Is there any visual programming, like Dynamo-BIM for Revit or Grasshoper for Rhino, for BricsCAD for Linux?
… If not, Is there any method to link BricsCAD with FreeCAD or Blender? (both have their Node Visual Programming)
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There is a Grasshopper Connection for Bricscad :
Of course Windows only again.
(I'm on Mac)
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I doubt that Grasshopper would run on Linux anyway (?)
Also not sure about Rhino on Mac. There is a Rhino version for Mac, but Grasshopper ?1 -
There is no Link or Exchange, so just import/export, with varying results.
FreeCAD does not really speak DWG (2D only). I see lots of import formats in FreeCAD but nothing promising - beside IFC, which is pretty new to FreeCAD.
I tried Blender with FBX exports and I am not amused. Bricscad's FBX is quite rudimentary. All Structure lost, AFAIR also no useful Material Export or Naming lost. Unfortunately Bricscad is not interested in supporting open USD, which is or will get a great standard for Exchange in 3D Mesh Apps.
So for Blender, I will use Bonsai Extension and import a Bricscad IFC. That doesn't look that bad but is still not a real Exchange, more a one way street.Also Bricscad was not interested in a Connector for Speckle. But you could directly upload an IFC from Bricscad to Speckle and stream this back into even plain Blender. Speckle V3 Beta for Blender is already promising buthas not yet all V3 features.
And Datasmith export to Unreal or Twinmotion is again Windows only, not available on Linux or Mac.
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I found that there exists interoperability between FreeCAD and Blender, thanks to Python and Sverchok (External Nodes for visual programming, similar to DynamoBIM). And, until I know, BricsCAD supports Python for BIM things… maybe this is the way? … But How?
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Here a sample:
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From what I am aware there is only rhino/grasshopper which are not available on linux. As for python, the only way i know how to use it is how its described in the help article bellow:
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I hope BricsCAD can integrate with any GNU/Linux Visual Programming Tool one day. It is super cool to play with this.
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