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Bimble v0.9.0: a preview of a fast, open-source structural BIM tool. It views IFC files in 3D, plans, ceiling plans and sections, overlays another office's DXF or PDF plan to check it, draws storey plans at scale, and edits and versions Bimble's own .bimble models. It also runs in a browser.

User manual: https://guilbep.github.io/bimble-docs/

Download

System File
macOS, Apple Silicon (M1–M4) bimble-*-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.gz
macOS, Intel bimble-*-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz
Windows 10/11 bimble-*-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip
Linux x86_64 bimble-*-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
Any browser (static page, to host yourself) bimble-*-web.zip

SHA256SUMS lists the checksums. The browser version is also online: https://guilbep.github.io/bimble/ (files you open there stay on your computer).

Run

Unpack, then run bimble to open the viewer, or bimble view your-model.ifc. You can also drop a file on the window.

  • macOS: the binary isn't signed yet. If macOS blocks it, run xattr -d com.apple.quarantine bimble in the unpacked folder once.
  • Windows: SmartScreen may warn about an unknown publisher; choose More info → Run anyway.

Try

  • bimble view model.ifc: the viewer. The left panel lists the model's views (3D, plans, ceiling plans looking up, sections) with their view range (top, cut plane, bottom, view depth); select, edit and measure in any of them. In a plan, Add reference plan… lays a DXF or vector PDF over the model (DWG: convert it to DXF first); move it into place and measure on it. Also: section box (B), measuring (M), view cube, linked models, Plan… with a live preview, Style… for every colour and hatch.
  • bimble plan model.ifc plan.pdf --storey "Level 1" --scale 100: a storey plan at scale on A4–A0 (PDF, SVG or PNG); --template for your office's title block and words.
  • bimble demo frame.bimble, then edit it in the viewer (Edit…, History…) or with bimble history ….
  • bimble bench --json > bench.json: how fast it is on your machine. Please send the file, especially from old laptops.

Known limits

  • Editing works on .bimble models, not on IFC files (IFC is read for viewing and plans). An IFC's views are saved next to it in model.ifc.bimble-views.json.
  • Layouts: sheets with several views aren't there yet; the paper plan (Plan…) is a storey plan cut at one height.
  • Reference plans: DXF model space and the first page of a vector PDF; no text, hatches or scanned PDFs.
  • In the browser: no model history yet, and an IFC's views file can't be read back; loading uses one processor core.
  • Plans: hidden lines are removed for flat tops only; no dimensioned openings, labels or section markers yet (see the issues).
  • Curved geometry is drawn as fine facets (0.5 mm tolerance), not exact surfaces.
  • Performance on old laptops still has to be measured. Please report what you see (model size, machine, how it feels).

Changes

Full Changelog: v0.8.0...v0.9.0

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