This video shows how to model a simple building in FreeCAD BIM. It provides a comparison to modeling of modeling techniques in Bonsai BIM and FreeCAD BIM. Modeling of the same building in Bonsai BIM is provided in the video by IFC Architect channel:
https://youtu.be/Jc896Sob2bU?si=uCRJWtkREQJMAC_Y
Creation of all basic building parts of a simple house is deomstrated in this video. This includes creation of exterior walls, interior partition walls, doors, windows, floor slab, roof slab with supporting beams, column and a ramp. The tutorial provides a streamlined workflow of quickly creating house model with extensive use of snapping and moving of working plane.
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You can learn more about Bonsai BIM here: https://bonsaibim.org/
FreeCAD version used in the video: 1.0
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Content:
0:00 Introduction and information about Bonsai BIM
0:59 Project setup
1:44 Create walls
7:40 Create doors
8:58 Create windows
10:14 Create floor slab
11:41 Create roof
13:44 Create beams
16:57 Create array of beams
19:19 Create a column
21:27 Create a ramp
23:16 Create spaces (room objects)
25:11 Create Site, Building and Level containers
25:53 Convert the FreeCAD project into a native IFC project
26:55 Conclusion
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