When switching to the BIM workbench for the first time, a welcome dialog will show, giving you hints as what to do next. Look for further instructions on the FreeCAD wiki. The best way to obtain it is by grabbing an automatic build from the IfcOpenBot repository. To be able to import/export IFC files, an additional component named IfcOpenShell must also be installed. The BIM workbench is still a work-in-progress (in the open-source world nothing is never really 'finished'), but already allows you to do a full BIM workflow and all the operations that are commonly done with other BIM applications, such as modelling, managing BIM properties of objects, producing 2D documents, and working with IFC files.

On Linux it is generally found inside your package manager, on other platforms, or if you want a more bleeding-edge version of what your Linux distribution offers, your best choice is to grab the latest release from the FreeCAD github releases page.įreeCAD features a specific BIM workbench that can be installed from menu Tools->Addon Manager once FreeCAD is installed.

It runs on Windows, Mac and Unixes/Linux. FreeCAD is an open-source multi-purpose, generic, feature-based parametric modeling application.

Freecad on mac