BOLTS for architectural components?

[Moult]

This discussion came up on OSArch: https://community.osarch.org/discussion ... t-for-plan just wondering if others think it makes sense to include architectural components in BOLTS? Things like standard bed sizes, basic table sizes, sanitary fixtures, etc.

There is a lot I still don't understand in the BOLTS repo and would love to have a voice call with a maintainer to understand it more and how to contribute better Right now there is work being done on https://github.com/boltsparts/BOLTS/issues/251

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[Kunda1]

Great inquiry! I hope bernd responds.

[Roy_043]

It may make more sense to include such objects in the FreeCAD library.
https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-library
https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=72634

The current files in "Architectural Parts" are not that great. Many of them are quite old and use techniques that are not allowed in the current FreeCAD version.

[bernd]

@Roy_043:

have a look at BOLTS. It is totally different from FreeCAD library as it does create the geometry on run time from parameter. Means if a table was in BOLTS one could create the tabel of any measurement he likes because the geometry is created on runtime.

[bernd]

@Moult:

I am on the phone and can not log into github because of authentification ...

ATM only parts which are part of a design code are in BOLTS. Means adding all the Australian Profiles would be great. In the regard of maintainer. jreinhardt has started the project and has done 95 % of the code. I contributed a lot of profiles because I made heavy usage of BOLTS. Around 2016 jreinhardt stoped any development at all. I just continued fixing a lot, mostly in the regard of python 3 because I just wanted to continue to use it. In 2019 jreinhardt did do another dev period.

I try to answer more on github if I am on a computer.

cheers bernd

[bernd]

Ahh and I gave BOLTS a new home because the old one was offline. Furthermore we moved BOLTS repo away from jreinhardts private github to a separate general BOLTS repository. Thus jreinhardt and me we both are maintainer ATM.

sure we could go for a voice call ...

[Moult]

Awesome! Yes I understand BOLTS seems primarily for standardised technical specs, but I wonder if the scope could be extended to include not just design codes but supplier catalogues. For example in Australia there is Caroma which supplies a lot of sanitary fixtures and is a pretty good "goto" for all architects. Similarly there are wall partition catalogues by Gyprock which are heavily used. Yes it's not a "DIN" or "ISO" but in Australia we don't have "HEA/HEB/etc" even for steel profiles, we just have "Bluescope" the monopoly supplier so in practice it is almost equivalent.

If you're online would love to catch up on https://osarch.org/chat for live chat or any other platform you prefer, I've got quite a few questions about how the code is organised.

BTW Australian steel PR here: https://github.com/boltsparts/BOLTS/pull/252

[bernd]

The main question is not if we would integrate non standard parts but how? The reason is because the standard is everywhere in the code.

ATM I am in family vacation. In a few days I will be more active ...

BTW: the hot rolled sections are in a standard, but there are a lot of sections here too, which will be available only be a few custumers and which are in no standard at all. They should go into BOLTS as well.

[Moult]

@bernd can we perhaps organise a voice call when you're back from vacation to see how this may or may not work? I'm in the Sydney timezone.

[paullee]

Trying to install - it is BOLTSFC in FC Add-on right?

Some hiccups, any idea ?

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