The future of Arch and BIM workbenches

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The future of Arch and BIM workbenches

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I was translating FreeCAD wiki pages, and I am confused about two contradicting sentences.

In BIM Workbench(https://wiki.freecadweb.org/BIM_Workbench) it is said
"[Arch and BIM workbenches]will probably be merged in the future",
while Arch Workbench wiki(https://wiki.freecadweb.org/Arch_Workbench) says
"The BIM functionality of FreeCAD is now progressively split into this Arch Workbench... and BIM Workbench"

Does anyone know which is true, at the moment??
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Re: The future of Arch and BIM workbenches

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@Roy_043 do you mind weighing in?
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Re: The future of Arch and BIM workbenches

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I do not know what is the current plan here, @yorik should comment.
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@Kunda1 , @Roy_043 Thank you for your replies!

I may omit the unclear parts of the source texts in my translation.
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tianruo wrote: Mon Aug 15, 2022 10:08 pm @Kunda1 , @Roy_043 Thank you for your replies!

I may omit the unclear parts of the source texts in my translation.
My two cents.

Probably it will be best to leave them and add maybe a "translator note" to signal these incongruences, as not translating "difficult things" could be considered a "wrong habit".

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Hi @onekk thank you very much for your advice. I will abide by that.
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Honestly I'm still not sure about Arch/BIM separation... That's probably where the confusion comes from.

In one side it's handy to have BIM outside the FreeCAD codebase. On the other hand, it's handy to have Arch/BIM objects open correctly even without the BIM WB.

Maybe Arch should be stripped of all its tools? It would only contain object definitions, so when you open a FreeCAD file with BIM objects, it loads properly, even without any addon installed. But if you want to edit/create BIM content, then you need the BIM addon.
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Re: The future of Arch and BIM workbenches

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yorik wrote: Wed Aug 31, 2022 10:05 am Maybe Arch should be stripped of all its tools?
The upshot here is that there is a lot more flexibility in the addon manager to do this now + both workbenches are python based. Package Metadata can be leveraged to pull in the dependencies (even other workbenches!)

h/t to @chennes for making this more of a reality with his work on the addon manager :ugeek:
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yorik wrote: Wed Aug 31, 2022 10:05 am In one side it's handy to have BIM outside the FreeCAD codebase.
Why exactly?
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