In development
CadCraft
2D drafting & documentation
Command-line drafting with layers, blocks, dimensions and layouts that plot. Opens and saves DWG and DXF.
BIM authoring In development
BimCraft
One model. Every plan, section and schedule.
BimCraft is building information modeling without the lock-in. Place walls, floors, roofs, doors and windows as parametric families on levels and grids, and every plan, section, elevation and schedule comes from that one model. Change a door type once and the plan, the elevation and the door schedule all agree. Sheets carry title blocks, clash checks run against linked consultant models, and the model goes out as IFC 4 so the rest of the team can open it.
If you model in Revit, BimCraft will feel familiar.
Planned for macOSWindowsLinuxWeb
What's inside
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Families you can edit
Doors, windows, walls and casework are parametric families with type and instance parameters. Change them, copy them or build your own.
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Views from one model
Plans, sections, elevations and 3D views are live cuts through the same model, not separate drawings to keep in step.
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Live schedules
Door, window, room and quantity schedules read straight from the model and update as you edit.
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Sheets and title blocks
Drop views onto sheets, number them, and plot the whole set with revisions tracked in the title block.
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Worksharing (planned)
Several people in one model, with element borrowing and sync. It follows once the single-user core is solid.
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Open BIM with IFC
IFC 4 import and export, so consultants on other tools can coordinate against your model and you can check clashes against theirs.
Concept drawings
Drawn for this page to show what BimCraft is being built to do. They are concept drawings, not screenshots: there is no software to screenshot yet.
Sheet1 of 3
Title
Section through a two-story house
StatusConcept drawing
ScaleNot to scale
Level markers, floor build-ups and the roof, cut from the same model as the plans.
Sheet2 of 3
Title
Ground floor plan
StatusConcept drawing
ScaleNot to scale
Walls, doors and room tags generated from the model rather than drawn line by line.
Sheet3 of 3
Title
Door schedule
StatusConcept drawing
ScaleNot to scale
Every door in the model with its type, size and fire rating, kept in sync as the design moves.
Formats
Open formats in and out, so a drawing made in BimCraft never needs us to open it.
| Format | Planned support |
|---|---|
| IFC 4 | Import and export |
| DWG | Export views |
| DXF | Export views |
| BCF | Clash and review issues in and out |
| Plot sheets |
Get BimCraft
There is no public build of BimCraft yet, on any platform. Pick yours and we will email you when there is one.
BimCraft for macOS
No public build yet
BimCraft is in development. There is no public build yet; the first one goes to early access.
Planned minimums (all platforms)
- System
- macOS 13 Ventura or later
- Processor
- Apple silicon or 64-bit Intel
- Memory
- 8 GB (target for every app)
- Graphics
- Metal-capable GPU
Get the first BimCraft build for macOS by email.
BimCraft for Windows
No public build yet
BimCraft is in development. There is no public build yet; the first one goes to early access.
Planned minimums (all platforms)
- System
- Windows 10 22H2 or Windows 11, 64-bit
- Processor
- x86-64 or Arm64
- Memory
- 8 GB (target for every app)
- Graphics
- DirectX 12 or Vulkan 1.2 GPU
Get the first BimCraft build for Windows by email.
BimCraft for Linux
No public build yet
BimCraft is in development. There is no public build yet; the first one goes to early access.
Planned minimums (all platforms)
- System
- 64-bit distribution with glibc 2.31 or later (Ubuntu 20.04, Fedora 36 or newer)
- Processor
- x86-64 or Arm64
- Memory
- 8 GB (target for every app)
- Graphics
- Vulkan 1.2 or OpenGL 4.5 GPU
Get the first BimCraft build for Linux by email.
BimCraft for Web
No public build yet
BimCraft is in development. There is no public build yet; the first one goes to early access.
In the browser, saving will need a commercial license; exporting a copy is always free. How saving works
Planned minimums (all platforms)
- System
- Current Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari (apps with a web build)
- Processor
- Any 64-bit processor
- Memory
- 8 GB (target for every app)
- Graphics
- WebGPU or WebGL 2
Get the first BimCraft build for Web by email.
Build BimCraft from source
Source not public yet
BimCraft will be open source under a permissive license. Its repository opens before its first build, with build instructions for macOS, Windows and Linux.
Follow CadCraft on GitHub to see the repositories as they open.
Hear when the BimCraft repository opens.
The family
Every app in the lineup shares the same rules, file formats and command habits. See the whole lineup.
- Planned
ModelCraft
3D modeling for design
Fast push/pull modeling with groups, components, guides and inference snapping, for massing and early design.
- Planned
MarkupCraft
Drawing review & markup
Open a PDF plan set, mark it up from a saved tool chest, compare revisions and run punch lists with the whole team.
- Planned
TakeoffCraft
Quantity takeoff & estimating
Calibrated linear, area and count takeoff from PDF plans, with assemblies, cost columns and quantities that export.
- Planned
CivilCraft
Civil & site design
Surfaces from points and breaklines, alignments, profiles, corridors, grading and pipe networks. LandXML in and out.
- Planned
DetailCraft
Steel & rebar detailing
Structural steel members and connections, rebar placement and bending schedules, shop drawings and NC files from one model.
- Planned
PartCraft
Parametric parts & assemblies
Constrained sketches, feature history, assemblies with joints and drawings with GD&T. STEP in and out.
Help shape BimCraft.
Tell us your role and the drawings you make, and you will hear first when BimCraft has a build to try.