GitHub vs APPLOAD: Why is our global impact invisible?

[VicoWang]

Especially welcome and invite developers, especially those in retirement status, to share and update the tools (plugins) you have created through VedaCAD, so that more people can benefit from your creations. These repositories for VCID's results will no longer fade away with time; they will enable those in need to obtain and use them. Especially, VedaCAD is now able to handle the release of plugins at the MSI level (official store).

 

For any VedaCAD usage issues and suggestions, please feel free to contact me directly: vico@vedacad.com

 

[VicoWang]

On 8/10/2026 at 6:40 AM, BIGAL said:

 

@BIGAL

 

I see you've posted this image in several places, and I have some questions:

1. Is this drawn in pure CAD through plugins?
2. Do these doors, windows, and walls carry BIM information? Can they export an IFC information set format for Revit or ArchiCAD?
3. Although your image doesn't express this, as an architect, I want to ask if you have a complete set of door, window, wall, beam, column, and plate drawing CAD plugins?
4. Since I'm more familiar with ArchiCAD, which has a great mode for obtaining 2D drawings from 3D models, how do you achieve this in CAD? Can you achieve a linked design where changes to the model automatically modify the drawings?

 

To be honest, I've never seen a complete VDC (Virtual Design and Construction) building design method executed in CAD similar to BIM modeling.

To put it another way, if your plugin set achieves the rapid 3D modeling of buildings (non-precise), actually exporting to SketchUp avoids the traditional workflow of modeling in SU, and then bridging with D5 or twinmotion can quickly set up scenes and output concept renderings.

Edited yesterday at 12:56 AM by VicoWang

[BIGAL]

@VicoWang To answer your questions the code was developed say 30+ years ago. At that time there was no Architecture or Revit. Seem to remember the only package at that time was Archicad on a MAC.

 

No its not BIM

 

It is 3d sort of, what I call 2.5D, a little known trick is to use Thicknes to give the virtual 3d Modelling. The windows and doors are cut into the walls. The windows take advantage of drawing in a vertical ucs, so they have no thickness only line work. There is 3d roofs as well. 

 

There is no "SET of" rather it uses dcl input for sizes, number of panels etc. It was put together as a simple house design package, because its drawn as a quasi 3d then out side elevations can be viewed. There is a lot more functions some foundation stuff, balustrading and so on. It was designed for the user who uses purely basic CAD. It has some smart functions like floor planner that allows for the conversion of room layouts to walls. It intent was to save time not be a full blown Architecture package and was reflected in the price.

Edited 4 hours ago by BIGAL

[VicoWang]

@BIGAL

 

You are amazing. Based on the results, you have already systematically customized for design needs such as rapid design + 3D browsing in your early years, and developed a set of such toolkits. This is indeed what is needed for architectural design, and you have achieved this in the CAD system that is least suitable for 3D work.

 

Obtaining walls from the floor line is a smart move, and achieving parametric design capabilities similar to BIM through DCL parameters is also the optimal solution verified by software such as AC (instead of directly modeling in 3D space).

 

Relatively speaking, when we start a project, we even don't reach the level of detail for doors and windows, but rather need quick selection of spatial layouts such as massing, and calculating the area is the main design purpose. By using 2D outlines and stretching them into masses, we can quickly obtain the building area, total area, and area ratios, and other main economic indicators, and perform multi-angle spatial relationship and layout verification. Do there also exist corresponding toolsets for quick area calculation?