February 2021 Hackathon Agenda

When?

Wednesday and Thursday February 17th, 18th at 8am-12pm CET

Format

Format: 3 session, 1:10h each with a 15 minute break in-between.

Goals

1. Test BCF-XML 3.0 implementations
2. Finalise the release candidate for BCF-XML 3.0
3. Test BCF-API implementations
4. Finalise a release candidate for Open CDE Foundation 1.0
5. Set a date for the BCF-API 3.0 launch hackathon

Implementer status

Vendor	Server/Client	BCF-XML 3.0 status	Foundation API 1.0 status	BCF-API 3.0
Solibri	Client	Ready	Ready	Partially implemented
Oracle Aconex	Server	Ready	Ready	Ready
Catenda	Server	Ready	Ready	Ready
DDS-CAD	Client	Partially Implemented	Ready	Ready
Graphisoft	Client	-	-	-
xBIM	Client	Partially implemented	-	-
Revit Plugin M.C	Client	Partially implemented	-	-
Bexel	Client	-	-	-
ASITE	Server	-	-	-

Test Servers

• Catenda

  • BCF-API https://bcf.bimsync.com/opencde
  • BCF-XML https://bimsync.com/
  • Contact jon.anders.sollien@catenda.no for access

• Oracle-Aconex

  • BCF-API https://bim.aconex.com/opencde
  • BCF-XML https://bim.aconex.com/
  • Contact yoram.kulbak@oracle.com and lionel.ong@oracle.com for access

Day 1

Session 1

• Discuss and Finalise Agenda
• Sort any access issues
• Roundtrip BCF-XML across all servers and all clients

Session 2

• Port the 2.1 test cases to 3.0

Session 3

• Introduce version 3.0 test cased (e.g. server_assigned_id, camera changes)
• Agree on Day 2 agenda

Day 2

• Address all outstanding issues from day 1
• Summarise "What's new in BCF-XML 3.0"
• Agenda TBD

BCF-XML 3.0 test domains (new features or significant changes)

1. Documents
2. Document references
3. Camera changes
4. Server assigned ID
5. Viewpoint, snapshot and bitmap filenames
6. Extensions
7. Comment mandatory fields
8. Collections structure changes - "required empty lists"