diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-ifcopenshell-conda-daily.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-ifcopenshell-conda-daily.yml
index a1640f078f..c346375348 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-ifcopenshell-conda-daily.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-ifcopenshell-conda-daily.yml
@@ -1,23 +1,15 @@
-name: ci-ifcopenshell-conda-daily
+name: ci-ifcopenshell-conda-daily-v0.8.0
 
 on:
   push:
-      paths:
-        - .github/workflows/ci-ifcopenshell-conda-daily.yml
-  schedule:
-  #         ┌───────────── minute (0 - 59)
-  #         │  ┌───────────── hour (0 - 23)
-  #         │  │ ┌───────────── day of the month (1 - 31)
-  #         │  │ │ ┌───────────── month (1 - 12 or JAN-DEC)
-  #         │  │ │ │ ┌───────────── day of the week (0 - 6 or SUN-SAT)
-  #         *  * * * *
-  - cron: "49 23 * * *" # 11min before utc midnight every day
+    branches:
+      - v0.8.0-compile-daily
 
 jobs:
   activate:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: |
-      github.repository == 'IfcOpenShell/IfcOpenShell'
+      github.repository == 'krande/IfcOpenShell'
     steps:
       - name: Set env
         run: echo ok go
@@ -33,38 +25,48 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         pyver: [
-          { name: py310, distver: '3.10'},
-          { name: py311, distver: '3.11'}
+          { name: py311, distver: '3.11' }
         ]
         platform: [
           { name: Windows, distver: windows-2022, upload: 'true' },
           { name: Linux, distver: ubuntu-22.04,  upload: 'true' },
-          { name: macOS, distver: macos-12, upload: 'true' }
+          { name: macOS, distver: macos-13, upload: 'true' }
         ]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           submodules: recursive
-      - name: Download MacOSX SDK
+
+      - name: Download and extract MacOSX SDK
         if: ${{ matrix.platform.name == 'macOS' }}
         run: |
-          curl -o MacOSX10.13.sdk.tar.xz -L https://github.com/phracker/MacOSX-SDKs/releases/download/11.3/MacOSX10.13.sdk.tar.xz && \
-          tar xf MacOSX10.13.sdk.tar.xz && \
-          sudo mv -v MacOSX10.13.sdk /opt/ && \
-          ls /opt/
-      - uses: seanmiddleditch/gha-setup-ninja@master
-      - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2  # https://github.com/conda-incubator/setup-miniconda
+          curl -L https://github.com/phracker/MacOSX-SDKs/releases/download/11.3/MacOSX10.13.sdk.tar.xz | tar -xvJf - -C /Users/runner/work/
+
+      - name: Install ninja
+        run: |
+          if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "linux-gnu"* ]]; then
+            sudo apt-get install ninja-build
+          elif [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
+            brew install ninja
+          elif [[ "$OSTYPE" == "win32" ]]; then
+            choco install ninja
+          fi
+      - uses: mamba-org/setup-micromamba@v1 # https://github.com/mamba-org/setup-micromamba
         with:
-          activate-environment: conda-build
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.pyver.distver }}
-          environment-file: conda/environment.yml
-      - name: build, test and upload ifcopenshell
-        if: ${{ matrix.platform.upload == 'true' }}
+          environment-file: conda/environment.build.yml
+          create-args: >-
+            python=${{ matrix.pyver.distver }}
+            anaconda-client
+
+      - name: create conda package dist dir
         run: |
-          conda-build . --python ${{ matrix.pyver.distver }} -c conda-forge --token ${{ secrets.ANACONDA_TOKEN }} --user ifcopenshell
-        working-directory: ./conda
+          mkdir -p ${{ github.workspace }}/dist
+
       - name: build & test ifcopenshell
-        if: ${{ matrix.platform.upload == 'false' }}
         run: |
-          conda-build . --python ${{ matrix.pyver.distver }} -c conda-forge
+          boa build . --python ${{ matrix.pyver.distver }} --no-remove-work-dir --output-folder '${{ github.workspace }}/dist'
         working-directory: ./conda
+
+      - name: upload to anaconda
+        run: |
+          anaconda -t ${{ secrets.ANACONDA_TOKEN }} upload --force --user ${{ secrets.ANACONDA_USER }} --label dev ${{ github.workspace }}/dist/${{ matrix.pyver.pkg_dir }}/*.tar.bz2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index 27d53f1a03..7be853b599 100644
--- a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ OPTION(USERSPACE_PYTHON_PREFIX "Installs IfcPython for the current user only ins
 OPTION(ADD_COMMIT_SHA "Add commit sha and branch in version number, warning results in many rebuilds, requires git" OFF)
 OPTION(WITH_OPENCASCADE "Enable geometry interpretation using Open CASCADE" ON)
 OPTION(WITH_CGAL "Enable geometry interpretation using CGAL" ON)
+OPTION(CITYJSON_SUPPORT "Build IfcConvert with CityJSON support (requires CityJSON library)." ON)
 
 IF(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
 	SET(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "Release")
@@ -154,6 +155,17 @@ endif()
 
 UNIFY_ENVVARS_AND_CACHE(EIGEN_DIR)
 
+# Include the 'convert_env_var_to_bool' and 'get_all_option_flags' functions
+include(utilities.cmake)
+
+# Get a list of all OPTION flags from the CMakeLists.txt
+get_all_option_flags(option_flags)
+
+# Loop through the list of OPTION flags and convert the corresponding environment variables
+foreach(option_flag IN LISTS option_flags)
+    convert_env_var_to_bool("${option_flag}")
+endforeach()
+
 if(WASM_BUILD)
     # when using the nix/build-all.py build script we should not
     # look into the sysroot for most of the dependencies but rather
@@ -178,8 +190,11 @@ endif()
 
 if (NOT MINIMAL_BUILD)
 if (WITH_CGAL)
-add_definitions(-DIFOPSH_WITH_CGAL)
-set(SWIG_DEFINES ${SWIG_DEFINES} -DIFOPSH_WITH_CGAL)
+    if (CITYJSON_SUPPORT)
+        add_definitions(-DIFOPSH_WITH_CGAL)
+        set(SWIG_DEFINES ${SWIG_DEFINES} -DIFOPSH_WITH_CGAL)
+    endif ()
+
 list(APPEND GEOMETRY_KERNELS cgal)
 endif()
 endif()
@@ -939,7 +954,8 @@ endif()
 
 if (BUILD_CONVERT)
 
-if (WITH_CGAL)
+if (WITH_CGAL AND CITYJSON_SUPPORT)
+    message(STATUS "Building CityJSON support")
 set(CITYJSON_CONVERT_FILES
 	../src/ifcconvert/cityjson/geobim.cpp
 	../src/ifcconvert/cityjson/global_execution_context.cpp
diff --git a/cmake/utilities.cmake b/cmake/utilities.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b75a998537
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/utilities.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+function(get_all_option_flags output_list)
+    # Read the contents of the CMakeLists.txt
+    file(READ "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/CMakeLists.txt" cmake_contents)
+
+    # Find all OPTION flags using a regular expression
+    string(REGEX MATCHALL "OPTION\\s*\\(\\s*([A-Za-z0-9_]+)" matches "${cmake_contents}")
+
+    # Extract the variable names from the matches
+    set(option_flags)
+    foreach(match IN LISTS matches)
+        string(REGEX REPLACE "OPTION\\s*\\(\\s*([A-Za-z0-9_]+)" "\\1" option_flag "${match}")
+        list(APPEND option_flags "${option_flag}")
+    endforeach()
+
+    # Return the list of OPTION flags
+    set(${output_list} "${option_flags}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction()
+
+function(convert_env_var_to_bool var_name)
+    if(DEFINED ENV{${var_name}})
+        string(TOUPPER "$ENV{${var_name}}" bool_value)
+        if(bool_value STREQUAL "ON" OR bool_value STREQUAL "TRUE" OR bool_value STREQUAL "1")
+            set(${var_name} ON CACHE BOOL "${var_name} as boolean" FORCE)
+        elseif(bool_value STREQUAL "OFF" OR bool_value STREQUAL "FALSE" OR bool_value STREQUAL "0")
+            set(${var_name} OFF CACHE BOOL "${var_name} as boolean" FORCE)
+        else()
+            # Not a bool, leave it as a string
+        endif()
+    else()
+        # Not defined, leave it as a string
+    endif()
+endfunction()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/conda/.gitignore b/conda/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2eea525d88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conda/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.env
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/conda/Makefile b/conda/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index c4cb211f1f..0000000000
--- a/conda/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-compile:
-	conda activate conda-build && conda-build -c conda-forge . --keep-old-work --python 3.10.5
-
-debug:
-	conda activate conda-build && conda-debug -c conda-forge . --python 3.10.4
-
-env:
-	conda env update --f environment.yml --prune
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/conda/bld.bat b/conda/bld.bat
index b25f46c9d6..2034f2e076 100644
--- a/conda/bld.bat
+++ b/conda/bld.bat
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 mkdir build && cd build
 
 set MY_PY_VER=%PY_VER:.=%
-set LIBXML2="%LIBRARY_PREFIX%/lib/libxml2.lib"
+rem set LIBXML2="%LIBRARY_PREFIX%/lib/libxml2.lib"
 
 cmake -G "Ninja" ^
  -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Release ^
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ cmake -G "Ninja" ^
  -D OCC_INCLUDE_DIR:FILEPATH="%LIBRARY_PREFIX%\include\opencascade" ^
  -D OCC_LIBRARY_DIR:FILEPATH="%LIBRARY_PREFIX%\lib" ^
  -D CGAL_INCLUDE_DIR:FILEPATH="%LIBRARY_PREFIX%\include" ^
+ -D EIGEN_DIR:FILEPATH="%LIBRARY_PREFIX%\include\eigen3" ^
+ -D LIBXML2_INCLUDE_DIR=%LIBRARY_PREFIX%/include/libxml2 ^
+ -D LIBXML2_LIBRARIES=%LIBRARY_PREFIX%/lib/libxml2.lib ^
  -D GMP_INCLUDE_DIR:FILEPATH="%LIBRARY_PREFIX%\include" ^
  -D GMP_LIBRARY_DIR:FILEPATH="%LIBRARY_PREFIX%\lib" ^
  -D MPFR_LIBRARY_DIR:FILEPATH="%LIBRARY_PREFIX%\lib" ^
@@ -31,9 +34,10 @@ cmake -G "Ninja" ^
  -D BUILD_CONVERT:BOOL=ON ^
  -D BUILD_IFCMAX:BOOL=OFF ^
  -D IFCXML_SUPPORT:BOOL=ON ^
- -D Boost_LIBRARYDIR:FILEPATH="%LIBRARY_PREFIX%\lib" ^
- -D Boost_INCLUDEDIR:FILEPATH="%LIBRARY_PREFIX%\include" ^
+ -D Boost_LIBRARY_DIR:FILEPATH="%LIBRARY_PREFIX%\lib" ^
+ -D Boost_INCLUDE_DIR:FILEPATH="%LIBRARY_PREFIX%\include" ^
  -D Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS:BOOL=OFF ^
+ -D CITYJSON_SUPPORT:BOOL=OFF ^
  %SRC_DIR%/cmake
 
 if errorlevel 1 exit 1
diff --git a/conda/build.sh b/conda/build.sh
index a16859085f..9ba21cba3a 100644
--- a/conda/build.sh
+++ b/conda/build.sh
@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-declare -a CMAKE_PLATFORM_FLAGS
+# IF osx use file lib suffix .dylib
+# IF linux use file lib suffix .so
+# IF windows use file lib suffix .dll
 
-if [[ ${HOST} =~ .*linux.* ]]; then
-    CMAKE_PLATFORM_FLAGS+=(-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$RECIPE_DIR/cross-linux.cmake)
+if [ "$(uname)" == "Darwin" ]; then
+    export FSUFFIX=dylib
+    export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wl,-flat_namespace,-undefined,suppress"
+    export CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -Wl,-flat_namespace,-undefined,suppress"
+    export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,-flat_namespace,-undefined,suppress"
+elif [ "$(expr substr $(uname -s) 1 5)" == "Linux" ]; then
+    export FSUFFIX=so
 fi
 
-if [ `uname` == Darwin ]; then
-  export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS   -Wl,-flat_namespace,-undefined,suppress"
-  export CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -Wl,-flat_namespace,-undefined,suppress"
-  export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS  -Wl,-flat_namespace,-undefined,suppress"
-fi
 
 cmake -G Ninja \
  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
@@ -28,7 +30,10 @@ cmake -G Ninja \
  -DHDF5_LIBRARY_DIR=$PREFIX/lib \
  -DJSON_INCLUDE_DIR=$PREFIX/include \
  -DCGAL_INCLUDE_DIR=$PREFIX/include \
- -DCOLLADA_SUPPORT=0 \
+ -DLIBXML2_INCLUDE_DIR=$PREFIX/include/libxml2 \
+ -DLIBXML2_LIBRARIES=$PREFIX/lib/libxml2.$FSUFFIX \
+ -DEIGEN_DIR:FILEPATH=$PREFIX/include/eigen3 \
+ -DCOLLADA_SUPPORT:BOOL=OFF \
  -DBUILD_EXAMPLES:BOOL=OFF \
  -DIFCXML_SUPPORT:BOOL=ON \
  -DGLTF_SUPPORT:BOOL=ON \
@@ -37,8 +42,9 @@ cmake -G Ninja \
  -DBUILD_IFCGEOM:BOOL=ON \
  -DBUILD_GEOMSERVER:BOOL=OFF \
  -DBOOST_USE_STATIC_LIBS:BOOL=OFF \
+ -DCITYJSON_SUPPORT:BOOL=OFF \
  ./cmake
 
 ninja
 
-ninja install -j 2
+ninja install -j 1
diff --git a/conda/conda_build_config.yaml b/conda/conda_build_config.yaml
index 5a72b972fe..dae1d1bb7b 100644
--- a/conda/conda_build_config.yaml
+++ b/conda/conda_build_config.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,11 @@
-CONDA_BUILD_SYSROOT:
-  - /opt/MacOSX10.13.sdk       # [osx]
\ No newline at end of file
+CONDA_BUILD_SYSROOT: # used for github actions conda daily build
+  - /Users/runner/work/MacOSX10.13.sdk       # [osx]
+
+occt:
+  - 7.7.1
+
+c_compiler:
+  - vs2022  # [win]
+
+cxx_compiler:
+  - vs2022  # [win]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/conda/cross-linux.cmake b/conda/cross-linux.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 89834cda14..0000000000
--- a/conda/cross-linux.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-# this one is important
-set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME Linux)
-set(CMAKE_PLATFORM Linux)
-
-# specify the cross compiler
-set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER $ENV{CC})
-set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER $ENV{CXX})
-
-# where is the target environment
-set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH $ENV{PREFIX} $ENV{BUILD_PREFIX}/$ENV{HOST}/sysroot)
-
-# search for programs in the build host directories
-set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_PROGRAM NEVER)
-# for libraries and headers in the target directories
-set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_LIBRARY ONLY)
-set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_INCLUDE ONLY)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/conda/env.bat b/conda/env.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d7aac33012
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conda/env.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+@echo off
+
+:: This is a batch file to set the environment variables for the project
+:: It is not necessary for conda compilation, but it provides you with type hints when working with the c++ libraries
+:: OpenCascade, CGAL, Eigen, etc distributed using conda-forge in your IDE.
+::
+:: mamba env update -f environment.build.yml --prune
+:: mamba activate ifcopenshell-build
+::
+:: Note!
+:: You have to add a .env file next to this env.bat file where you set PREFIX=<path to your conda env>
+set CONDA_BUILD=1
+set MY_PY_VER=311
+
+:: set this file's parent directory as a variable
+set THIS_DIR=%~dp0
+
+:: read the .env file located in THIS_DIR and set the environment variables.
+:: the .env file should contain a line like this:
+:: PREFIX=C:\Users\your_user_name\mambaforge3\envs\ifcopenshell-build
+for /f "tokens=*" %%i in (%THIS_DIR%.env) do set %%i
+
+set LIBRARY_PREFIX=%PREFIX%/Library
+set CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=%PREFIX%;%LIBRARY_PREFIX%/include;%LIBRARY_PREFIX%/lib;%LIBRARY_PREFIX%/bin
+
+set OCC_LIBRARY_DIR=%LIBRARY_PREFIX%/lib
+set OCC_INCLUDE_DIR=%LIBRARY_PREFIX%/include/opencascade
+
+set CGAL_DIR=%LIBRARY_PREFIX%/lib/cmake/CGAL
+set CGAL_INCLUDE_DIR=%LIBRARY_PREFIX%/include
+set EIGEN_DIR=%LIBRARY_PREFIX%/include/eigen3
+set LIBXML2_INCLUDE_DIR=%LIBRARY_PREFIX%/include/libxml2
+set LIBXML2_LIBRARIES=%LIBRARY_PREFIX%/lib/libxml2.lib
+set Boost_LIBRARY_DIR=%LIBRARY_PREFIX%/lib
+set Boost_INCLUDE_DIR=%LIBRARY_PREFIX%/include
+set Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS=OFF
+
+set GMP_INCLUDE_DIR=%LIBRARY_PREFIX%/include
+set GMP_LIBRARY_DIR=%LIBRARY_PREFIX%/lib
+set MPFR_LIBRARY_DIR=%LIBRARY_PREFIX%/lib
+
+set HDF5_INCLUDE_DIR=%LIBRARY_PREFIX%/include
+set HDF5_LIBRARY_DIR=%LIBRARY_PREFIX%/lib
+set JSON_INCLUDE_DIR=%LIBRARY_PREFIX%/include
+
+set HDF5_SUPPORT=ON
+set BUILD_IFCPYTHON=ON
+set BUILD_IFCGEOM=ON
+set COLLADA_SUPPORT=OFF
+set BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF
+set BUILD_GEOMSERVER=OFF
+set GLTF_SUPPORT=ON
+set BUILD_CONVERT=ON
+set BUILD_IFCMAX=OFF
+set IFCXML_SUPPORT=ON
+
+set PYTHON_EXECUTABLE=%PREFIX%/python.exe
+set PYTHON_LIBRARY=%PREFIX%/libs/python%MY_PY_VER%.lib
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/conda/environment.build.yml b/conda/environment.build.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bd36042a18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conda/environment.build.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+name: ifcopenshell-build
+channels:
+  - conda-forge
+dependencies:
+  - boa
+  - boost-cpp
+  - occt
+  - libxml2
+  - cgal-cpp
+  - hdf5
+  - mpfr
+  - nlohmann_json
+  - swig
+  - zlib
+  # These needs to be installed per platform
+  #- sel(unix): gmp
+  #- sel(win): mpir
diff --git a/conda/environment.yml b/conda/environment.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index d77e4052fa..0000000000
--- a/conda/environment.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-name: conda-build
-channels:
-  - conda-forge
-dependencies:
-  - conda-build
-  - conda-verify
-  - anaconda-client
-  - ninja
-  - doxygen
-  - ripgrep
-  - pip
-  - pip:
-      - --extra-index-url https://lief.s3-website.fr-par.scw.cloud/latest
-      - lief==0.13.0.dev0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/conda/meta.yaml b/conda/recipe.yaml
similarity index 66%
rename from conda/meta.yaml
rename to conda/recipe.yaml
index befa7b6c54..3772d20498 100644
--- a/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipe.yaml
@@ -1,22 +1,21 @@
-{% set name = "ifcopenshell" %}
-{% set version = "0.7.0" %}
-
+context:
+  name: ifcopenshell
+  version: 0.8.0alpha1
 
 package:
-  name: {{ name }}
-  version: {{ version }}
+  name: '{{ name|lower }}'
+  version: '{{ version }}'
 
 source:
   path: ..
 
 build:
-  binary_relocation: false [osx]
   number: 1
 
 requirements:
   build:
-    - {{ compiler('c') }}
-    - {{ compiler('cxx') }}
+    - "{{ compiler('c') }}"
+    - "{{ compiler('cxx') }}"
     - ninja >=1.10.2
     - cmake
     - swig >=4.0.2
@@ -28,10 +27,12 @@ requirements:
     - libxml2
     - cgal-cpp
     - hdf5
+    - eigen
     - mpfr
-    - gmp  # [unix]
-    - mpir  # [win]
+    - sel(unix): gmp
+    - sel(win): mpir
     - nlohmann_json
+    - zlib
 
   run:
     - python
@@ -40,22 +41,24 @@ requirements:
     - libxml2
     - cgal-cpp
     - hdf5
+    - eigen
     - mpfr
-    - gmp  # [unix]
-    - mpir  # [win]
+    - sel(unix): gmp
+    - sel(win): mpir
     - nlohmann_json
+    - zlib
 
 test:
   imports:
     - ifcopenshell
 
 about:
-  home: http://ifcopenshell.org
+  home: https://ifcopenshell.org
   license: LGPL-3.0-or-later
   license_file: COPYING
   summary: 'IfcOpenShell is a library to support the IFC file format'
   description: |
     IfcOpenShell is an open source (LGPL) software library for 
     working with the Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) file format.
-  doc_url: http://ifcopenshell.org/
+  doc_url: https://blenderbim.org/docs-python/
   dev_url: https://github.com/IfcOpenShell/IfcOpenShell