diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 69fbc5d66b..d66c4528a3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -81,6 +81,12 @@ src/bonsai/test/files/temp
 src/bonsai/test/files/basic.ifc.cache.blend
 src/bonsai/test/files/basic.ifc.cache.sqlite
 
+# bonsai data
+src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/data/build/
+src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/data/gantt/index.html
+src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/data/gantt/jsgantt.js
+src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/data/gantt/jsgantt.css
+
 src/bonsai/drawings
 src/bonsai/layouts
 
@@ -98,5 +104,6 @@ src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/ifcopenshell_wrapper.py
 
 # Brickschema
 src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/schema/Brick.ttl
+
 bonsaiDecoratorForLoads.code-workspace
 dev_environment.bat
diff --git a/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/.gitignore b/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b1304fd48..0000000000
--- a/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# addon writes tmp stuff directly to its dir
-/data/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/data/diagrams/.gitignore b/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/data/diagrams/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7c9d611b59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/data/diagrams/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*
+!.gitignore
+!README.md
diff --git a/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/data/diagrams/.gitkeep b/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/data/diagrams/.gitkeep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000
diff --git a/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/data/diagrams/README.md b/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/data/diagrams/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..235c985d39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/data/diagrams/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+This directory stores generated drawings in SVG format.
diff --git a/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/data/schedules/.gitignore b/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/data/schedules/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7c9d611b59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/data/schedules/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*
+!.gitignore
+!README.md
diff --git a/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/data/schedules/.gitkeep b/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/data/schedules/.gitkeep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000
diff --git a/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/data/schedules/README.md b/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/data/schedules/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..600a57b5f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/data/schedules/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+This directory stores generated tabular schedules in SVG format.
diff --git a/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/data/sheets/.gitignore b/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/data/sheets/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7c9d611b59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/data/sheets/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*
+!.gitignore
+!README.md
diff --git a/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/data/sheets/.gitkeep b/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/data/sheets/.gitkeep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000
diff --git a/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/data/sheets/README.md b/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/data/sheets/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..424495fdd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bonsai/bonsai/bim/data/sheets/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+This directory stores generated sheets in SVG format. Sheets typically contain drawings and schedules.
diff --git a/src/bonsai/bonsai/libs/bin/.gitignore b/src/bonsai/bonsai/libs/bin/.gitignore
old mode 100644
new mode 100755