diff --git a/choco/blenderbim/blenderbim.nuspec b/choco/blenderbim/blenderbim.nuspec
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!-- Do not remove this test for UTF-8: if “Ω” doesn’t appear as greek uppercase omega letter enclosed in quotation marks, you should use an editor that supports UTF-8, not this one. -->
+<package xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/packaging/2015/06/nuspec.xsd">
+  <metadata>
+    <id>blenderbim-nightly</id>
+    <version>blenderbim_build_version</version>
+    <packageSourceUrl>https://github.com/IfcOpenShell/IfcOpenShell</packageSourceUrl>
+    <owners>fbpyr</owners>
+    <!-- == SOFTWARE SPECIFIC SECTION == -->
+    <title>BlenderBIM install nightly</title>
+    <authors>Dion Moult and many more, see: https://github.com/IfcOpenShell/IfcOpenShell/graphs/contributors</authors>
+    <projectUrl>https://github.com/IfcOpenShell/IfcOpenShell</projectUrl>
+    <iconUrl>https://rawcdn.githack.com/fbpyr/IfcOpenShell/9662598ad4a7e4b6cd8980e430d07263835d0eda/choco/blenderbim/blenderbim.png</iconUrl>
+    <!-- <copyright>Year Software Vendor</copyright> -->
+    <licenseUrl>https://github.com/IfcOpenShell/IfcOpenShell/blob/v0.7.0/COPYING</licenseUrl>
+    <requireLicenseAcceptance>true</requireLicenseAcceptance>
+    <projectSourceUrl>https://github.com/IfcOpenShell/IfcOpenShell</projectSourceUrl>
+    <docsUrl>https://blenderbim.org/docs/</docsUrl>
+    <!--<mailingListUrl></mailingListUrl>-->
+    <bugTrackerUrl>https://github.com/IfcOpenShell/IfcOpenShell/issues</bugTrackerUrl>
+    <tags>blender bim blenderbim python opensource foss</tags>
+    <summary>opensource bim</summary>
+    <description>opensource bim addon for blender</description>
+    <!-- <releaseNotes>__REPLACE_OR_REMOVE__MarkDown_Okay</releaseNotes> -->
+
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency id="blender" version="latest_blender_version_maj_min_pat" />
+      <dependency id="7zip"    version="22.1"/>
+    </dependencies>
+  </metadata>
+  <files>
+    <file src="tools\**" target="tools" />
+  </files>
+</package>
diff --git a/choco/blenderbim/blenderbim.png b/choco/blenderbim/blenderbim.png
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diff --git a/choco/blenderbim/check_repo_infos.py b/choco/blenderbim/check_repo_infos.py
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index 0000000000..d3865c87d3
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+++ b/choco/blenderbim/check_repo_infos.py
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+import sys
+import re
+import datetime
+from urllib import request
+
+
+def request_repo_info(url: str):
+    req  = request.Request(url)
+    resp = request.urlopen(req)
+    if not resp.status == 200:
+        print(f"[ERROR] could not contact server: {url}")
+        quit(1)
+    return resp
+
+
+if sys.argv[1] == "--do_choco_release?":
+    now = datetime.datetime.now()
+    blenderbim_date = now.strftime("%y%m%d")
+    url = "https://github.com/IfcOpenShell/IfcOpenShell/releases/latest"
+    resp = request_repo_info(url)
+    if blenderbim_date in resp.url:
+        print("do_choco_release", end="")
+
+
+elif sys.argv[1] == "--latest_blender_release_min_maj_pat?":
+    re_blender_version_min_maj_pat = r"Latest Version.+<span>Blender (\d+\.\d+\.\d+)</span>"
+    url = "https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/blender"
+    resp = request_repo_info(url)
+    html_txt = str(resp.read())
+    found = re.findall(re_blender_version_min_maj_pat, html_txt)
+    if found:
+        print(found[0], end="")
+
+
+elif sys.argv[1] == "--latest_blender_release_min_maj?":
+    re_blender_version_min_maj = r"Latest Version.+<span>Blender (\d+\.\d+)\..+</span>"
+    url = "https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/blender"
+    resp = request_repo_info(url)
+    html_txt = str(resp.read())
+    found = re.findall(re_blender_version_min_maj, html_txt)
+    if found:
+        print(found[0], end="")
+
+elif sys.argv[1] == "--latest_blender_python_version_maj_min?":
+    # get latest blender version first
+    re_blender_version_min_maj_pat = r"Latest Version.+<span>Blender (\d+\.\d+\.\d+)</span>"
+    url = "https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/blender"
+    resp = request_repo_info(url)
+    html_txt = str(resp.read())
+    found = re.findall(re_blender_version_min_maj_pat, html_txt)
+    if found:
+        latest_blender_version_tag = f"v{found[0]}"
+        re_blender_python_version_maj_min = r"SET\(PYTHON_VERSION (\d+.\d+) "
+        url = f"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/blender/blender/{latest_blender_version_tag}/build_files/cmake/Modules/FindPythonLibsUnix.cmake"
+        resp = request_repo_info(url)
+        html_txt = str(resp.read())
+        found = re.findall(re_blender_python_version_maj_min, html_txt)
+        if found:
+            print(found[0], end="")
+
+
+elif sys.argv[1] == "--pyver?":
+    # get latest blender version first
+    re_blender_version_min_maj_pat = r"Latest Version.+<span>Blender (\d+\.\d+\.\d+)</span>"
+    url = "https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/blender"
+    resp = request_repo_info(url)
+    html_txt = str(resp.read())
+    found = re.findall(re_blender_version_min_maj_pat, html_txt)
+    if found:
+        latest_blender_version_tag = f"v{found[0]}"
+        re_blender_python_version_maj_min = r"SET\(PYTHON_VERSION (\d+.\d+) "
+        url = f"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/blender/blender/{latest_blender_version_tag}/build_files/cmake/Modules/FindPythonLibsUnix.cmake"
+        resp = request_repo_info(url)
+        html_txt = str(resp.read())
+        found = re.findall(re_blender_python_version_maj_min, html_txt)
+        if found:
+            print(f"py{found[0].replace('.', '')}", end="")
+
diff --git a/choco/blenderbim/fill_dynamic_parameters.py b/choco/blenderbim/fill_dynamic_parameters.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..738a779b91
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+++ b/choco/blenderbim/fill_dynamic_parameters.py
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+print("[INFO] inserting dynamic chocolatey package parameters")
+HERE_DIR = Path(__file__).parent.absolute()
+# print(f"[INFO] HERE_DIR: {HERE_DIR}")
+
+topics = {
+    "spec": {
+        "path": HERE_DIR / "blenderbim.nuspec",
+        "env_vars": {
+            "latest_blender_version_maj_min_pat",
+            "blenderbim_build_version",
+        },
+    },
+    "install": {
+        "path": HERE_DIR / "tools" / "chocolateyinstall.ps1",
+        "env_vars": {
+            "url_blenderbim_py310_win_zip",
+            "sha256sum_blenderbim_py310_win_zip",
+            "latest_blender_version_maj_min",
+        },
+    },
+    "uninstall": {
+        "path": HERE_DIR / "tools" / "chocolateyuninstall.ps1",
+        "env_vars": {
+            "latest_blender_version_maj_min",
+        },
+    },
+}
+
+for topic, info in topics.items():
+    print(f"[INFO] {topic}:")
+    for env_var_name in info["env_vars"]:
+        print(f"[INFO] {env_var_name} exists?: {os.environ[env_var_name]}")
+
+    with open(info["path"], encoding="utf-8") as txt:
+        content = txt.read()
+
+    for env_var_name in info["env_vars"]:
+        # print(f"[INFO] replace: {env_var_name}")
+        content = content.replace(env_var_name, os.environ[env_var_name])
+
+    with open(info["path"], "w", encoding="utf-8") as txt:
+        txt.write(content)
+        print(f"[INFO] written: {info['path']}")
+
+print("[INFO] inserting dynamic chocolatey package parameters successful")
diff --git a/choco/blenderbim/tools/chocolateybeforemodify.ps1 b/choco/blenderbim/tools/chocolateybeforemodify.ps1
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index 0000000000..4aa0f65d59
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+++ b/choco/blenderbim/tools/chocolateybeforemodify.ps1
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+$processName      = "blender"
+$blenderIsRunning = Get-Process -Name $processName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+
+if($blenderIsRunning -eq $null) {
+    echo "Blender is not running ready for next action."
+}
+else {
+    Write-Warning "$processName is still running - installer cannot safely proceed to next action."
+    Write-Warning "Please retry after closing all running blender applications."
+    exit 1
+}
diff --git a/choco/blenderbim/tools/chocolateyinstall.ps1 b/choco/blenderbim/tools/chocolateyinstall.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d79c87b1bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/choco/blenderbim/tools/chocolateyinstall.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+
+$url64          = 'url_blenderbim_py310_win_zip'
+$checksum64     = 'sha256sum_blenderbim_py310_win_zip'
+$checksumType64 = 'sha256'
+
+$appDataUserDir  = [System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable('appdata')
+$unzipTargetDir  = "$appDataUserDir\Blender Foundation\Blender\latest_blender_version_maj_min\scripts\addons"
+
+$chocoBaseDir    = [System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable('ChocolateyInstall')
+$addonEnable     = "$chocoBaseDir\lib\blenderbim\tools\enable_blenderbim_addon.py"
+
+$programFilesDir = [System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable('ProgramFiles')
+$blenderExePath  = "$env:ProgramFiles\Blender Foundation\Blender latest_blender_version_maj_min\blender.exe"
+
+$processName      = "blender"
+$blenderIsRunning = Get-Process -Name $processName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+
+
+if($blenderIsRunning -eq $null) {
+    echo "attempting to install blenderbim."
+    Install-ChocolateyZipPackage -PackageName $env:ChocolateyPackageName -Url64 $url64 -Checksum64 $checksum64 -checksumType $checksumType64 -UnzipLocation $unzipTargetDir
+    Start-Process -FilePath  $blenderExePath -ArgumentList "-b", "-y", "--python", "$addonEnable"
+}
+else {
+    Write-Warning "$processName is still running - blenderbim cannot be safely installed."
+    Write-Warning "Please retry after closing all running blender applications."
+    exit 1
+}
diff --git a/choco/blenderbim/tools/chocolateyuninstall.ps1 b/choco/blenderbim/tools/chocolateyuninstall.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7c319b2829
--- /dev/null
+++ b/choco/blenderbim/tools/chocolateyuninstall.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+$appDataUserDir = [System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable('appdata')
+$unzippedDir = "$appDataUserDir\Blender Foundation\Blender\latest_blender_version_maj_min\scripts\addons\blenderbim"
+
+$chocoBaseDir    = [System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable('ChocolateyInstall')
+$addonDisable     = "$chocoBaseDir\lib\blenderbim\tools\disable_blenderbim_addon.py"
+
+$programFilesDir = [System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable('ProgramFiles')
+$blenderExePath  = "$env:ProgramFiles\Blender Foundation\Blender latest_blender_version_maj_min\blender.exe"
+
+$processName      = "blender"
+$blenderIsRunning = Get-Process -Name $processName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+
+if($blenderIsRunning -eq $null) {
+    echo "attempting to uninstall blenderbim."
+    Start-Process -FilePath $blenderExePath -ArgumentList "-b", "-y", "--python", "$addonDisable"
+    Remove-Item -LiteralPath $unzippedDir -Force -Recurse
+}
+else {
+    Write-Warning "$processName is still running - blenderbim cannot be safely uninstalled."
+    Write-Warning "Please retry after closing all running blender applications."
+    exit 1
+}
diff --git a/choco/blenderbim/tools/disable_blenderbim_addon.py b/choco/blenderbim/tools/disable_blenderbim_addon.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c7355eb7d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/choco/blenderbim/tools/disable_blenderbim_addon.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import bpy
+
+
+bpy.ops.preferences.addon_disable(module='blenderbim')
+bpy.ops.wm.save_userpref()
+
+print("disabled blenderbim addon successfully.")
+
diff --git a/choco/blenderbim/tools/enable_blenderbim_addon.py b/choco/blenderbim/tools/enable_blenderbim_addon.py
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index 0000000000..eae588e5f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/choco/blenderbim/tools/enable_blenderbim_addon.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import bpy
+
+
+bpy.ops.preferences.addon_enable(module='blenderbim')
+bpy.ops.wm.save_userpref()
+
+print("enabled blenderbim addon successfully.")
+