The Python implementation of the Autodesk Forma connector
(bonsaiviewer_autodesk/) is deprecated. The Rust port that's been
maturing under src/bonsaiviewer-autodesk-rs/ is now the connector
and takes over the original folder name.
## File operations
* `git rm -r src/bonsaiviewer-autodesk` — drop the 18 tracked Python
source/test/packaging files. (~6.5k untracked build artefacts in
venv/build/dist/egg-info are removed too, but those were never in
the index.)
* `mv src/bonsaiviewer-autodesk-rs src/bonsaiviewer-autodesk` —
the Rust impl takes over the canonical folder name.
* `rm -rf src/bonsaiviewer-autodesk-rs-egui` — abandoned egui-based
experiment, never committed.
* `src/bonsaiviewer-autodesk/.gitignore` extended with `/dist` to
keep packaging output out of the index alongside the existing
`/target` rule.
The Rust binary in Cargo.toml already has `name = "bonsaiviewer-
autodesk"` and `connector.json`'s `exec` field already points at that
name — so the connector loader, build_viewer.sh symlink, and
win/build-all-win.py CONNECTOR_DIR all keep working without edits.
## Packaging shape preserved
`packaging/build.py` is rewritten to:
* shell out to `cargo build --release` instead of pyinstaller,
* copy the produced binary + connector.json into the same
`dist/autodesk/` layout the PyInstaller flow produced,
* zip into `dist/autodesk-<os>-<arch>.zip` with the same
naming pattern (CI artifact uploads keep working).
The Rust binary statically links its deps, so unlike PyInstaller
there's no `_internal/` directory — single executable inside
`dist/autodesk/`. Everything downstream (`build_viewer.sh` symlink,
`win/build-all-win.py collect_connector_files`, the zip step in
`build_rocky.yml`) only cares that `dist/autodesk/` exists, so the
on-disk contract is preserved.
Verified locally: `python3 src/bonsaiviewer-autodesk/packaging/build.py`
produces `dist/autodesk/{bonsaiviewer-autodesk, connector.json}`
(3.9 MB stripped ELF) and `dist/autodesk-linux-x86_64.zip` (~1.5 MB
compressed).
## CI updates
* `.github/workflows/build_rocky.yml` and `build_rocky_arm.yml`:
drop the `pip install ".[build]"` step — `packaging/build.py` is
stdlib-only now, the cargo build wrapped inside it does the work.
* `.github/workflows/build_win.yml`: same — drop pip install,
packaging script handles cargo internally.
* `.github/workflows/build-bonsaiviewer-autodesk.yml`: full rewrite
of the dedicated connector test/build workflow. Replaces the
Python {3.11, 3.13} test matrix with `cargo fmt --check`,
`cargo clippy --all-targets -- -D warnings`, and `cargo test
--all-features`. The OS/arch build matrix is unchanged
(linux-x86_64, macos-arm64, macos-x86_64, windows-x86_64) but
installs a Rust toolchain via dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable and
caches target/ via Swatinem/rust-cache.
`win/build-all-win.py` and `build_viewer.sh` are unchanged — they
only reference the `dist/autodesk/` path, which the new
`packaging/build.py` populates identically.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Build Rocky artifacts with shared IfcOpenShell libraries and keep geometry writer plugins out of executable packages while preserving them for Python packages.
Generated with the assistance of an AI coding tool.
Compile the Bonsai Viewer as part of the Linux and Windows binary builds,
and ship the Autodesk connector alongside the viewer executable.
Qt6 dependencies:
- The viewer links Qt6::Svg for runtime icon tinting. Svg is a separate
base-Qt archive, so aqt now installs "qtbase qtsvg" (plus icu on Linux)
rather than qtbase alone, on both Linux and Windows.
- Qt6::CorePrivate is exposed differently across Qt versions: Qt 6.8 ships
the target inside Qt6Core, while Qt 6.10 provides it only as a separate
CorePrivate config package. The viewer CMakeLists requests it via
OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS so it resolves on both.
- When cross-compiling Windows ARM64, windeployqt runs from the host x64
Qt, so qtsvg is installed into the host Qt as well.
Windows build:
- build-all-win.py passed -DBUILD_IFCVIEWER, a flag since renamed to
BUILD_BONSAIVIEWER, so the Windows build compiled no viewer at all. It
now passes -DBUILD_BONSAIVIEWER.
- The Autodesk connector is bundled under connectors/ next to
BonsaiViewer.exe in the packaged archive, mirroring the Linux builds.
- The Windows workflow builds the connector (PyInstaller) before the main
build so it is available to bundle.
Connector bundling:
- The Linux rocky workflows build the connector and bundle it into the
BonsaiViewer archive; the Windows build now does the same.
Generated with the assistance of an AI coding tool.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Replace the old IFC viewer build switch with BUILD_BONSAIVIEWER in CMake, the Linux workflows, and the nix build script.
Generated with the assistance of an AI coding tool.
Thomas Krijnen