Stage 6 of the wgpu port. Replaces the one-draw-per-(mesh, instance) loop
with a CPU cull pass that survives one drawIndexed per non-empty mesh
with packed instanceCount.
Adds to WgpuModelGpuData:
- visible_buffer: u32[] storage SSBO, pre-sized to instance_count at
applyCachedModel so the bind group reference never invalidates.
Re-uploaded each frame via wgpuQueueWriteBuffer.
- mesh_draws: per-mesh schedule (first_instance, instance_count,
first_index, base_vertex, index_count). instance_count==0 means the
mesh contributed nothing this frame and the draw is elided entirely.
cullModelCpu per-frame:
- Extract 6 frustum planes from the same VP we write into the uniform.
WebGPU clip-space z is [0, 1], so near plane = matrix row 2 (not
row 3 + row 2 as in GL); rest of the derivation is standard.
- Per-instance AABB-vs-frustum test using the p-vertex shortcut
(cheapest correct early-out for AABBs).
- Bucket survivors by mesh_id; flatten into a contiguous u32 list;
upload via wgpuQueueWriteBuffer. Per-mesh slice is [first_instance,
first_instance + instance_count).
WGSL adds @group(1) @binding(3) var<storage, read> visible: array<u32>
and an extra indirection: instance_idx = visible[iid]; the rest of the
shader is unchanged. firstInstance on each drawIndexed offsets into
visible[], so each mesh reads its own slice.
Verified two ways:
1. basic.ifc (3 instances, all on-screen) renders pixel-identically
to pre-stage-6 — proves cull keeps everything it should.
2. basic.ifc + a synthetic instance placed at (100, 100, 100) is
culled cleanly: only the cube renders, the far quad is rejected
by the frustum test. Proves cull actually rejects out-of-frustum
geometry rather than passing everything through.
Contribution culling, HiZ, and LOD selection arrive in stages 7 and 8;
they all hook into the same cullModelCpu seam.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
IfcOpenShell
IfcOpenShell is an open source (LGPL) software library for working with Industry Foundation Classes (IFC). Complete parsing support is provided for IFC2x3 TC1, IFC4 Add2 TC1, IFC4x1, IFC4x2, and IFC4x3 Add2. Extensive geometric support is implemented for the IFC releases IFC2x3 TC1 and IFC4 Add2 TC1. Extending with support for arbitrary IFC schemas is possible at compile-time when using C++ and at run-time when using Python.
In addition to a C++ and Python API, IfcOpenShell comes with an ecosystem of tools, notably including IfcConvert (an application to convert IFC models to other formats), Bonsai (an add-on to Blender providing a graphical IFC authoring platform), and many other libraries, CLI apps, and more. Support is also provided for auxiliary standards such as BCF and IDS.
For more information, see:
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Contents
| Name | Description | License | Service |
|---|---|---|---|
| bcf | Library to read and write BCF-XML and query OpenCDE BCF-API modules | LGPL-3.0-or-later | |
| bonsai | Add-on to Blender providing a graphical native IFC authoring platform | GPL-3.0-or-later | |
| bsdd | Library to query the bSDD API | LGPL-3.0-or-later | |
| ifc2ca | Utility to convert IFC structural analysis models to Code_Aster | LGPL-3.0-or-later | |
| ifc4d | Convert to and from IFC and project management software | LGPL-3.0-or-later | |
| ifc5d | Report and optimise cost information from IFC | LGPL-3.0-or-later | |
| ifcbimtester | Wrapper for Gherkin based unit testing for IFC models | LGPL-3.0-or-later | |
| ifcblender | Historic Blender IFC import add-on | LGPL-3.0-or-later* | |
| ifccityjson | Convert CityJSON to IFC | LGPL-3.0-or-later | |
| ifcclash | Clash detection library and CLI app | LGPL-3.0-or-later | |
| ifcconvert | CLI app to convert IFC to many other formats | LGPL-3.0-or-later* | |
| ifccsv | Library and CLI app to export and import schedules from IFC | LGPL-3.0-or-later | |
| ifcdiff | Compare changes between IFC models | LGPL-3.0-or-later | |
| ifcedit | CLI wrapper for ifcopenshell.api IFC model mutation functions | LGPL-3.0-or-later | |
| ifcfm | Extract IFC data for FM handover requirements | LGPL-3.0-or-later | |
| ifcmax | Historic extension for IFC support in 3DS Max | LGPL-3.0-or-later* | |
| ifcmcp | MCP server for querying and editing IFC building models | LGPL-3.0-or-later | |
| ifcopenshell-python | Python library for IFC manipulation | LGPL-3.0-or-later* | |
| ifcpatch | Utility to run pre-packaged scripts to manipulate IFCs | LGPL-3.0-or-later | |
| ifcquery | CLI tool for querying and inspecting IFC building models | LGPL-3.0-or-later | |
| ifcsverchok | Blender Add-on for visual node programming with IFC | GPL-3.0-or-later | |
| ifctester | Library, CLI and webapp for IDS model auditing | LGPL-3.0-or-later |
The IfcOpenShell C++ codebase is split into multiple interal libraries:
| Name | Description | License |
|---|---|---|
| ifcgeom | Internal library for IfcOpenShell | LGPL-3.0-or-later* |
| ifcgeom_schema_agnostic | Internal library for IfcOpenShell | LGPL-3.0-or-later* |
| ifcgeomserver | Internal library for IfcOpenShell | LGPL-3.0-or-later* |
| ifcjni | Internal library for IfcOpenShell | LGPL-3.0-or-later* |
| ifcparse | Internal library for IfcOpenShell | LGPL-3.0-or-later* |
| ifcwrap | Internal library for IfcOpenShell | LGPL-3.0-or-later* |
| qtviewer | Internal library for IfcOpenShell | LGPL-3.0-or-later* |
| serializers | Internal library for IfcOpenShell | LGPL-3.0-or-later* |