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Tapir / About
About Tapir.
An open-source project that makes Archicad scriptable for architects, not only for programmers. Started in 2022, released every week since.
Why it exists.
Archicad's own JSON API covers only part of what its add-on API can do. Tapir adds the missing commands as an add-on, then puts them within reach of people who don't code: a palette of ready scripts, Grasshopper components, and AI assistants.
How it started.
Started as R&D at Enzyme, an architecture practice, then opened to everyone, in the spirit of ifc.js: practitioners shouldn't wait for a vendor to support their workflow.
| Rev | Date | Description | By |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 5 July 2022 | Born in Enzyme's R&D Archicad's JSON interface was a step forward, but Grasshopper users still needed C++ add-ons to reach native elements. The first commit, with the MIT licence. |
Grzeg Wilk, Jorge Beneitez |
| B | 7 July 2022 | A place to talk The Discord server opens, where architects and developers say what they need and show what they made. |
The first members |
| C | July 2024 | The template Tibor Lorántfy, whose archicad-additional-json-commands the add-on is built on, joins the project. Almost any function of the Archicad API can now become a JSON command. |
Tibor Lorántfy |
| D | 2026 | Built by its community A release every Monday. Reports on Discord become GitHub issues, bots draft the fixes and people test them in their own Archicad. See the growth. |
Everyone who reports, tests and contributes |
The people behind it.
ENZYME-APD runs the project and publishes Tapir under the MIT licence. Everyone below has written code for it, or tested it and given the feedback it is built on, in alphabetical order.
- Ádám Barancsuk @brncsk
- @agmurf
- Agnes Gaschitz @Gaschitz
- Aitor Lezeta @leceta
- akunia
- @alesdev88
- @Archigame
- @BenTristem
- @bimgeek
- @Boti-Ormandi
- @Cri5chan
- Drew Parkinson @kozure-dev
- Ferencz Tamás
- @fertegi
- @fuzesArch
- @Gigiasso
- Grzeg Wilk @grzegorzwilk
- @iyur
- Jorge Beneitez @JBENEITEZ
- @Kappa-lo
- Kaushik LS @thekaushikls
- @KK6877aSKJ
- Lucas Becker @runxel
- Marcel Winklmüller @Liquidmasl
- Máté Szamosi @SzamosiMate
- Mathias Jonathan @MathiasJon
- Nathan Hildebrandt
- @ooki-atsufumi
- Parikshit Wadhwa @parikshit99
- @poco2018
- Scott Yost @Yostage
- Stian André
- Sven Neumann
- Tibor Lorántfy @tlorantfy
- @tomerikjansen-crypto
- Viktor Kovács @kovacsv
- @weltmaister
Many more report bugs, test fixes in their own Archicad and share scripts; bots draft fixes, and people test and approve them. All contributors on GitHub →
Principles
FREENo price, everMIT licence for the add-on, the plugin and every shared script.
OPENBuilt in publicEvery issue, pull request and review is on GitHub.
SIGNEDSafe to installThe Windows installer is signed through SignPath; the macOS installer and add-ons are signed and notarized.
WEEKLYSmall, steady releasesA release every Monday when something changed.
Support Tapir.
Tapir is free and open source. This is how it stays up to date with every Archicad version and keeps growing.
Corporate sponsoring
Offices and engineering firms that use Tapir in their own R&D sponsor the commands their projects need, and those commands then serve everyone.
Training and services
Training sessions, implementation workshops and custom development for offices moving to computational BIM workflows with Tapir.
Talk to us: contact@enzyme-apd.com
Free code signing provided by SignPath.io, certificate by SignPath Foundation. Archicad is a trademark of Graphisoft SE; Tapir is not made by Graphisoft.