oce is a C++ 3D modeling library. It can be used to develop CAD/CAM softwares, for instance FreeCad or IfcOpenShell.
oce stands for opencascade community edition. This project aims at gathering patches/ changes/ improvements from the OCC community. Official OCCT documentation and sources are available at http://www.opencascade.org/, you can also check their development portal at http://dev.opencascade.org.
You can download source code as well as precompiled binaries for Windows at:
oce-0.18.3 (February 2018)
Below are listed all the oce releases since the beginning of the project, the matching OCCT version, as well as ABI Change if any (an ABI change means that OCE binaries are not compatible with previous ones).
| OCE release number | ABI Change | OCE release date | OCCT version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.18.3 | No | February | 6.9.1 |
| 0.18.2 | No | August 2017 | 6.9.1 |
| 0.18.1 | No | May 2017 | 6.9.1 |
| 0.18 | Yes | January 2017 | 6.9.1 |
| 0.17.2 | No | June 2016 | 6.8.0 |
| 0.17.1 | No | January 2016 | 6.8.0 |
| 0.17 | Yes | March 2015 | 6.8.0 |
| 0.16.1 | No | November 2014 | 6.7.1 |
| 0.16 | Yes | July 2014 | 6.7.1 |
| 0.15 | Yes | February 2014 | 6.7.0 |
| 0.14.1 | No | January 2014 | 6.6.0 |
| 0.14 | No | December 2013 | 6.6.0 |
| 0.13 | Yes | September 2013 | 6.6.0 |
| 0.12 | Yes | March 2013 | 6.5.4 |
| 0.11 | Yes | December 2012 | 6.5.4 |
| 0.10 | Yes | June 2012 | 6.5.3 |
| 0.9.1 | No | January 2012 | 6.5.2 |
| 0.9.0 | No | January 2012 | 6.5.2 |
| 0.8.0 | No | December 2011 | 6.5.1 |
| 0.7.0 | No | October 2011 | 6.5.1 |
| 0.6.0 | No | September 2011 | 6.5.1 |
| 0.5.0 | No | August 2011 | 6.5.1 |
| 0.4.0 | No | July 2011 | 6.5.0 |
| 0.3.0 | No | June 2011 | 6.5.0 |
| 0.2.0 | No | May 2011 | 6.5.0 |
| 0.1.0 | First public release | April 2011 | 6.5.0 |
Read the official upstream documentation for 6.9.1 release, at:
https://www.opencascade.com/doc/occt-6.9.1/refman/html/index.html
We use the following online resources:
- Sources https://github.com/tpaviot/oce
- Releases/Downloads/Precompiled binaries: https://github.com/tpaviot/oce/releases
- Bug tracker https://github.com/tpaviot/oce/issues
- Mailing list http://groups.google.com/group/oce-dev/about
- Travis-CI https://travis-ci.org/tpaviot/oce
- Appveyor https://ci.appveyor.com/project/tpaviot/oce
To request write access to the repository, just ask @tpaviot (tpaviot@gmail.com).
- Create a local copy of the github repository:
$ git clone git://github.com/tpaviot/oce.git- Stay up-to-date with latest developments:
$ cd oce
$ git pull- Compile:
Read the BUILD.Unix.md file for instructions on compiling for Unix (for both Linux and MacOSX users). Windows users should read BUILD.MINGWw64.md if they use Mingw or BUILD.MSVC.md if they prefer MSVC compiler.
OCE has the same license as OCCT; since OCCT 6.7.0 (OCE-0.16.x), you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1 as published by the Free Software Foundation, with special exception defined in the file OCCT_LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt. See LICENSE_LGPL_21.txt for the full license text.