# Highlights of COMPAS Dev Day 2025 **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [June 13, 2025, 11:49am UTC](https://forum.compas-framework.org/t/highlights-of-compas-dev-day-2025/1038 "2025-06-13T11:49:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gonzalocasas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.compas-framework.org/gonzalocasas/32/127_2.png) [@gonzalocasas](https://forum.compas-framework.org/u/gonzalocasas)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 11:49am UTC](https://forum.compas-framework.org/t/highlights-of-compas-dev-day-2025/1038/1 "2025-06-13T11:49:52Z")
On May 28, we hosted the COMPAS Developer Day 2025 at ETH Zürich’s Robotic Fabrication Lab. Around 60 participants joined in person and online for an afternoon of talks, demos, and open discussions about the latest developments in the COMPAS framework. We kicked things off with a keynote by Tom van Mele, covering key updates from the past year: full support for Rhino 8 and CPython, and the announcement that the next major release of COMPAS will be Python 3-only. We also introduced a new initiative: COMPAS Working Groups: small, focused teams open to contributors, starting with areas like documentation, infrastructure, deployment, quality assurance, and community outreach. ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/compas_framework1/original/1X/58801ebd2fbaf7eb754cd2bd945b46cf0cb4c763.jpeg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/compas_framework1/original/1X/845d6c9bcd0bf6b54d050623188c063f3e38d463.jpeg) The afternoon was structured into three sessions with short presentations and group Q&A: **Session 1** : **Tor Alva** by Che-Wei Lin (ETH, DBT), **COMPAS\_RRC** by Philippe Fleischmann and Samuel Ackermann (ETH and HSLU), and **Terrestrial** by Jelle Feringa (Terrestrial). ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/compas_framework1/original/1X/22bef505237ecf8faec5dd42fe2a375cac976710.jpeg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/compas_framework1/original/1X/4e9f1f2b086875d4354d083a5eb879869e62535b.jpeg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/compas_framework1/original/1X/172cb42fd32e7dfe5893d05cf39741629e7e3015.jpeg) **Session 2** : **Vaulted** by Vasilis Aloutsanidis and Ines Champagne (Vaulted), **Enabling Mobile DF** by Gido Dielemans (TU Munich), **COMPAS Timber** by Panos Papacharalambous (ETH, GKR) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/compas_framework1/original/1X/75d19773ba508899ca741327d6f21a4e54a0c375.jpeg) ![|](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/compas_framework1/original/1X/1ce0e43e79ca56fcec1596791f5cc4210d3e3d96.jpeg) ![|](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/compas_framework1/original/1X/89791ea275b87a8b015b16eb80a5e3af89e4401e.jpeg) **Session 3** : **COMPAS XR** by Eleni Alexi (Princeton, XAIA Lab), **COMPAS VP** by Dominik Reisach (ETH, DBT), **JAX FDM + COMPAS** by Rafael Pastrana (Princeton), **Coding Architecture Pavilion** by Gonzalo Casas and Lorin Wiedemeier (ETH, GKR) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/compas_framework1/original/1X/6617c20a2ecce640ddd989cd9d83962d6d0d6298.jpeg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/compas_framework1/original/1X/5c9b93b5065dd79819844db3be8d01300b26cce0.jpeg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/compas_framework1/original/1X/0b3c170968dea158391b15cdafc98887bfaa6cb4.jpeg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/compas_framework1/original/1X/798254d5310bf96bb3ff72f4e9780b5efa10159b.jpeg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/compas_framework1/original/1X/0054a5f2e66cf10af93b418749f7fd8772674c56.jpeg) We wrapped up with a look at upcoming events (AEC Summer School, CAAD Futures, and the next COMPAS Dev Exchange) and then closed the day with an apéro, t-shirt give away, and hanging out around the “Coding Architecture II” pavilion just outside the lab, designed and fabricated using COMPAS & COMPAS Timber during the semester. ![75D_3216](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/compas_framework1/original/1X/b5f406cb24fba3164f2566d8539521e80e142b50.jpeg) Throughout the day, participants added thoughts and suggestions to a shared notes document. A few standout themes included: - Expanding subdivision capabilities (ideally following the API of Mesh) - Adding version headers and dependency info to COMPAS JSON files - Ongoing support for `conda` environments (yes, that’s staying) - Sunset the “jungle” naming convention, i.e. “bluejay” Recordings and slides will be shared soon on the COMPAS Forum! If you are interested in the working groups, [sign up now](https://subscribepage.io/DvUs66)! Thanks to everyone who joined, contributed, presented, or helped organize. We’re excited about where COMPAS is headed, and even more excited about building it together! If you’d like to stay connected, explore COMPAS further, or get involved: [https://compas.dev](https://compas.dev) ---
**Author:** ![gonzalocasas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.compas-framework.org/gonzalocasas/32/127_2.png) [@gonzalocasas](https://forum.compas-framework.org/u/gonzalocasas)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2025, 11:09am UTC](https://forum.compas-framework.org/t/highlights-of-compas-dev-day-2025/1038/2 "2025-06-22T11:09:00Z")
The recordings are available here: [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCeUqzI5LH9vDvZFOrXKcCm51X8AcJMlc](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCeUqzI5LH9vDvZFOrXKcCm51X8AcJMlc)