specklesystems/speckle-sharp-connectors
Feb 2025 – Jan 2026
4 Months active
Languages Used
XMLC#YAML
Technical Skills
Build ConfigurationCI/CDConnector DevelopmentGitHub ActionsProject ConfigurationProject Management
Dogukan Karatas
PROFILE
Dogukan Karatas
Dogukan Karatas contributed to the specklesystems/speckle-sharp-connectors repository by building and refining core features for CAD and BIM interoperability. Over four months, he developed property set baking for AutoCAD Civil 3D, improved material management for rendering workflows, and enabled Tekla 2025 compatibility through new connector projects and robust release processes. His technical approach emphasized maintainability, including architectural refactoring, dependency management, and CI/CD enhancements using C# and GitHub Actions. By addressing deployment flexibility, error handling, and version compatibility, Dogukan delivered solutions that streamlined cross-platform integration and reduced manual intervention, demonstrating depth in backend development and connector engineering for complex design environments.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
63%Features
Repository Contributions
27Total
Bugs
3
Commits
27
Features
5
Lines of code
3,128
Activity Months4
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12 peopleWork History
January 2026
3 Commits • 1 Features
Jan 1, 2026January 2026: Focused on strengthening the material-handling and rendering prep in speckle-sharp-connectors. Delivered material management and baking improvements to reuse materials by name during creation, along with improvements to the material baking workflow (naming logic, rendering-related calculations, and parameter simplification). Also implemented null safety for materialName to prevent runtime errors during material processing. These changes, tracked in commits e3bd4f636555fe54cb437b966e1c2b1ffcaeb551 (match materials), 04132e88ac9205c8c33e4be72a62289ec6d8bfe3 (fix material name), and 3e3003827b69f00bb7fa1ac5fa8e9718cf66d426 (quick null check), improve pipeline reliability, reduce manual work, and align asset prep with rendering requirements. Overall impact: more robust material handling, faster prep, and better maintainability.
3 Commits • 1 Features
Jan 1, 2026January 2026: Focused on strengthening the material-handling and rendering prep in speckle-sharp-connectors. Delivered material management and baking improvements to reuse materials by name during creation, along with improvements to the material baking workflow (naming logic, rendering-related calculations, and parameter simplification). Also implemented null safety for materialName to prevent runtime errors during material processing. These changes, tracked in commits e3bd4f636555fe54cb437b966e1c2b1ffcaeb551 (match materials), 04132e88ac9205c8c33e4be72a62289ec6d8bfe3 (fix material name), and 3e3003827b69f00bb7fa1ac5fa8e9718cf66d426 (quick null check), improve pipeline reliability, reduce manual work, and align asset prep with rendering requirements. Overall impact: more robust material handling, faster prep, and better maintainability.
January 2026
October 2025
17 Commits • 1 Features
Oct 1, 2025October 2025 focused on enabling property-set baking for AutoCAD Civil 3D host objects and stabilizing the receive pipeline in speckle-sharp-connectors. Delivered: (1) initial PropertySetConverter and PropertySetBaker with integration into AutocadHostObjectBuilder and Civil3dConnectorModule, including root-object property set processing and applying property data from Speckle to entities; (2) architectural refactors and lifecycle optimizations for host object builders and property set definitions handling; (3) moved the baker into the connector and introduced related data-definition management; (4) due to stability concerns, reverted the PropertySetConverter introduction and usage to disable property-set application until a robust implementation returns; (5) build system maintenance with a Microsoft.Build version bump. Business impact: groundwork for consistent, automated property data on host objects; improved maintainability and readiness for a stable feature release.
October 2025
17 Commits • 1 Features
Oct 1, 2025October 2025 focused on enabling property-set baking for AutoCAD Civil 3D host objects and stabilizing the receive pipeline in speckle-sharp-connectors. Delivered: (1) initial PropertySetConverter and PropertySetBaker with integration into AutocadHostObjectBuilder and Civil3dConnectorModule, including root-object property set processing and applying property data from Speckle to entities; (2) architectural refactors and lifecycle optimizations for host object builders and property set definitions handling; (3) moved the baker into the connector and introduced related data-definition management; (4) due to stability concerns, reverted the PropertySetConverter introduction and usage to disable property-set application until a robust implementation returns; (5) build system maintenance with a Microsoft.Build version bump. Business impact: groundwork for consistent, automated property data on host objects; improved maintainability and readiness for a stable feature release.
May 2025
6 Commits • 2 Features
May 1, 2025May 2025 focused on delivering Tekla 2025 readiness for speckle-sharp-connectors, including new Tekla 2025 compatible projects and a robust release workflow to manage Tekla lifecycle. Key work established compatibility wiring through new connector/converter projects, updated build configurations and constants, and introduced a controlled release approach with a dedicated testing/staging branch and rollback path to mitigate rollout risk. These efforts position the connectors for straightforward Tekla 2025 adoption, improve release reliability, and reduce upgrade friction for customers.
6 Commits • 2 Features
May 1, 2025May 2025 focused on delivering Tekla 2025 readiness for speckle-sharp-connectors, including new Tekla 2025 compatible projects and a robust release workflow to manage Tekla lifecycle. Key work established compatibility wiring through new connector/converter projects, updated build configurations and constants, and introduced a controlled release approach with a dedicated testing/staging branch and rollback path to mitigate rollout risk. These efforts position the connectors for straightforward Tekla 2025 adoption, improve release reliability, and reduce upgrade friction for customers.
May 2025
February 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Feb 1, 2025February 2025: Delivered a core configuration improvement in specklesystems/speckle-sharp-connectors by removing explicit RuntimeIdentifier from the csproj, decoupling runtime constraints and enabling consistent deployment across multiple environments and runtimes. This streamlines CI/CD, reduces environment-specific issues, and accelerates cross-platform integration. No major bugs reported; overall impact is faster delivery and greater deployment flexibility. Technologies demonstrated: .NET project file configuration, cross-runtime deployment, and git-based change management.
February 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Feb 1, 2025February 2025: Delivered a core configuration improvement in specklesystems/speckle-sharp-connectors by removing explicit RuntimeIdentifier from the csproj, decoupling runtime constraints and enabling consistent deployment across multiple environments and runtimes. This streamlines CI/CD, reduces environment-specific issues, and accelerates cross-platform integration. No major bugs reported; overall impact is faster delivery and greater deployment flexibility. Technologies demonstrated: .NET project file configuration, cross-runtime deployment, and git-based change management.
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Quality Metrics
Correctness89.2%
Maintainability89.0%
Architecture86.6%
Performance83.0%
AI Usage20.8%
Skills & Technologies
Programming Languages
C#XMLYAML
Technical Skills
API DevelopmentAPI IntegrationAutocad APIAutocad ConnectorAutocad DevelopmentAutocad IntegrationBackend DevelopmentBuild ConfigurationC#CI/CDCivil 3DCivil 3D APICivil3D APICivil3d APICivil3d Integration
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