Open BIM
This section is all about open standards from BuildingSMART. What is IFC, BCF, MVD as well as how to export from various software to IFC.
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Articles about Open BIM
Same bridge, three IFC files: which one will your client send back?
One 87 m bridge exported three ways. Five searches in a text editor, four questions to the model, the coordinate that breaks every viewer, and ...
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4D in IFC for Beginners: from a bridge with no schedule to a construction animation
An IFC 4.3 bridge that says nothing about time, a free copy of Bonsai, and 13 steps: add a construction schedule, link it to the ...
Your Road Is Living in a Building Storey
Open an infrastructure IFC file that came back from a client with corrections. Before you look at the geometry, look at the tree on the ...
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The Surveyor’s Evolution On Model-Based BIM Projects
When industry professionals talk about digital transformation in construction, they usually imagine BIM coordinators sitting in air-conditioned site offices, clicking through 3D models or running ...
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In the Age of AI, the winner won’t be the best clicker
In the Age of AI, the winner won’t be the best clicker – it’ll be whoever understands information For the last twenty years, the BIM ...
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BIM and GIS Integration in Model-Based Infrastructure Project
When I first stepped onto the construction site as a design manager and BIM responsible, I thought IFC files were something only designers worried about. ...
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