Evaluation of Industry Foundation Classes for Practical Building Information Modeling Interoperability

摘要: The AEC (Architecture, Engineering, Construction) industry is an information intensive and all related processes employed during different phases of a project, including planning, designing, building, manufacturing, occupying, maintenance, involve vast amounts data that used for wide variety purposes. Building Information Modeling (BIM) powerful shared knowledge resource which stores this to support decision making about facility through these in its life cycle. Nowadays, BIM mostly the design construction while it can also be highly beneficial beyond those stages. For example, Operation Maintenance (O&M) phase, could automated facilities management or robotic inspection provide semantic navigation. any implementation not original intent (design), organizations need able represent their project common interpretable form, provides possibility accurate exchange among software products platforms, known as interoperability. This study has investigated current state interoperability between tools. main focus been on popularly format models, Industry Foundation Classes (IFC), since specifically developed enable standardized exchange. research methodology involved comprehensive literature review gathering fragmented prior field order develop consistent understanding knowledge. was accompanied with detailed case evaluated compared two dominant pieces software, Revit Bentley, examined strengths weaknesses using IFC format.