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Modelling Concepts for BIM

Modelling Concepts for BIM

Sander van Nederveen, Reza Beheshti, Wim Gielingh
Copyright: © 2010 |Pages: 18
ISBN13: 9781605669281|ISBN10: 1605669288|EISBN13: 9781605669298
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-928-1.ch001
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van Nederveen, Sander, et al. "Modelling Concepts for BIM." Handbook of Research on Building Information Modeling and Construction Informatics: Concepts and Technologies, edited by Jason Underwood and Umit Isikdag, IGI Global, 2010, pp. 1-18. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-928-1.ch001

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van Nederveen, S., Beheshti, R., & Gielingh, W. (2010). Modelling Concepts for BIM. In J. Underwood & U. Isikdag (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Building Information Modeling and Construction Informatics: Concepts and Technologies (pp. 1-18). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-928-1.ch001

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van Nederveen, Sander, Reza Beheshti, and Wim Gielingh. "Modelling Concepts for BIM." In Handbook of Research on Building Information Modeling and Construction Informatics: Concepts and Technologies, edited by Jason Underwood and Umit Isikdag, 1-18. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2010. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-928-1.ch001

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Abstract

Building Information Modelling (BIM) is potentially a great technology for the expression of knowledge, supporting interoperability and communication throughout the life-cycle of a building. In fact, Building Information Modelling is not a simple technology. It requires a sound understanding of a number of abstract modelling concepts. Next to being a technology, BIM can also be regarded as a method for making a low or non-redundant (i.e. with every fact represented only once) model of an artefact that is sufficient to realize it as well as simulating it before it actually becomes physical reality. This chapter discusses the modelling concepts of BIM: what is Building Information Modelling, what is a Building Information Model and what are its rationale and objectives? A clear distinction will be made between (a) that what is being modelled, such as requirements, function, boundary conditions, building configuration, connectivity, shape, processes lifecycle aspects and discipline views, and (b) how it can be modelled, such as through parametric models, part libraries, nD models, various representations and presentations, including visualizations. Finally, there is a brief discussion of relevant methods and languages for information modelling, such as ISO 10303 (STEP, EXPRESS), BuildingSMART (IFC, IFD and IDM), process modelling and recent ontology-based approaches.

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