buildingSMART Data Standards

buildingSMART International develops open standards for "openBIM" work

process – data – terms

Dr Thomas Liebich (AEC3 Deutschland GmbH)

buildingSMART International, MSG Chair

buildingSMART Process & Product Rooms 20-MAR-2012

buildingSMART Vision / Mission

buildingSMART Vision
 Sustainability by building SMARTER

buildingSMART Mission
 Contribute to a sustainable built environment
through SMARTER information sharing and
communication using open international standards in
the building and construction sector, private and
public.

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buildingSMART develops open international standards

 Develop and maintain open international standards for Building Information Modeling
 Collaborates with international and national standardization bodies
[buildingSMART Goals] – signed MoU's (and maintains A-liaison with):
• ISO TC184/SC4 for data model standard IFC
• ISO TC59/SC13 for other standards (process, terms, BIM guidance, etc.)

Data ISO16739 (IFC)

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buildingSMART open data standards
 IDM (Information Delivery Manual) is the source of user requirements
 includes Process Map and Exchange Requirements
 IFC is the source of all technical specifications
 open BIM Collaboration Format oBCF enables communication of change requests
 MVD (Model View Definition) is a (formal) subset of IFC
 to satisfy particular exchange requirements defined in IDM

data exchange
Validation of
Exchange Requirements (IDM)

MSG
Model View Definition (MVD)
work
IFC Specification

develop/coordinate

Certification
of Software
Software Implementation

develop help support

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buildingSMART groups and responsibilities

Deliverable Required expertise buildingSMART group responsible

Process map (IDM) Domain experts International User Group (IUG)

Exchange requirement Domain experts (with help from International User Group (IUG)
(IDM) product model experts)

Industry Foundation Product model experts Model Support Group (MSG)

Classes (IFC)

Model View Definition Product model experts (with help Model Support Group (MSG)
(MVD) from domain experts)

Implementer round table Software experts (with help from Implementation Support Group (ISG)
product model experts)

Certification Software experts (with help from Implementation Support Group (ISG)
product model experts) and Model Support Group (MSG)

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IFC – the openBIM standard – development steps

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IFC – the openBIM standard – today and tomorrow

use IFC2x3 certified software today

 better certification 2.0 right now
 coordination view version 2.0
 formal and checkable definition of model views MVD
 BIM Collaboration Format BCF to communicate change requests

expect IFC4 as next generation

 full IFC4 being more comprehensive
 with simple ifcXML4 being more adaptive

after IFC4
 major topic "IFC for Infrastructure"

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IFC in Use – Architectural Contest
147 Urban Transition 148 Back in Black 209 Trylleesken

164 Forum Artis 203 Urban Canvas 216 M Box

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IFC in Use – Integrated Project Delivery for Music Hall

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IFC in Use – New wing added to central BIM

adding new extension building model to 3D model archive

handover to FM

new extension based on Data handover in IFC

architectural competition
BIM data - IFC from ArchiCAD to AutoCAD Architecture
Software: ArchiCAD FM Data – IFC from ArchiCAD to CAFM Morada

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IFC2x3 – current openBIM standard – implementations

last count – over 138 applications world-wide claim supporting IFC

• new IFC software database  buildingsmart-tech.org/implementation

in addition – buildingSMART runs an official certification program

• new framework set-up, including automatic compliance checking
• currently 20 participants  buildingsmart-tech.org/certification

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IFC Certification 2.0

New level of quality assurance

MVD
http://buildingsmart-tech.org/certification

GIT GTDS CTI

AET

IFC Certification 2.0

MVD Model View Definitions

CTI Calibration Files & Test Instructions
AET Automated Export Testing
GIT Guided Import Testing
GTDS Global Testing Documentation Server

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IFC4 – main directions
comprehensiveness

IFC2x3 / ifcXML2x3 IFC4

simplicity

exchange

simple ifcXML4

transaction

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IFC4 – buildingSMART data standard for tomorrow

 today: IFC4 Release Candidate 3

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IFC4 as full ISO standard

 today: IFC2x Publicly Available Specification ISO/PAS 16739

 tomorrow: IFC4 Full International Standard ISO 16739 (summer 2012)
 right now:
 IFC4 RC2 – Committee Draft CD accepted
 IFC4 RC3 – Draft International Standard DIS in preparation

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Prospect

 IFC4 = ISO 16739  the next step to openBIM

 More and better support for interoperability in construction

– Additional use cases supported

– Higher efficiency for the support of existing use cases

 Will be available as EXPRESS and XML schema

– full IFC schema used for general BIM exchange requirements

– simple ifcXML schema support added for simpler exchange requirements

 Expect first implementations in 2013

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Some facts ...

 5 years of development

 ~ 8 person/year direct development effort

– Time spend in buildingSMART International Model Support Group
(50% volunteered)

– More spend by external reviewers, project development teams, bSI community

 > 1200 issues / proposals / change requests handled

– All are logged and are traceable at http://www.iai-tech.org/jira

– Each contributing to better coverage, higher quality, more precise documentation

 secure IFC as the true openBIM standard worldwide

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IFC4 Major improvements – an extract – 1

 Consistency throughout the IFC schema

– Same concept, same modeling style
– Reduction of the “multiple ways to do”
– Symmetrical specialization trees

 Complete the building / building service

element catalogue
– Adding missing element types (like shading device,
solar device, burner, communication appliance, or
electric distribution board
– General overhaul of the building service and control
definitions, and of port connectivity

 Separation between general element definitions

and parametric definitions
– Adding standard case definitions for elements

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IFC4 Major improvements – an extract – 2

 Structural steel and timber

– Definition of material profile association, Alignment at
a cardinal point, anisotropic material properties

 Structural analysis and detailing

– Enhancement of analysis model
– Better support of detailing (simplified multiple
placements, e.g. for fasteners, rebar)
– Foundations enhanced by types

 Standardized quantities for QTO

– Definition of international base quantities, defined as
separate XML schema + configuration files linked to
IFC spec

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IFC4 Major improvements – an extract – 3

 Energy and other performance analysis

– Improvement of space boundaries, adding spatial zones
and external spaces (against ground, water, air), shading
devices

 Environmental impact values

– Adding environmental impact indicators and values to
elements and element types

 Site planning
– General geographic feature element enabling basic site
planning and GIS connection

 GIS coordinate system transformation

– Enabling the mapping of a building design
into a GIS system and vice versa

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IFC4 Major improvements – an extract – 4

 Multi-lingual property sets

– Property sets defined as separate XML files
including aliases in different languages –
– So far French, German, Japanese, Chinese,
more to follow
– IFD link prepared

 Major efficiency improvement for 4D

– Rework of the scheduling definitions, adding
calendar support, switch to ISO 8601 time
format, simplification of task relations.
– First prototypes show full support for MS Project
and 75% decrease of model footprint

 Major efficiency improvement for 5D

– Similar rework for cost items and construction
resources, now linked to schedule and BIM

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IFC4 Major improvements – an extract – 5

 Enhancement of geometry resource

– Adding support for NURBS,
– Support for tapering in extrusions
– Non-planar surfaces and surface bounds

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IFC4 Major improvements – an extract – 6

 Enhancement of geometry resource (cont.)

– Tessellated geometry

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IFC4 Major improvements – an extract – 7

 Enhancement of lighting and shading

component
– texturing, including multi-textures
– lighting, including light distribution
– following the X3D standard

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IFC4 Major improvements – an extract – 8

 Connectivity and system models

– redesign of the building service part
– enhancements on connectivity
– port usage improved
– documentation update throughout

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IFC4 Major improvements – an extract – 9

 Documentation improvement
– Documentation, explanations and many
examples are added to improve under-
standing and readability of the spec
– direct URL addressing of each IFC construct
(entity, type, pset, etc.)

Based on the composed URL:

<IFC specification URL/>+<release name/>+<version/>+<html/>+<link/>+<name of IFC construct>+<.htm>

Each IFC entity, type, property set or quantity set can be directly accessed, for example:
http://buildingsmart-tech.org/ifc/IFC2x4/rc3/html/link/IfcBeamStandardCase.htm
http://buildingsmart-tech.org/ifc/IFC2x4/rc3/html/link/IfcBeamTypeEnum.htm
http://buildingsmart-tech.org/ifc/IFC2x4/rc3/html/link/Pset_BeamCommon.htm
http://buildingsmart-tech.org/ifc/IFC2x4/rc3/html/link/QTO_BeamBaseQuantities.htm

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