SketchUp gets viz and interoperability boost
New features include improved materials and environment lighting, plus better Revit and IFC workflows
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Cesium to connect AECO with 3D geospatial
Geospatial specialist streams IFC and Revit files as 3D Tiles to place AECO data in 3D geospatial context
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Towards open AEC systems
We explore Autodesk’s new approach to openness and note that things seem a little different
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Simplebim: working with structured data
Open BIM and confronting the challenges of working with structured BIM data
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SimpleBIM: Taking back control with IFC
Founded in Finland in 2009, SimpleBIM has played a key role in the rise of IFC standards for data exchange
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IFC Special Report – interoperability for AECO
IFC, the data model specification that enables interoperability in the AECO industry, has come a very long way since the…
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Qonic Atom IFC – ‘component-level’ BIM data sharing
Qonic's 'open source’ technology supports dynamic, ‘component-level’, BIM data sharing
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Breaking down the IFC 4.3 schema
A look at the constituent parts of the data model specification that enables interoperability in the AECO industry
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IFC: what is it and why is it needed?
Emma Hooper of Bond Bryan Digital provides a useful overview of the IFC data model specification
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IFC for infrastructure
Perhaps the most significant update to the IFC standard is the inclusion of extensions for infrastructure entities in IFC 4.3
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