BIM Interoperability Tool for Improving IFC-based Model Data Exchange Between Architectural Design and Structural Analysis for Linear Piping Components

Conference · Sun Mar 03 04:00:00 EST 2024

OSTI ID:2282159

Crowder, Nicholas Cole ^[1]; Sandhu, Harleen Kaur ^[2]; Bodda, Saran Srikanth ^[2]; Han, Kevin ^[2]; Gupta, Abhinav ^[2]; Ashe, Will ^[2]

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1. Idaho National Laboratory
2. North Carolina State University

There is a growing need in the AEC industry for the digitalization of model-based data exchange in BIM workflows. However, users continue to face difficulties exchanging data between BIM-based computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided engineering (CAE) software, even with the open, non-proprietary data exchange format called Industry Foundation Classes (IFC). Proposed solutions in academic research focus primarily on building systems, with comparatively little attention to piping models. Therefore, this paper introduces an interoperability tool for enabling piping model data exchange between architectural and structural analysis domains. The tool is tested using a piping model created in Autodesk Revit and shows marked improvement for IFC-based CAD-to-CAE interoperability over existing practice.

• Research Organization: Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: 58
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-05ID14517
• OSTI ID: 2282159
• Report Number(s): INL/CON-23-75955-Rev000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING
BIM
Building Information Modeling
Finite Element Analysis
IFC
Industry Foundations Classes
Interoperability
Piping
Structural Analysis