The utilisation of Building Information Models in nD modelling: A study of data interfacing and adoption barriers

Electronic Journal of Information Technology in Construction

Volumn 10, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Tse, Tao Chiu Kenny ^a   Wong, Kam Din Andy ^a   Wong, Kwan Wah Francis ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Building information modelling; CAD; ND modelling

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION BARRIERS; BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING (BIM); INFORMATION MODELS; ND MODELING;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA ACQUISITION; DRAFTING PRACTICE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; USER INTERFACES; XML;

INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 21344434751     PISSN: 14006529     EISSN: 14006529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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