Interoperability in practice: Geometric data exchange using the IFC standard

Electronic Journal of Information Technology in Construction

Volumn 13, Issue , 2008, Pages 362-380

  Pazlar, Tomaž ^a   Turk, Žiga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Architectural design applications; Building Information Model BIM; Industry Foundation Classes IFC; Interoperability; Software testing

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; GEOMETRY; INTEROPERABILITY; STANDARDS; TESTING;

BUILDING INFORMATION MODEL (BIM); CAD DATA; DATA EXCHANGE (DX); DESIGN APPLICATIONS; EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION; GEOMETRIC DATA; IN ORDER; INDUSTRY FOUNDATION CLASSES (IFC); INFORMATION DISTORTION; INFORMATION EXCHANGING; INFORMATION LOSSES; INTERFACE DEVELOPMENT; PHYSICAL STRUCTURES; RESEARCH WORKS; SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATIONS; SOFTWARE PRODUCTS;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 46349110744     PISSN: 14036835     EISSN: 14006529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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