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buildingSMART International and Industry Foundation Classes ( IFC ): THE solution to A/E/C/O data interoperability Jeffrey W. Ouellette, Chair – Implementation Support Group (ISG) @jw_ouellette @buildingSMARTIn #DigADE2017

Agenda Who is buildingSMART International? What is IFC? Why IFC? 2017-11-16 bSI & IFC for A/E/C/O Industry #DigADE2017

Who is buildingSMART International? 2017-11-16 bSI & IFC for A/E/C/O Industry #DigADE2017

Who is buildingSMART International? http://buildingsmart.org 2017-11-16 bSI & IFC for A/E/C/O Industry #DigADE2017

Who is buildingSMART International? Nemetschek SE Kajima Corp. Autodesk, Inc. Lafarge Holcim Arup HOK Richard Petrie, CEO Patrick McLeamy, Chair Richard Kelly, OD 2017-11-16 bSI & IFC for A/E/C/O Industry #DigADE2017

Who is buildingSMART International? Companies and organizations “putting their money where there mouth is”! €200k+ € 8k-15k € 20k-40k 2017-11-16 bSI & IFC for A/E/C/O Industry #DigADE2017

Who is buildingSMART International? Develop and maintain open international standards for BIM DATA ISO16739 (IFC) 2017-11-16 bSI & IFC for A/E/C/O Industry #DigADE2017

Who is buildingSMART International? IDM (Information Delivery Manual) Formal business case representation of data exchange IFC (Industry Foundation Classes) Technical specification of data model IFD (International Framework for Dictionaries) aka buildingSMART Data Dictionary (bDDD) Unique and consistent definitions of all concepts DATA ISO16739 (IFC) 2017-11-16 bSI & IFC for A/E/C/O Industry #DigADE2017

Who is buildingSMART International? Design Procure Operate Assemble 2017-11-16 bSI & IFC for A/E/C/O Industry #DigADE2017

Who is buildingSMART International? International Regional National “IFC4” ISO 16739 EN ISO 16739 DIN EN ISO 16739 BSI EN ISO 16739 ISO TC184/SC4 (data model standard ) ISO TC59/SC13 (process, terms, BIM guidance, etc.) OGC (BIM and Geospatial) ISO 8879 ISO 10303 ISO 19775 XML STEP X3D 2017-11-16 bSI & IFC for A/E/C/O Industry #DigADE2017

Who is buildingSMART International? People. From all over the world. Working together. Making a difference. London, October 2017 2017-11-16 bSI & IFC for A/E/C/O Industry #DigADE2017

What is IFC? 2017-11-16 bSI & IFC for A/E/C/O Industry #DigADE2017

What is IFC? A non-proprietary, open standard means of describing the built environment and freely exchanging and/or storing that information digitally Geometry + Information 2017-11-16 bSI & IFC for A/E/C/O Industry #DigADE2017

What is IFC? What is it? 2017-11-16 bSI & IFC for A/E/C/O Industry #DigADE2017

What is IFC? Attributes/Properties Geometry Solid? Identity? Manufacturer? Surfaces? Color/Material? Performance? Weight? Classification? Semantics Relationships Column? Internal / External? Wall? Story / Level? Pile? Connections? Duct? 2017-11-16 bSI & IFC for A/E/C/O Industry #DigADE2017

What is IFC? Geometry Attributes/Properties Solid: An extrusion of a Column D-2, RGB140-142-140, Cast 300mm x 300mm Concrete, 150lbs/ft3, 5400psi rectangular profile Semantics Relationships Internal bearing, 2 nd story, bearing on Column footing below and supporting slab above, structural system, has reinforcing 2017-11-16 bSI & IFC for A/E/C/O Industry #DigADE2017

What is IFC? IfcProject IfcSite IfcBuilding IfcBuildingStorey IfcBuildingStorey IfcBuildingStorey Building Objects Site Objects (Ground Floor) (Main Floor) (… Floor) IfcColumn IfcColumn IfcColumn IfcSlab IfcSlab IfcSlab IfcWall IfcWall IfcWall Ifc… Ifc… Ifc… 2017-11-16 bSI & IFC for A/E/C/O Industry #DigADE2017

What is IFC? More than just objects…. IfcActor IfcControl IfcProcess Occupants Performance History Work planning Roles Cost / Value Tasks for execution Responsibilities Sequencing Schedules / Timetables Actions … Procedures Identity Events Resources … 2017-11-16 bSI & IFC for A/E/C/O Industry #DigADE2017

What is IFC? More than just buildings…. Bridges Tunnelling Alignment IFC-Bridge IFC-Tunnel Common baseline Roads Railways IFC-Road IFC-Railway 2017-11-16 bSI & IFC for A/E/C/O Industry #DigADE2017

What is IFC? 10 years - beginning to IFC2x3 6 years - IFC4 to IFC5 7 years - IFC2x3 to IFC4 1995 2005 2017 2010 Autodesk Private Alliance IFC2x “Certification” IFC4 Certification IFC2x3 Certification 1997 1998 1999 2000 2003 2006 2007 2013 2015 2019 2017 IFC1.0 IFC1.5 IFC2.0 IFC2x IFC2x2 IFC2x3 IFC2x3 TC1 IFC4 (ISO) IFC4 Add1 IFC5 IFC4.1 JAN JAN JAN JAN JAN JAN JAN JAN JAN JAN JAN JAN JAN JAN JAN JAN JAN JAN JAN JAN JAN JAN JAN JAN JAN JAN '98 '08 '10 '14 '16 '18 '20 '96 '97 '99 '00 '01 '02 '03 '04 '05 '06 '07 '09 '11 '12 '13 '15 '17 '19 '21 1996 2008 2013 Vectorworks IAI is Founded “buildingSMART International” IFC2x3 Certification Courtesy of Dr. Thomas Liebich, AEC3 Deutschland GmbH 2017-11-16 bSI & IFC for A/E/C/O Industry #DigADE2017

What is IFC? IFC-STP (.ifc) ifcXML 2017-11-16 bSI & IFC for A/E/C/O Industry #DigADE2017

What is IFC? ifcZIP The future…. ifcJSON <filename> .ifczip Web services data exchange ifcOWL OR Web-based sematic data documentation Project.ifc Project.ifcxml ifcRDF … Web-based language for semantic data linking ifcQL Query language IFC-based databases/servers Ifc??? drawing.dxf … cutsheet.pdf snapshot.png 2017-11-16 bSI & IFC for A/E/C/O Industry #DigADE2017

What is IFC? Courtesy of Tim Chipman, Constructivity and bSI Model Support Group Google Java Platform Apple Objective C Swift Microsoft C++/MFC C++/ATL/ID C#/.NET L Linkable «Not currently supported» Scalable «Supported by tools » OWL «Published with standards» Smaller SQLite Better Tool Support {“IfcWall”:{“Name”:”A”, “IfcPolyline:{ JSON Format Readable & Compact XML <IfcWall Name=“A”> <IfcPolyline></IfcPolyline></IfcWall> #1=IFCWALL($,$,‘A’,$,#2); #2=IFCPOLYLINE(#3,#4); STEP 1990 2000 2010 2020 2017-11-16 bSI & IFC for A/E/C/O Industry #DigADE2017

What is IFC? The best way to communicate building data. Globally. Without barriers. 2017-11-16 bSI & IFC for A/E/C/O Industry #DigADE2017

Why IFC? 2017-11-16 bSI & IFC for A/E/C/O Industry #DigADE2017

Why IFC? 2017-11-16 bSI & IFC for A/E/C/O Industry #DigADE2017

Why IFC? How many API-connections... …13? ...20? ...30? ...>100? 2017-11-16 bSI & IFC for A/E/C/O Industry #DigADE2017

Why IFC? One-to-Many Many-to-Many One-to-One  Less work  Lower Threshold Application-centric (API) Content-centric (IFC)  Larger Ecosystem 2017-11-16 bSI & IFC for A/E/C/O Industry #DigADE2017

Why IFC? Open Closed Platform ‘A’ Platform A(b) ‘X’ A(n) A(x) Platform ‘B’ Content/Data Tools/Apps 2017-11-16 bSI & IFC for A/E/C/O Industry #DigADE2017

Why IFC? Value Ownership Portability Extensibility AECOO Testbed-1, Vectorworks, Inc. version, IFC model in Solibri Model Checker 2017-11-16 bSI & IFC for A/E/C/O Industry #DigADE2017

Q&A Thank you! Contact: jouellette@vectorworks.net http://www.buildingsmart.org http://www.buildingsmart-tech.org 2017-11-16 bSI & IFC for A/E/C/O Industry #DigADE2017