| Title |
Database Management of Building Information for Structural Analysis by BIM/IFC |
| Keywords |
Building Information Modeling ; Industry Foundation Classes ; Structural Information ; Database |
| Abstract |
BIM technologies in fields of architecture have reduced the loss of information, saved time and increased the efficiency of the practice than conventional 2D drawing based works. These technologies are being applied mainly to architectural planning and design, construction, collisions of architectural subsystems, estimation, etc. But few researches to manage structural analysis information for structural engineering were done, even though a lot of efforts to utilize this IFC File has done in other architectural fields. This paper present some ways to design a database for managing information after analyzing structural design stages and referencing the IFC schema, and to construct a initial database from reading an existing IFC file. To implement these ideas, a computer program which can read in the IFC file and manage the structural information on database and then, display all kinds of information with visualization tools is developed. This database approach will give possibilities to share building information and collaborate between various fields of building engineering. |