Implementation of Industry Foundation Classes in Simulation Tools for the Building Industry.

Bazjanac, V. ; Crawley, D. B.

Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee

关键词: Simulation tools;    CAD (Computer aided design);    Building industry;    Buildings;    Interoperability;   

RP-ID  :  DE2004833543

学科分类：工程和技术（综合）

美国|英语

来源: National Technical Reports Library

【 摘 要 】

Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) provide an envi-ronment of interoperability among IFC-compliant software applications in the architecture, engineering, construction, and facilities management (AEC/FM) industry. They allow building simulation software to automatically acquire building geometry and other building data from project models created with IFC-compliant CAD software. They also facilitate direct exchange of input and output data with other simula-tion software. This paper discusses how simulation software can be made compliant with version 1.5 of the IFC. It also describes the immediate plans for expansion of IFC and the process of definition and addition of new classes to the model.