Granularity in visualisation of 3D BIM models design-science approach

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Insinööritieteiden korkeakoulu | Master's thesis
Date
2019-06-17
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Mcode
Degree programme
Master's Programme in Building Technology (CIV)
Language
en
Pages
97+12
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Abstract
Building Information Modeling (BIM) has gradually grown into one of the key information management platforms in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction industry. With the growing amount of information in and outside the digital construction industry, concepts of information retrieval like relevance and granularity have become relevant in this domain. An increased need for interoperability and easy access to information has caused the industry to look towards concepts like the semantic web and linked data. But within all this, the geometrical visualisation, which is an integral part of the BIM process, has lagged behind on the front of granularity and still seems to be done mainly using the conventional ways. We try to explore ways to introduce granularity in the visualisation of 3D BIM models, and connecting it to the semantic information which is already granular, thus creating a mapping between the two at a granular level. A web-based prototype is implemented and analysed as a proof of the presented concept, with the semantics being represented inside a graph-based data structure. We further present a discussion on the potential applications and use cases of the conceptualised framework in the field of construction and building lifecycle management. The work aims to take the first step towards modularising the visualisation process, and has tried to pave the way for detailed analyses and further improvements that may follow in this direction.
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Singh, Vishal
Thesis advisor
Yalcinkaya, Mehmet
Törmä, Seppo
Keywords
BIM, granularity, visualisation, 3D models, AEC/FM industry, web3D rendering
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