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Goal:
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- To mediate knowledge about existing and future tools to build and use the Virtual Building model.
- To give an overall understanding of the building product model develoment in an ICT and historic perspective
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This 2 module PE (program unit) course is placed during semester 4 of the Aalborg University
open Master of IT education.
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Content:
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- History of computer based building process models and systems.
- Barriers for development.
- Current ICT computer aided design applications and systems for the
- construction industry.
- Time dependent building product models
- Building model checker tools
- Middelware for building process applications
- Modelling and visualization tools.
- The Virtual building site IT support
- Properties of the Virtual Building.
- Conceptual descriptions of Virtual Buildings.
- Product model classification schemes. (STEP, IFC, EDIFACT, ISO layers, BSAB,..). Process classification.
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Examination:
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- The project unit is evaluated through oral examination with external censor. Individual characters according to the 13-scale.
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References:
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List of Literature
- Hänninen R, 2002, "Advanced Virtual Building Software in Finland Advanced Virtual Building Software in Finland
- Tools in a Real Life Building Services Design Tools in a Real Life Building Services Design Process Process", Olof Granlund Oy at
Real Profits through Virtual Building. Real Profits through Virtual Building.
June 28, 2002 June 28, 2002
CIFE, Stanford CIFE, Stanford University,
- Fischer M, Calvin K, 2002, "PM4D Final Report".
CIFE Technicall Report Number 143.
October 2002
PM4D_Final_Report-VERA-HUT.pdf
- "Introduction of IFC Model Server Project". VTT Building and Transport/SECOM Co., Ltd. (5 pp.)
- Froese T, 2001, "Next Steps for R&D in IFC-based integration". IAI Seminar, Vtt finland, April 24, 2002 (34 pp)
- "BLIS-XML Conversion tools", 12 2002, http://cic.vtt.fi/projects/ifcsvr/bliscon/.
- "IFC Reference Guide. ArchiCad".
- Hänninen R, "IFC-based Product Model Exchange".
CIFE Summer Program 2001
Stanford University,
September 2001.
Olof Granlund, Consulting Engineers Consulting Engineers, (35 pp).
- Tarandi V, 2002, "The Swedish IFC Implementation Project - a Product Model Server Approach". IT Bygg och Fastighet. Eurostep.
- Yoshinobu Adachi Y, 2001, "Overview of Meta Model Definition in XML
for
EXPRESS Representation."
SECOM Co., Ltd. / VTT Building and Transport.
- Underwood J, Watson A, 2002, "An XML Metadata Approach to Seamless Document Exchange". AN XML METADATA APPROACH TO SEAMLESS DOCUMENT
Construct IT, University of Salford,
CAE group, School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds.
- Christiansson P., Da Dalto Laurent, Skjaerbaek J. O., Soubra S., Marache M., 2002, "
Virtual Environments for the AEC sector - The Divercity experience
".
ECPPM 2002 Proceedings
European Conference of Product and Process Modelling. eWork and eBusiness in AEC. (Editors: Ziga Turk, Raimar Scherer). Swtes & Zeitlinger Publishers, Lisse The Netherlands. ISBN 90 5809 507 X.
9-11 September 2002, Portoroz, Slovenia. (pp. 49-55)
KEYWORDS: Virtual Environments, Collaborative Work, Virtual Workspace, 3D Real Time Interaction, Construction Industry.
- Christiansson P., Dawood N. N., Svidt K, 2002, "Virtual Buildings (VB) and Tools to Manage Construction Process Operations". CIB W78 Conference on 'Distributing Knowledge In Building', Aarhus, Denmark. June 12-14, 2002. Proceedings Volume 1. (Editors: Kristians Agger, Per Christiansson, Rob Howard). CIB International Council for Research and Innovation in Building Construction. ISBN87-90078-34-9. (pp. 132-139)
KEYWORDS: Virtual buildings, project management, temporal data, knowledge management, semantic web.
- Svidt K., Bjerg B, Dorf Nielsen T, 2001:
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Initial studies on Virtual Reality Visualization of 3D airflow in ventilated livestock buildings".
AVR II & CONVR 2001. Conference on Applied Virtual Reality in Engineering & Construction Applications of Virtual Reality.
(eds: O. Tullberg, N. Dawood, M. Connell. 201 pp.) Gothenburg October 4-5, 2001. (pp. 176-181).
KEYWORDS: Virtual Reality, CFD, airflow, livestock buildings.
- Christiansson, P, 2001, "Capture of user requirements and structuring of collaborative VR environments". AVR II & CONVR 2001. Conference on Applied Virtual Reality in Engineering & Construction Applications of Virtual Reality. (eds: O. Tullberg, N. Dawood, M. Connell. 201 pp.)
Gothenburg October 4-5, 2001. (pp. 1-17). [Key note speach].
KEYWORDS: Collaboration tools, Contextual design, Knowledge Management, User requirements, Virtual Reality.
- Christiansson P, Svidt K, Skjærbæk J O, Aaholm R, 2001, "User requirements modelling in design of collaborative virtual reality design systems". International Conference on Construction Information Technology. Mpumalanga, Soth Africa, 30 May - 1 June 2001. (pp. 40/1 - 40/12)
KEYWORDS: Design, virtual reality, collaborative work, ICT tools, knowledge management.
- Christiansson P, 1999, " Properties of the Virtual Building". 8th International Conference on Durability of Builsing Materials and Components. Information Technology in Construction. (ed. M. A. Lacasse, D. J. Vanier). NRC Research Press, Ottawa, 1999. ISBN: 0-660-17743-9. (pp. 2909-2919). (May 30 - June 3, 1999 Vancouver, Canada.)
KEYWORDS: Virtual building, modelling, multimedia, meta classification, temporal data.
Further reading
- SOLIBRI
- Langt gangsprojektet (Master thesis Building Management) "Anvendelse af metadata i byggeprocessen" (Use of Meta Data in the Building Process). Jakob Brøndsted, Kim Larsen, 2001/2002.
[Gives an overview over standardisation activities on building product modelling including IFC,
- Further references to IFC (Industry Foundation Classes), http://cig.bre.co.uk/iai_uk/
- "Product and Process Modelling in the Building Industry - ECPPM '98". editor Robert Amor. Clowes Group, Beccles, Suffolk, England. BRE, Watford, England. (580 pp.)
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