THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INDUSTRY FOUNDATION CLASSES INSIMULATION TOOLS FOR THE BUILDING INDUSTRY

摘要

Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) provide an envi-ronmentrnof interoperability among IFC-compliantrnsoftware applications in the architecture, engineering,rnconstruction, and facilities management (AEC/FM)rnindustry. They allow building simulation software tornautomatically acquire building geometry and otherrnbuilding data from project models created with IFC-compliantrnCAD software. They also facilitate directrnexchange of input and output data with other simula-tionrnsoftware.rnThis paper discusses how simulation software can bernmade compliant with version 1.5 of the IFC. It alsorndescribes the immediate plans for expansion of IFCrnand the process of definition and addition of newrnclasses to the model.