41934 Advanced BIM

41934 Advanced BIM

The primary aim of the course is to teach you how to gather, analyze and communicate building information from IFC models for real architectural engineering challenges. Finally you will teach your peers a concept you have learnt in the course. To create OpenBIM data, processes and tools that we can learn from, the course has the following principles:

  1. Open, FAIR and Standardised
  2. Reusable and Maintainable
  3. Agnostic and Guiding

This requires interoperability and standardisation; therefore this course focuses on Open BIM data and standards. Excitingly there is an emerging emerging ecosystem of OpenBIM tools supported by IfcOpenShell and others that provide an OpenBIM alternative to contemporary inoperable closed BIM tools and data. We believe that University education has a responsibility to support the transition in the AEC to OpenBIM data and standards. To achieve this, the Advanced BIM course at DTU supports five emerging OpenBIM Roles.

Course Features

  • 5 Emerging Roles for you to experience
  • 5 Stimulating Assignments that support you to become an OpenBIM Champion / Guru
  • Learning objectives aligned to the needs of the whole AEC and society (not just the software industry).
  • Focused on Architectural Engineering Students and their interests, but also good for Civil Engineering students who are intested in (Open) Building Information Modelling.
  • IFC and Python focus with the freedom to explore other systems
  • Varity of Concepts to explore and build into your own Open and Standardised Processes.

The aim of the course is to support you to become an OpenBIM champion (guru) in your chosen role(s) in the course supported by your disciplinary expertise i.e. LCA or structural analysis for instance. At the end of the course your group is required to develop a tutorial to teach one of these concepts to a group of peers to demonstrate your expertise in the area. The course is divided into 5 Assignments, each module builds on the previous one to guide you through identifying your use case and the data you need to analyse to create your tool or workflow. The course focuses on the IFC schema to provide you with a robust, future proof and interoperable understanding of BIM. Check the course Schedule.

Research Based Course

This course is research based and the result of the following papers.