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This chapter provides the basics for all those who want to prepare for the buildingSMART International “Professional Certification – Foundation”. It provides an easy introduction to the topic of openBIM<\/em>. All basic terms for openBIM <\/em>are explained here. All those involved in an openBIM project<\/em> can therefore use a common language with the same terminology. This chapter thus provides the basis for Chapter 3<\/a> and Chapter 4<\/a>, which deal with topics for practical implementation. The knowledge imparted in the following chapters also supports the preparation for the buildingSMART “Professional Certification – Practitioner” exam(openBIM <\/em>Management and openBIM<\/em> Coordination). Important abbreviations are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ADD<\/td>Addendum<\/td><\/tr>
AG<\/td>Client<\/td><\/tr>
AIA<\/td>Exchange information requirements (International: EIR)<\/td><\/tr>
AIM<\/td>Asset Information Model<\/td><\/tr>
AIR<\/td>Asset Information Requirements<\/td><\/tr>
ON<\/td>Contractor<\/td><\/tr>
AR<\/td>Architecture<\/td><\/tr>
ASI<\/td>Austrian Standards International<\/td><\/tr>
BAP<\/td>BIM execution plan (International: BEP)<\/td><\/tr>
BCF<\/td>BIM Collaboration Format<\/td><\/tr>
BEP<\/td>BIM Execution Plan (BIM execution plan)<\/td><\/tr>
BPMN<\/td>Business Process Modeling and Notation<\/td><\/tr>
bSAT<\/td>buildingSMART Austria<\/td><\/tr>
bSCH<\/td>buildingSMART Switzerland<\/td><\/tr>
bSD<\/td>buildingSMART Germany<\/td><\/tr>
bSDD<\/td>buildingSMART Data Dictionary<\/td><\/tr>
bSI<\/td>buildingSMART International<\/td><\/tr>
CAD<\/td>Computer Aided Design<\/td><\/tr>
CDE<\/td>Common Data Environment<\/td><\/tr>
CEN\/TC<\/td>Comit\u00e9 Europ\u00e9en de Normalization<\/td><\/tr>
CV<\/td>Coordination View<\/td><\/tr>
DIN<\/td>German Institute for Standardization<\/td><\/tr>
DTV<\/td>Design Transfer View<\/td><\/tr>
DWG<\/td>Drawing (file extension)<\/td><\/tr>
DXF<\/td>Drawing Interchange File Format<\/td><\/tr>
EIR<\/td>Exchange Information Requirements<\/td><\/tr>
EN<\/td>European Norm<\/td><\/tr>
FM<\/td>Facility Management<\/td><\/tr>
GUID<\/td>Globally Unique Identifier<\/td><\/tr>
IAI<\/td>International Alliance for Interoperability (older: Industry Alliance for Interoperability)<\/td><\/tr>
IDM<\/td>Information Delivery Manual<\/td><\/tr>
IDS<\/td>Information Delivery Specification<\/td><\/tr>
IFC<\/td>Industry Foundation Classes<\/td><\/tr>
IFD<\/td>International Framework for Dictionaries<\/td><\/tr>
ISO<\/td>International Organization for Standardization<\/td><\/tr>
LOD<\/td>Level of Development (obsolete)<\/td><\/tr>
LOG<\/td>Level of Geometry<\/td><\/tr>
LOI<\/td>Level of Information<\/td><\/tr>
LOIN<\/td>Level of Information Need<\/td><\/tr>
MEP<\/td>Mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (building services)<\/td><\/tr>
MVD<\/td>Model View Definition<\/td><\/tr>
OIR<\/td>Organizational Information Requirements<\/td><\/tr>
\u00d6NORM<\/td>Austrian standard<\/td><\/tr>
PAS<\/td>Publicly Available Specification<\/td><\/tr>
PDF<\/td>Portable Document Format<\/td><\/tr>
PIM<\/td>Project Information Model<\/td><\/tr>
PIR<\/td>Project Information Requirements<\/td><\/tr>
Plague<\/td>Property Set<\/td><\/tr>
QA<\/td>Quality Assurance<\/td><\/tr>
QC<\/td>Quality Control<\/td><\/tr>
RV<\/td>Reference View<\/td><\/tr>
SIA<\/td>Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects<\/td><\/tr>
STEP<\/td>Standard for Exchange of Product model data<\/td><\/tr>
TC<\/td>Technical Corrigendum<\/td><\/tr>
TGA<\/td>Technical building equipment<\/td><\/tr>
TWP<\/td>Structural design<\/td><\/tr>
UCM<\/td>Use Case Management<\/td><\/tr>
XML<\/td>Extensible Markup Language<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

Publication from Eichler, C.C., Schranz, Ch., Krischmann, T., Urban, H., Hopferwieser, M., Fischer, S.: BIMcertHandbuch- Grundlagenwissen openBIM<\/em>. Issue 2024. Mironde-Verlag, Niederfrohna, 2024. DOI: 10.34726\/5384URL: https:\/\/repositum.tuwien.at\/bitstream\/20.500.12708\/192612\/3\/Eichler-2024-BIMcert %20Handbuch%20basic-knowledge%20openBIM-vor.pdf<\/a>Status: 23.01.2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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