EXTENSIBLE BUILDING INFORMATION MODEL TOOLSET
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1. A computer-implemented library manager system comprising:
- an application interface to a host computer system;
an extensible platform having multiple program classes that associate with model information from multiple sources and adapted to interact with application extensions of the extensible platform, the program classes including a Library Tree view, a Thumbnail view, a Guideline view, a DWF Image view, and a Properties view.
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Abstract
A building information management (BIM) system is provided with a library platform that supports a toolset with novel functionality. Embodiments of the invention provide a library of products that can be used in a BIM and provide a virtual product set with improved functionality and more detailed information about the products. The library of products includes virtual products that comprise parametrically described data objects. The toolset includes an editor with which the virtual products can be edited and modified. The library of virtual products can be configured for interoperability with multiple BIM systems.
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1. A computer-implemented library manager system comprising:
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an application interface to a host computer system;
an extensible platform having multiple program classes that associate with model information from multiple sources and adapted to interact with application extensions of the extensible platform, the program classes including a Library Tree view, a Thumbnail view, a Guideline view, a DWF Image view, and a Properties view. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of processing computer data of a building information management system, the method comprising:
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accessing a virtual product library through a user interface, wherein the virtual product library contains virtual products that comprise parametrically described data objects that represent components of a building;
defining multiple building assemblies, wherein a building assembly comprises a data object with inference rules that determine quantity information concerning piece parts contained in the building assembly, and wherein the building assemblies determine a virtual representation of the building;
producing a set of parameterized instances of the data objects and building assemblies for processing by a virtualization software application, thereby providing a virtual representation of a building such that the virtual representation can be viewed and manipulated by a user through the user interface. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer-implemented building information management system comprising:
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a user interface with which a user can access a virtualization software application and a virtual product library;
a data loader that communicates with a computer network to locate a user virtual product library and provide appropriate data objects to a virtualization software application, wherein the user virtual product library contains virtual products that comprise parametrically described data objects that represent components of a building and are processed by the virtualization software application to produce a set of parameterized instances of the data objects;
a page generator that processes the provided data objects to produce a computer display presentation of the corresponding virtual products, thereby providing a virtual representation of the building such that the virtual representation can be viewed and manipulated by a user through the user interface;
an assembly editor that operates on the virtual products to define multiple building assemblies, wherein a building assembly comprises a data object with inference rules that determine quantity information concerning piece parts contained in the building assembly, and wherein the building assemblies determine the virtual representation of the building. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A computer method of managing an information model, the method comprising:
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accessing a product information library;
displaying products from the accessed library in accordance with an extensible platform having multiple program classes that associate with model information from multiple sources and adapted to interact with application extensions of the extensible platform, the program classes including a Library Tree view, a Thumbnail view, a Guideline view, a DWF Image view, and a Properties view; and
responding to user interaction in each of the five viewing panes. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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