Open source viewer-based BIM Query Development for BIM information visualization

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to design simple BIM query language for visualizing BIM information as the viewpoint of use-cases by using open source viewer cost-effectively. recently, the studies related to the facility management using BIM are being researched world-widely. In this studies, it's important to develop the BIM query to obtain the needed data from BIM database. To implement it, the trends in related studies were reviewed and the open source-based BIM viewer architecture was analyzed. And then the architecture considering the simple BIM Query Language (sBQL) was designed to represent the geometry and property of the BIM database. Lastly, the system by using the proposed sBQL grammar was developed.