Common Building Information Model Files from the BuildingSmart Alliance

Download the sample Common Building Information Model Files that the Building Smart Alliance has published.
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Las week, and directly through this blog's twitter account, I posted about the news of the publication of Common Building Information Model Files by the BuildingSmart Alliance. I jsut realised there is no link on the news excerpt to the page where you can download those files, so I decided to write a short post about it.

FYI these Common Building Information Model Files are intended to help users benchmark the performance of building information modeling software and applications in a common environment, the Washington, D.C.-based National Institute of Building Sciences' buildingSMART alliance has released a reference set of BIM open standards.

These files are available in a set of different formats including:

• COBie: Construction Operations Building Information Exchange Format ( .xml extenison)
• IFC: Industry Foundation Classes ( .ifc extension)
• IFC Analyzer ( MS Excel File .xlsx extension)
• 3D PDF ( .pdf extension)
• RVT: Revit File ( .rvt Extension)

According the the Original Source: "People downloading these models may copy, distribute, display, and use these models and make derivative works based on these models if they provide proper citation of the source of these models through proper academic citation whenever these models are presented. Any future examples or extensions to the models subsequently published on this website may also be used according to the terms above. There is no cost or use restriction on these models in any for-profit or not-for-profit."

Thus, I am posting links directly here for your convenience. There are three base models:

Model 1. The Duplex Apartment Model (release 2.0)
The duplex apartment model was originally created by a student who developed this building as part of a design competition. This model was first used at the Dec 2009 COBie Challenge event. The model provided here is the second version of this model completed by designers at Kristine Fallon and Associates.

• 2011-09-14-Duplex-COBie-DesignStage
• 2011-09-14-Duplex-IFC
• 2011-09-14-Duplex-IFCAnalyzer
• 2011-09-14-Duplex-PDF 2011-09-14-Duplex-RVT
• 2011-10-04-Duplex-COBie-HandoverStage

Model 2. Office Building Model
The two story office building model was developed based on the published sample floor plans for a specific type of mid-size office building built in the United States.

• 2011-09-14-Office-COBie
• 2011-09-14-Office-IFC
• 2011-09-14-Office-IFCAnalyzer
• 2011-09-14-Office-PDF
• 2011-09-14-Office-RVT

Model 3. Clinic Building Model
The Clinic Model was developed based on an actual federal medical and dental clinic building at a location in the South-West United States. The model also comes with a set of redacted design drawings. A full set of operations and maintenance manuals are also available but have not yet been redacted, so cannot yet, be posted to this public repository.

• 2011-09-14-Clinic-RedactedDrawings
• 2011-09-14-Clinic-COBie
• 2011-09-14-Clinic-IFC
• 2011-09-14-Clinic-IFCAnalyzer
• 2011-09-14-Clinic-PDF
• 2011-09-14-Clinic-RVT

You can find more information about these files at the original page of the BuildingSmart Alliance here.

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