Achieving Complete and Near-Lossless Conversion from IFC to CityGML
The Singapore Government has embarked on a project to establish a three-dimensional city model and collaborative data platform for Singapore. The research herein contributes to this endeavour by developing a methodology and algorithms to automate the conversion of Building Information Models (BIM),...
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doaj-828d66beb3df49e8852a81709f3a99862020-11-24T22:09:46ZengMDPI AGISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information2220-99642018-08-017935510.3390/ijgi7090355ijgi7090355Achieving Complete and Near-Lossless Conversion from IFC to CityGMLRudi Stouffs0Helga Tauscher1Filip Biljecki2Department of Architecture, School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117566, SingaporeDepartment of Architecture, School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117566, SingaporeDepartment of Architecture, School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117566, SingaporeThe Singapore Government has embarked on a project to establish a three-dimensional city model and collaborative data platform for Singapore. The research herein contributes to this endeavour by developing a methodology and algorithms to automate the conversion of Building Information Models (BIM), in the Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) data format, into CityGML building models, capturing both geometric and semantic information as available in the BIM models, and including exterior as well as interior structures. We adopt a Triple Graph Grammar (TGG) to formally relate IFC and CityGML, both semantically and geometrically, and to transform a building information model, expressed as an IFC object graph, into a city model expressed as a CityGML object graph. The work pipeline includes extending the CityGML data model with an Application Domain Extension (ADE), which allows capturing information from IFC that is relevant in the geospatial context but at the same time not supported by CityGML in its standard form. In this paper, we elaborate on the triple graph grammar approach and the motivation and roadmap for the development of the ADE. While a fully complete and lossless conversion may never be achieved, this paper suggests that both a TGG and an ADE are natural choices for supporting the conversion between IFC and CityGML.http://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/7/9/355building modelBIMIFCCityGMLADEconversiontriple graph grammar |
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Achieving Complete and Near-Lossless Conversion from IFC to CityGML |
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Achieving Complete and Near-Lossless Conversion from IFC to CityGML |
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Achieving Complete and Near-Lossless Conversion from IFC to CityGML |
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Achieving Complete and Near-Lossless Conversion from IFC to CityGML |
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Achieving Complete and Near-Lossless Conversion from IFC to CityGML |
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achieving complete and near-lossless conversion from ifc to citygml |
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The Singapore Government has embarked on a project to establish a three-dimensional city model and collaborative data platform for Singapore. The research herein contributes to this endeavour by developing a methodology and algorithms to automate the conversion of Building Information Models (BIM), in the Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) data format, into CityGML building models, capturing both geometric and semantic information as available in the BIM models, and including exterior as well as interior structures. We adopt a Triple Graph Grammar (TGG) to formally relate IFC and CityGML, both semantically and geometrically, and to transform a building information model, expressed as an IFC object graph, into a city model expressed as a CityGML object graph. The work pipeline includes extending the CityGML data model with an Application Domain Extension (ADE), which allows capturing information from IFC that is relevant in the geospatial context but at the same time not supported by CityGML in its standard form. In this paper, we elaborate on the triple graph grammar approach and the motivation and roadmap for the development of the ADE. While a fully complete and lossless conversion may never be achieved, this paper suggests that both a TGG and an ADE are natural choices for supporting the conversion between IFC and CityGML. |
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building model BIM IFC CityGML ADE conversion triple graph grammar |
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