Towards a configurable nD-viewer for building information models: A generic model for the description of visualization methods

摘要

Building information models decouple information from their presentation by extracting semanticinformation. In order to create reproducible consistent visualizations from these models, an explicit descriptionof the visualization process is needed. In this paper we develop a generic model for the explicit description ofvisualization methods for BIM models. Using a bottom-up approach, we analyze existing visualization methodsto infer generic model parts. The exemplary presentations covered are: static 2D charts, static colored 3D,animated colored 4D and interactive presentations. The generic model parts are finally synthesized to form thegeneric visualization model. Due to the bottom-up approach examples of the model instantiation are providedimplicitly.