IODBCON: AN INTEGRATED OBJECT-ORIENTED DATABASE SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATING INFORMATION ABOUT ARCHITECTURE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PROCESSES

摘要

This paper presents IODBCON (Integrated Object Database for Construction), an interactive system for integrating CAD and construction related applications to address the problems of design fragmentation and the gap that exists between construction and design processes. It provides a vehicle for storing architectural design information in an integrated construction object-oriented database that can be shared by a range of construction applications. The IODBCON model uses the object-oriented modelling approach to establish standard models for architectural design that comply with Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) for common interpretation of construction design objects and with CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) for distribution of the objects amongst the construction applications.