Optimization of bidirectional data exchange processes between BIM-platforms and structural analysis software using visual programming tools

Abstract

The implementation and use of software focused on BIM technologies in the design activities of construction organizations require additional costs and a rather long transition period. In the absence of economic incentives and customers' interest in using BIM technologies, there is an impression of a lack of practical justification for their use by design organizations. However, there are a number of advantages underlying these technologies, consisting in the ability to create and operate a large database of a construction object, which in turn opens up the possibility of automating modeling processes. The paper considers approaches to automating modeling processes depending on the tools used.

The main focus of the work is on highlighting the possibilities of improving information exchange processes between software suites based on BIM technologies (Autodesk Revit) and computational software based on the finite element method (SCAD Office) using visual programming. This allows solving various types of tasks to accelerate and improve the quality of analytical models based on information models and creates opportunities for the computational software to provide feedback to the information model in the Revit environment. Two algorithms are presented, implemented by means of visual programming in the Dynamo environment. The first one allows to automatically supplement the original analytical model with foundation elements and adjust it if necessary to ensure its connectivity. The second one allows to automatically update the sections of metal structures based on information obtained in the SCAD Office environment.