{"id":456535,"date":"2019-02-18T19:31:57","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T18:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bim-me-up.com\/?p=456535"},"modified":"2019-08-04T18:01:31","modified_gmt":"2019-08-04T16:01:31","slug":"bim-and-classification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bim-me-up.com\/en\/bim-and-classification\/","title":{"rendered":"BIM and classification"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the topics I've been dealing with a lot recently is the subject of classification - unfortunately, I also had to realize that we haven't made much progress on this topic in German-speaking countries. But what is the reason for this? I believe that many people still don't realize why this topic is so important. After all, we work with intelligent BIM systems, why should we still classify the model?<\/p>\n

The problem of a lack of classification only becomes noticeable when two intelligent systems have to communicate with each other - let's take Revit and iTWO as a classic example. While Revit understands and can use the model built according to its own logic perfectly, on the other side, to exaggerate, there is just a pile of information that first has to be sorted:<\/p>\n

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Of course, you can sort the pile using rules, as in the example above, according to the color, shape and function of the components - but is that really the point? Wouldn't it be much easier if the building blocks arrived pre-sorted? And this is exactly where the classification systems come into play!<\/p>\n

From a global perspective, there are already established classification systems that most people know at least by name:<\/p>\n

MasterFormat<\/strong> - was developed in the USA and classifies all construction-related products and activities. This classification can be stored in Revit in the form of building element keys. The classification is located in a text file, which is usually stored under the following path:\u00a0C:\\ProgramData\\Autodesk\\RVT 2019\\Libraries\\<\/span><\/p>\n

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UniFormat<\/strong> - also from the USA, classifies all physical components of a building (ideal for cost calculations). This classification can be integrated in Revit via the parameter assembly identifier. The classification structure itself is saved in a text file, which is located under the following path:\u00a0C:\\ProgramData\\Autodesk\\RVT 2019\\Libraries\\Germany\\UniformatClassifications.txt<\/span><\/p>\n

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Uniclass<\/strong> - developed by the National Building Specification (NBS) in England, covers all components, materials and project properties in the construction sector. This classification is best suited to the Classification Manager from the BIM Interoperability Tools developed by Autodesk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

OmniClass<\/strong> - also a US standard for the management of product data of all built objects over the entire life cycle (therefore often used in the transition to building operation).
\nThis classification system is also stored in Revit and can be stored in the family editor. The classification itself is stored as a text file in the following path:\u00a0C:\\Users\\\\AppData\\Roaming\\Autodesk\\Revit\\Autodesk Revit 2019\\OmniClassTaxonomy.txt<\/span><\/p>\n

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But a DIN276 or an IFC scheme are also classifications that we will talk about in the next blog posts!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the topics I've been dealing with a lot lately is the subject of classification - unfortunately...","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":456537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"BIM und Klassifizierung","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[105,87],"class_list":{"0":"post-456535","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bim","8":"tag-deu","9":"tag-featured","10":"cs-entry","11":"cs-video-wrap"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bim-me-up.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/rick-mason-532835-unsplash.jpg?fit=4320%2C3240&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2lEa7-1ULt","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bim-me-up.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bim-me-up.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bim-me-up.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bim-me-up.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bim-me-up.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=456535"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/bim-me-up.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":456545,"href":"https:\/\/bim-me-up.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456535\/revisions\/456545"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bim-me-up.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bim-me-up.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bim-me-up.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bim-me-up.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}