1st Edition

Building Product Models Computer Environments, Supporting Design and Construction

By Charles M Eastman Copyright 1999

    Building Product Models thoroughly presents the concepts, technology, and methods now used to work out what will become the building product model - a new, digital representation for architecture, civil engineering, and building construction.
    Organized into three sections (history, current tools and concepts, and existing efforts and research issues), this resource provides the field of building product modeling with a standard reference as well as a single, comprehensive text for university courses.
    Until now, all the efforts in building modeling have been reported in research journals and conference proceedings or been made available as draft standards on the Internet. Building Product Models is the only book available on this vital field, bringing together essential aspects of major efforts from the early 1970s to the present.

    THE CONTEXT AND HISTORY OF BUILDING MODELS
    The Context of Building and Design
    The Evolution of Computer Models of Buildings
    Earlier Product Exchange Standards
    CURRENT WORK IN PRODUCT AND BUILDING MODELS
    Modeling Concepts
    ISO-STEP
    STEP Integrated Resources
    Building Aspect Models
    Building Framework Models
    Industry Foundation Classes
    RESEARCH ISSUES
    Information Exchange Architectures
    Modeling Language Issues
    APPENDIX

    Biography

    Eastman, Charles M