AEC academic paper directory

See also the list of AEC articles

ResearchGate has many research papers on Building Information Modelling (BIM), Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)

Articles related to OpenBIM and energy modeling can be found on the Energy Modeling page.

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Low-Cost 4D BIM Modelling: A comparison between FreeCAD and commercial softwareD. Di Donato, M. AbitaAn investigation on the potential of FreeCAD and free software in 4D BIM modeling, with a comparison to commercial tools.No
Compliance checking on building models with the Gherkin language and Continuous IntegrationDion Moult, T.F. KrijnenUnit testing and continuous integration is applied to automate model checking as an alternative to mvdXML.No
Open Source Cloud-Based Technologies for BIMSotirios Logothetis, Eleni Karachaliou, Elena Valari, Efstratios StylianidisThis paper presents a Cloud-based open source system for storing and processing data from a 3D survey approach.No
Spatial DBMS Architecture for a Free and Open Source BIMS. Logothetisa, E. Valaria, E. Karachalioua, E. StylianidisaFirst approach on developing a spatial Database Management System (DBMS) able to store, organize and manage the overall amount of information within a single application, is presented.No
Development of an Open Source Spatial DBMS for a FOSS BIMSotiris Logothetis, Elena Valari, Eleni Karachaliou and Efstratios StylianidisThe present research aims to use a FOSS computer-aided design (CAD) environment in order to develop an ecosystem of BIM plugins that will facilitate a comprehensive and integrated BIM model analysis through a FOSS solution.No
Building Archaeology Documentation and Analysis Through Open Source HBIM Solutions via Nurbs ModellingFilippo Diara and Fulvio RinaudoExplores use of FOSS BIM for cultural heritage for stratigraphic analysis and querying elements using FreeCADNo
IFC classification for FOSS HBIM: Open issues and a schema proposal for cultural heritage assetsFilippo Diara and Fulvio RinaudoExplores use of FOSS BIM for cultural heritage and proposes additions to IFC schema for Heritage BIM (HBIM)No
A Visual Programming Approach for Validating Linked Building DataSenthilvel, Madhumitha ; Beetz, JakobThis paper proposes a visual programming interface for creating SHACL shapes to improve the ease of creation and editing of constraints for non-semantic web experts with its focus on supporting AEC ontologies and use-cases.No