Upgrade to Pro — share decks privately, control downloads, hide ads and more …

ISPRS/EuroSDR GeoBIM benchmark 2019: intermediate results

Filip Biljecki
September 25, 2019

ISPRS/EuroSDR GeoBIM benchmark 2019: intermediate results

Keynote at the 2nd BIM/GIS Integration Workshop, part of 3D Singapore 2019, as 3D GeoInfo pre-conference workshop

Filip Biljecki

September 25, 2019
Tweet

Other Decks in Research

Transcript

  1. ISPRS/EuroSDR GeoBIM benchmark 2019: intermediate results Francesca Noardo 1, Filip

    Biljecki 2, Giorgio Agugiaro 1, Ken Arroyo Ohori 1, Claire Ellul 3, Lars Harrie 4, and Jantien Stoter 1 1 Delft University of Technology, Netherlands 2 National University of Singapore, Singapore 3 University College London, UK 4 Lund University, Sweden
  2. Geo • Solar potential • Shadow analyses • Noise studies

    • Wind flow • Construction • Energy modelling • Cost estimation • Facility management BIM
  3. But… • 3D city models • Difficult to update •

    Missing detailed information (e.g. material) • Low level of detail
  4. But… • BIM: • No context (e.g. no surrounding topography)

    • Floating somewhere in the world… • Discrepancy between planned and built
  5. GeoBIM • Integration of BIM and GIS • Leveraging each

    other’s advantages Geo BIM Update of GIS data from detailed BIM data Placing a model in a geographical context Higher level of detail Taking advantage of GIS software Information transfer / data exchange between domains
  6. But not without challenges 1. Integration of data 2. Integration

    of procedures (BIM and GIS tools) 3. Data interoperability
  7. 1. Integration of data • Geometry (brep vs CSG) •

    Georeferencing • LoD != LoD • Semantics
  8. 2. Integration of procedures Architects Engineers Researchers First responders Asset

    managers Local government Citizens Infrastructure managers National mapping
 agencies Environmental
 authorities
  9. buildingSMART IFC • Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) – open standard

    for BIM; by buildingSMART (ISO 16739) • Part of complex standard about processes, technical requirements and coordination • Domain, Interoperability, Core,
 Resource layers
  10. Benchmarks in 3D GIS / ISPRS • Notable instances: •

    ISPRS / EuroSDR Benchmark for Multi-Platform Photogrammetry • ISPRS Test Project on Urban Classification, 3D Building Reconstruction and Semantic Labeling • OGC Quality Interoperability Experiment (3D validators)
  11. ISPRS/EuroSDR GeoBIM benchmark • Investigate the available technical solutions to

    support research and activities related to GeoBIM • Implementation state of open standards in software • Ability of existing software tools (read and visualise, import, manage, analyse, export) • Open standards IFC (buildingSMART) and CityGML (OGC) • … and understand their performance in doing so • Give feedback to standardisation organisations
  12. More specifically… • Are all aspects supported? (Software functionality) •

    Performance: e.g. loss of information • Ability to handle large datasets • Georeferencing • Conversion procedures No ‘winner’ nor ‘loser’ will emerge, but a scientific insight into the offered functionality.
  13. Four tasks 1. What is the support for IFC within

    BIM (and other) software? 2. What options for georeferencing BIM data are available? 3. What is the support for CityGML within GIS (and other) tools? 4. What options for conversion (IFC㲗CityGML) are available?
  14. Data • IFC: 5 datasets • CityGML: 3 datasets •

    Different characteristics: size, source/lineage, features, texture, coverage, LoD, …
  15. IFC model of a 2-floor office building in Falun, Sweden.

    It was provided for this study by MONDO arkitekter, Falun, Sweden. It was exported from the base software Autodesk Revit 2018 using the IFC version 2x3
  16. IFC model of a large residential building under construction in

    Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Exported using Autodesk Revit 2015 (ENU) using the MVD CoordinationView v.2.0
  17. Set of geometries to test specific geometric features in software.

    It was modelled specifically for this study by T. Krijnen. It was exported using IfcOpenShell 0.6. IFC2x3, IFC4
  18. Amsterdam in CityGML LoD1, including all the entities for a

    seamless 3D city model (buildings, roads, vegetation, and so on). It was produced with the software 3dfier by the TU Delft 3D Geoinformation Group, and slightly modified for the purposes of the benchmark.
  19. A district (Maritiem) in Rotterdam in CityGML. This is an

    open data produced and provided by the Municipality of Rotterdam. Only buildings are included, and they are represented in 2 Levels of Details (LoDs): LoD1 (extruded building footprints), LoD2 (more detailed external surfaces of the buildings, with realistic roof shapes and different semantics for walls and roofs).
  20. Tasks 1 and 3 • While importing and exporting the

    data provided by us in the software, participants check: • How is georeferencing supported: how is it read by software? • How is geometry managed: is it read correctly and exported correctly? • How are semantics managed: does the conversion to native format leave semantics consistent? Is it exported consistently? Does it lose detail/granularity? • Misc (For CityGML: LoD management, ADE management, …)
  21. Tasks 1 and 3 • What functionalities does the software

    offer to manage the file (view, analysis, editing…) ? • Deliver the data in the native format of the used software • Deliver the re-exported data to IFC (Task 1) or CityGML (Task 3)
  22. Task 4 • Conversion procedure from IFC to CityGML, or

    vice-versa • Steps and settings performed to convert the model should be described • Inspection and upload of the output dataset
  23. Participation • Participants are performing one or more tasks using

    the tools they are familiar with • A few hours of work and filling in the questionnaire • Co-authored publication at the end of the benchmark, incl. both the organisation and participants
  24. Timeline • Early 2019: kick-off — materials available, start of

    declaration of interest • July 2019: GeoBIM benchmark meeting • End of October 2019: deadline for submissions • December 2019: GeoBIM benchmark workshop
  25. Task 1 — IFC support Software OS Category Autodesk Revit

    2018 Windows 10 BIM sw Graphisoft ArchiCAD 22.0.0 Windows 10 BIM sw Vectorworks Designer 2019 Windows 10 BIM sw KIT FZK Viewer Windows 10 3D viewer Trimble SketchUP macOS Mojave CAD sw
  26. Task 1 — IFC support • Challenges reported in managing

    heavy models • In Revit it is confirmed that the management of the IFC subcategories (e.g. doors subcategories) are not recognised as they are stored in the exported IFC file • Possibilities to customise the exporting phase in BIM software are few and often do not offer a suitable result
  27. Task 1 — IFC support • Missing geometries (not read

    or flattened to the plane), different kinds of curved surfaces interpretation and rendering, different ways to read the geometries heights
  28. Task 2— Georeferencing Software OS Kind of sw Used methods

    Safe Software FME Windows 10/ Home ETL tools Std conversion Specific workflow Autodesk Revit 2018 Windows 10 BIM software -
  29. Task 3 — CityGML support Software OS Category Used methods

    ESRI ArcGIS 10.2 Windows 10 GIS software Data interoperability tb QGIS 3.6 Windows 10 GIS software Conversion to CityJSON 3DCityDB Windows 10 DBMS - QGIS 3.6.3 macOS 10.14.3 GIS software GDAL plugin FME Data Inspector 2018.1 macOS 10.14.3 3D viewer - KIT FZK Viewer Windows 10 3D viewer -
  30. Task 3 — CityGML support • As with Task 1,

    many software packages have difficulties with large data (e.g. LoD1 of entire Amsterdam cannot be loaded or it takes quite some time) • Management of multi-LoD datasets is not easily supported
  31. Task 4 — IFC 㲗 CityGML conversion Software OS Kind

    of sw Used methods Safe Software FME Windows 10/ Home ETL tools Std conversion Specific workflow
  32. Task 4 — IFC 㲗 CityGML conversion • Few submissions

    • Workflows in the ETL tool FME could report the success in the conversion from IFC to CityGML, but still with the need of some manual or semi-manual work to apply the procedure to the specific dataset (e.g. inspecting the geometry in FME Data Inspector, selecting specific elements, etc.) • Large datasets do not convert easily
  33. Lessons learned: the data • Challenges were to obtain and

    suitably describe good test data coming from practice • For all data from practice (not generated by a software we know): • Mostly dark data (no metadata, no information about modelling, source, etc.)
  34. General observations — for BIM • Practitioners usually don’t care

    the result of the export to IFC (geometry, semantics) • No georeferencing in the BIMs from practice • No IFC 4 data was available from practice • Few tools for IFC validation • Privacy and copyright issues
  35. General observations — for CityGML • Few multi-LoD data •

    Almost no data in LoD3 • Often inaccurate structure of the GML files: e.g. ID formats; order of the attributes; XML structure
  36. How can you contribute? • It’s still possible to get

    on board • The deadline is at the end of October • Workshop in Amsterdam in December
  37. Conclusion • The aim of the benchmark is to get

    a better picture of the state of software support for these two open standards and their integration • Formulation of recommendations for further development of the standards and the software that implements them • Unexpected lessons learned: sourcing data • Looking forward to the final results! Acknowledgements
 The benchmark is funded by ISPRS and EuroSDR. This project has also received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon2020 Research & Innovation Programme (grant agreement no. 677312 Urban modelling in higher dimensions).
  38. ISPRS/EuroSDR GeoBIM benchmark 2019: intermediate results Francesca Noardo 1, Filip

    Biljecki 2, Giorgio Agugiaro 1, Ken Arroyo Ohori 1, Claire Ellul 3, Lars Harrie 4, and Jantien Stoter 1 1 Delft University of Technology, Netherlands 2 National University of Singapore, Singapore 3 University College London, UK 4 Lund University, Sweden