Open AccessA Case Study for 3D Modeling Process Analysis based on BIM Log File
Author(s) -
Nan Zhang,
Yichen Tian,
Mohamed AlHussein
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
modular and offsite construction (moc) summit proceedings
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2562-5438
DOI - 10.29173/mocs108
Subject(s) - computer science , building information modeling , framing (construction) , process (computing) , chart , data file , reading (process) , engineering drawing , database , software engineering , programming language , engineering , statistics , mathematics , structural engineering , compatibility (geochemistry) , chemical engineering , law , political science
Building Information Modeling (BIM) design becomes popular with the growing needs of enhancing construction efficiency. During the design process, 3D Modeling is the foundation of generating and analyzing building information. The modeling tool, Autodesk Revit, automatically creates log files, which can record all design activities. This paper investigates and analyzes the operation data from unstructured temporal Revit log files. These data were recorded when executing the general and external command to build a 3D model of a typical residential two-story building. The objectives of this analysis were to figure out the influence elements of producing a good framing model and to give some suggestions for improving modeling efficiency. In order to extract the useful specific commands, the information in the text journal file was transferred to an excel file, before reading by a data mining tool, RapidMiner. It generated a pie chart to show the repetition amount of modeling activities. Analyzing the reasons of repeating some commands frequently, this paper contributes the possibility to reduce the useless repetition for building a good 3D model.