{"id":31702,"date":"2025-01-27T13:49:49","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T13:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buildingsmart.org\/?page_id=31702"},"modified":"2025-10-21T12:24:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T11:24:35","slug":"openbim","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.buildingsmart.org\/about\/openbim\/","title":{"rendered":"openBIM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1>\n\t\t\topenBIM\u00ae\t<\/h1>\n\t<p>Explore the benefits of openBIM and find out how to contribute to standards and services that give you control of your data and help you define your digital destiny.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.buildingsmart.org\/community\/members\/member-directory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSee our Supporters\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<h2  id=\"what-is-AP\">\n\t\t\tWhat is openBIM\u00ae?\t<\/h2>\n\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LsV3z27iSGc?si=_7RPzAPCO8G2Pp-A\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\t<p>openBIM enables seamless data sharing and collaboration across platforms and stakeholders, while empowering you to maintain full flexibility in defining your own workflows.<\/p>\n<h2>\n\t\t\topenBIM comprises the following standards and services\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.buildingsmart.org\/standards\/bsi-standards\/industry-foundation-classes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" itemprop=\"url\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buildingsmart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IFC-logo1.1.png\" alt=\"IFC-logo1.1\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"250\" width=\"250\" title=\"IFC-logo1.1\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<p><strong>Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)<\/strong> &#8211; a set of standardized, digital descriptions of the built asset industry.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.buildingsmart.org\/standards\/bsi-standards\/information-delivery-specification-ids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" itemprop=\"url\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buildingsmart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IDS-logo1.1.png\" alt=\"IDS-logo1.1\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"250\" width=\"250\" title=\"IDS-logo1.1\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<p><strong>Information Delivery Specification (IDS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Standard for defining and checking information requirements in a computer interpretable form to ensure data quality.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.buildingsmart.org\/standards\/bsi-standards\/bim-collaboration-format\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" itemprop=\"url\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buildingsmart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/BCF-logo1.1.png\" alt=\"BCF-logo1.1\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"250\" width=\"250\" title=\"BCF-logo1.1\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<p><strong>BIM Collaboration Format (BCF)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Standard communication protocol for efficient issue management and coordination on BIM projects.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.buildingsmart.org\/users\/services\/buildingsmart-data-dictionary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" itemprop=\"url\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buildingsmart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/bSDD-logo1.1.png\" alt=\"bSDD-logo1.1\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"250\" width=\"250\" title=\"bSDD-logo1.1\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<p><strong>buildingSMART Data Dictionary (bSDD)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Service for publishing and accessing terms and definitions that describe the built environment to increase data consistency.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.buildingsmart.org\/users\/services\/ifc-validation-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" itemprop=\"url\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buildingsmart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Validation-logo1.1.png\" alt=\"Validation-logo1.1\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"250\" width=\"250\" title=\"Validation-logo1.1\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<p><strong>Validation Service<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Free, online platform for validating IFC files, developed by buildingSMART &#8211; with the help of software vendors and bSI projects.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/buildingSMART\/OpenCDE-API\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" itemprop=\"url\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buildingsmart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/openCDE-logo-250px.png\" alt=\"openCDE-logo-250px\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"250\" width=\"250\" title=\"openCDE-logo-250px\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<p><strong>The openCDE Initiative<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Portfolio of API standards that includes Foundation API, BIM Collaboration Format (BCF) API, Documents API, and Dictionary API.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ucm.buildingsmart.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" itemprop=\"url\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buildingsmart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/UCM-logo1.1.png\" alt=\"UCM-logo1.1\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"250\" width=\"250\" title=\"UCM-logo1.1\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<p><strong>Use Case Management Service (UCM)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Enables the capture, specification and exchange of best practices and makes them accessible to the entire built asset industry.<\/p>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tWhy openBIM\u00ae?\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>As a user, you should be free to choose your own path. Follow your own digital destiny and use openBIM to improve the way you work in an open and neutral way.<\/p>\n\t<p><b>Open<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Open standards facilitate industry interoperability<\/p>\n\t<p><b>Reliable<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Data exchanges depend on reliable, independent quality benchmarks<\/p>\n\t<p><strong>Flexible<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Choose the right technology for you, creating more value to all stakeholders<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buildingsmart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/Giulia-Minnucci-circle.png\" alt=\"Giulia Minnucci\" title=\"Giulia Minnucci\" itemprop=\"image\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;An asset is, by definition, an item that has value. In our project, we looked at the digital twin as an asset itself, and openBIM was a way to increase its value. openBIM guarantees value over time: it ensures the maintenance of the digital twin in 5 to 10 years.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class='uabb-testimonial-author-name testimonial-author-name'>Giulia Minnucci<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEngisis\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buildingsmart.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/Domenico-Luongo-circle.png\" alt=\"Domenico Luongo\" title=\"Domenico Luongo\" itemprop=\"image\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;Throughout the life cycle of an asset, openBIM helps to connect people, processes, and data to achieve asset supply, operation, and maintenance goals. In this case, openBIM, applied to safety, certainly represents a key element in order to reduce the risks associated with field operations&#8221;.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class='uabb-testimonial-author-name testimonial-author-name'>Domenico Luongo<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTerna SpA\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<h2>\n\t\t\tThe openBIM Awards Program\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>The openBIM Awards Program is a great way for the industry to understand best practices and their use of open standards. Projects showcase how openBIM was applied to real projects, research, and professional applications of standards and services. These include IFC, bSDD, IDS, openCDE, IFC Validation Service, and more.<\/p>\n\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?si=LS-WiyJfaKKVgmsV&amp;list=PL3ltG6f5UHC5hyxXQAzt3_WDpGK6WbHDR\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\t<p>Watch a series of videos from the openBIM Awards Program 2024. 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