BIM Building Monitoring With Highlighted Hidden Components
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current BIM-based systems struggle to locate and monitor hidden building components and provide an overview of all devices causing issues throughout a building when their exact locations are unknown.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that utilize a BIM model to acquire, display, and highlight building components and areas based on real-time and static data, allowing flexible selection and highlighting of components needing attention, with options for transparency, animation, and color coding.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If BIM models are used to represent building components, then a digital representation of the building is achieved, but the ability to locate and monitor hidden components remains insufficient when their exact locations are unknown
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies color coding to highlight different components and areas within the BIM model based on their operational status. Critical components requiring attention are displayed in distinct colors (e.g., red for urgent issues, yellow for warnings), enabling users to quickly identify and locate hidden components without knowing their exact positions beforehand. This visual differentiation transforms the digital representation into an intuitive monitoring tool.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary processing layer that automatically detects, analyzes, and prioritizes component statuses, then presents this information through the BIM model interface. This intermediary system bridges the gap between raw sensor data from hidden components and the user's need for location-aware monitoring, automatically surfacing critical components regardless of their physical hiding status.
2Reliability
If all components throughout the building are monitored, then comprehensive oversight is achieved, but the complexity of managing and analyzing data from all devices increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts and prioritizes only the critical information from the comprehensive component monitoring data. Instead of presenting all monitored components equally, it identifies and extracts those with critical status or requiring attention, displaying them prominently in the BIM model while minimizing or hiding non-critical components. This extraction approach maintains comprehensive monitoring capability while simplifying the information presentation to manageable levels.
Solution Approach 2:
The monitoring system segments the building into different zones, floors, or functional areas within the BIM model, allowing users to focus on specific segments rather than the entire building at once. Critical components are highlighted within their respective segments, and users can navigate through segmented views to manage the complexity of comprehensive monitoring data in an organized, hierarchical manner.
3Ease of operation
If the exact location of equipment is known, then direct navigation to the equipment is possible, but the ability to identify which equipment needs attention throughout the whole building is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges the location information from BIM models with operational status data from monitored components. By combining spatial representation with condition monitoring, the system simultaneously provides both the 'where' (location in BIM model) and the 'what matters' (components needing attention) in a unified interface. This merging enables users to see both individual component locations and the overall distribution of problematic devices throughout the building.
Solution Approach 2:
The system adds a new dimension of operational status information to the traditional 3D spatial representation of the building. By overlaying status data (normal, warning, critical) as a fourth dimension on top of the spatial BIM model, users can simultaneously perceive both location and condition, enabling them to identify which equipment needs attention while maintaining spatial context without requiring separate views or lists.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a monitoring method for a building (10), the method comprising the steps: - acquiring (S1) at least one BIM model (30) of a building (10), wherein the at least one BIM model (20) comprises a plurality of components (39-45) and/or areas (31-38) corresponding to components (19-25) and/or areas (11-18) of the building (10), - generating (S2) a view (50) of the building (10) based on the at least one BIM model (30) and displaying (S3) the view (50) of the building (10) on a display unit (4), - monitoring (S4) the plurality of components (19-25) and/or areas (11-18) of the building (10) and determining (S5) real time data and/or static data of the plurality of components (19-25) and/or areas (11-18), - selecting (S6) a subset (31, 37, 41) of the plurality of components (39-45) and/or areas (31-38) of the at least one BIM model (30) based on the determined real time data and/or static data of the components (19-25) and/or areas (11-18) of the building (10), and - highlighting (S7) the selected subset (31, 37, 41, 51, 57, 61) of the plurality of components (39-45) and/or areas (31-38) within the view (50) of the building (10).