What are BIM Profiles?
A BIM profile is a digital template for the information request of a BIM application, comparable to an structured form. For a successful exchange of information, the sender and recipient of the information must agree on a BIM profile for their purpose in advance.
BIM profiles can be agreed as the contractual basis for the information deliveries from service performances. They are sort of a digital expression for Information Exchange Requests.
Which information can be stored in a BIM Profile?
A BIM profile contains a maximum of five classifications (min. one). Each classification has one of these types, whereby a type may occur only once in a profile:
- Classification of Space Usage Types (e.g. from DIN 277-2, ISO 81346-2-Table 4)
- Classification of Object types (e.g. from CAFM-Connect, Omniclass, Uniclass, COBie)
- Classification of Document types (e.g. from GEFMA 198, GEFMA 924.60)
- Classification of Building Types (e.g. from GEFMA 924.10)
- Classification of Cost Groups (e.g. from DIN 276)
In addition, the profile can contain class related properties for master data, running data, BIM, maintenance, servicing, energy data, etc.
In which format is the profile stored?
The BIM Profiles are expressed as an IFC file (IFC4 final), either in the file type .ifcXML or in the file typ .ifc.
The BIM Profiles are stored as an open library, and these libraries can be read by the BIM applications, like CAFM-Connect-Editor, Archicad, Allplan, Revit, BIMQ, if these application support the import of open libraries.
This repository
This repos provides the source of the BIM Profiles. The BIM profiles are also online available here