Trimble Solutions Corporation

Petri Heinonen

Mikko Huovila

Henri Pitkänen

Charles Pool

Tommi Martela

David Bartliff

Risto Kunnas

David Lash

Tapio Kohonen

A digital model of a structure comprises a physical BIM model and one or more analysis models for structural engineering, wherein a piece of the structure may have one digital representation, called a physical part, in the physical BIM model, and one digital representation, called an analysis part, in one of the analysis models, but there may be analysis parts without corresponding physical parts, and vice versa. Association information associating an analysis part with a corresponding physical part allows a soft relation between the parts, the soft relation being usable for indicating that a part's corresponding part has changed without changing the part correspondingly.

Computer aided modeling and interactions with different models

Document spaces are used for intermediate technical documents created for a model with a displayed 3D model view. A document space is a finite volume having a location in the global three-dimensional coordinate system of the model and a reference to a technical document. A displayed document space in the displayed model view illustrates where one or more model parts, or corresponding pieces of model parts, which are included in the technical document, locate.

Model and technical documents

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Petri Heinonen