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BIM connects building models with spatial context. Below: what Building Information Modeling is, how it relates to CAD and GIS, and how GeoApps uses BIM in viewers, 3D, and apps.

Definition: more than a 3D drawing

BIM stands for Building Information Modeling. It is a digital model of a building or infrastructure where geometry and information meet: materials, functions, phasing, and maintenance. Design, construction, and operations share one model instead of loose drawings.

BIM, CAD, and GIS

Three worlds that meet:

  • • CAD: 2D/3D drawings (DWG/DXF) without rich object semantics
  • • BIM: building objects with attributes (IFC, Revit) across the lifecycle
  • • GIS: spatial context, national open data, analysis, and publishing to the whole organisation

How GeoApps uses BIM

GeoApps integrates with 3D engines that support BIM files. You use IFC and Revit in viewers and apps without every viewer needing separate specialist software. BIM models sit next to PDOK, BGT/BAG and own layers: in the Viewer, in 3D scenes, and in apps for projects and participation.

Who it is for

Municipalities, provinces, water boards, and consulting and engineering firms that want to connect design, operations, and participation. BIM on the map makes conversations about space, impact, and scenarios concrete — online and at the table.

Related in the lexiconMore in the knowledge baseWhat is CAD?What is a GIS viewer?

BIM next to your maps

Show IFC and Revit models in the same environment as PDOK and project layers. Specialists stay in their design tools; colleagues and citizens open the browser.

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