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Digital Twins

Executive Summary

The combination of our PaaS (Platform as a Service), including Content & Preparation, with the extensive Design & Sales, Realization & Progress and Service & Maintenance functionalities provides a great basis for generating and maintaining Virtual Twins. From early Design Stage all the way to Operations & Maintenance.

The ease of use and implementation combined with Multiview support makes the effective use of Virtual Twins possible for a broad Spectrum of Projects and Developments. Small and big; easily reaped effects on process speed, quality improvement, decision making and maintaining as-build. Rapid, low effort deployment is reached.

With focus on AEC the support of discrete manufacturing environments is also to be implemented.  We very much welcome all companies and government organizations willing to get a well-prepared demo based on your own data or a Workshop Try-out.

PaaS Foundation

Building Virtuality PaaS (Include comparative diagram Bentley and 3DEx)
A turnkey PaaS for 3D/AR/VR/MR/XR solutions, underpinning the four standard apps Content & Preparation, Design & Sales, Realization & Progress, Maintenance & Support.
  • Building Virtuality offers multi-device support combined with multi-view.
  • Using multi angle-input, including 3dCad, IFC, Point Clouds offers a solid basis for developments in a multidisciplinary environment. With the Content & Preparation functionalities this brings the solution even further in supporting AEC processes then just a Virtual Twin.
  • Organizing role-based user access, tailored to specific needs, enhances accessibility for diverse types of users.
  • By using REST/WebSocket API’s the applications can be extended to your external partner solutions for simulations, cost calculations and plans.
 

 Building Virtuality import/export & conversion / optimization

  • Import/Export: exporter plugins (e.g., Revit) for whole projects or individual models; direct import of FBX, IFC, and any custom formats. Using the right extensions we also convert Point Cloud files.
  • Importing Geo and Gis files enables you to place your developments within or over existing maps. In the Netherlands Cyclo-Media is a splendid example there-of.
  • Conversion & Optimization: auto-generates LOD-appropriate assets for all target hardware (smartphones, tablets, PCs/WebGL, VR/MR), keeps a single source of truth in the cloud, with six discrete quality levels for large projects.
  • IOT and sensoring feeds big data; Algorithms, Machine-Learning and AI-Agents. Though Building Virtuality has real life experience with those possibilities and applications we are in demand of companies that want to partner and/or pilot with us.
 

 Building Virtuality Content & Preparation

A WebGL-based “Content & Preparation” hub where companies can:

  • White label the UI (branding, colors).
  • Manage users/roles/apps at enterprise level.
  • Build and create item libraries, materials, and models.
  • Configure projects, subprojects, model combinations, and design options.
  • Enable multi-user, multi-view collaboration with markup tracking.

Workflow Stages
Early-Stage Design

Generated variances by Generative Design applications made available in our Virtual environment.

  • On (whatever is relevant) Building Level as well as Development Area Level
  • Including surrounding existing Buildings and Areas (for instance made available by Cyclo-Media)
  • Automatically Converted and Optimized by the BV Content and Preparation application before entering the Stakeholders discussions and decision-making Processes.
  • Which environmental aspects are to be considered when generating alternatives? Like how many homes, water management, green management, street and parking, energy management, applicable Law, existing social Preferences. What are the related KPI’s?
  • Different scenario outcomes will result in differences in KPI outcomes. Which will enable the Generative Design application to propose 4 to 5 alternatives to stakeholders to be discussed. 1 or 2 alternatives will be selected and pushed into further development stages.

Embedding in an exciting and understandable Virtual Environment; Building -Virtuality

  • The generated alternatives are comparable for experts and for non-experts.

3Dcad/AR/VR/MR simultaneously available Multiview.

  • Assuring easy access for all Stakeholders via one Virtual View and discussion Room
  • Speeding up the process of decision making
  • Meetings easily organized
  • Popping up Remarks easily discussed and traceable

Early cost (5dBIM) and planning (4dBIM) estimations (from knowledgeable stakeholders), linked to Building Virtuality.

Involved are all stakeholders (including customers like project developers and builders).

Stakeholders team Members are equipped with needed and delegated responsibilities.

Deliver an As-Wished Virtual Twin in Building Virtuality.

 
Design & Sales

Design Stage start

  • Mixed Multi views available.
  • Meetings are more easily organized.
  • Conclusions and decisions on preferred option/direction.
  • Agree on conclusions to ensure no backwards firing of protests because the process is supported by all Stakeholders or non-agreement is known early on.

Design Stage

  • Develop proper environmental multi-disciplinary designs in 3dCad and convert to Virtual Reality for discussion, understanding and agreement.
  • Check with other stakeholders to avoid protest/conflict.
  • Involve all disciplines in development and design via Virtual Reality
  • Internal and External
  • Enhance and improve early cost and planning estimations (from knowledgeable stakeholders). Including estimated consequences maintenance stage.
  • Involve the customer(s)
  • Agree on design developments.
  • Work out detailed Design.
  • All supply chains involved.
  • Agree on Design

Deliver an as designed and planned Virtual Twin in Building-Virtuality.

Realization & Progress

Preparing

Translate Virtual delivery in Realization plan in Building-Virtuality Activity Plan

  • Check with all stakeholders.

Agree on planning(s).

  • From a realization point of view
  • From a environment point of view (people, climate etc)

Realization stage

  • Check by Multiview in Building-Virtuality with all delivery stakeholders; suppliers etc.
  • On content and on planning Survey and Setting Out with Building-Virtuality Holohelmet ( https://buildingvirtuality.com/holohelmet/ )
  • Reality Capture; check quality and progress with Building Virtuality Holohelmet and Real-Time integration with the Central Cloud Based Database. Ensures availability to all stakeholders. Supports Multiview meetings on progress and where needed on upcoming issues. Ensuring issues can be solved without all being at the construction side. Enabling swift decision making and real quick problem solving. Keeping projects on time and cost track.
  • Assure Real Time availability of Realized plan versus Virtual plan via Activity Planning in https://buildingvirtuality.com/realization-progress/ .
  • The As-Build Virtual Twin will contain also aspect / assets for Circular Economy Application
  • Deliver an As-Build Virtual Twin

Service & Maintenance
  • Make sure Service and Maintenance plans are in place and contracted. And linked to the right As-Build Virtual Twin assets.
  • Link service and request and plans and outcomes to the Twin on asset level (Installations and such)
  • Adding sensors will be very helpful in picking up upcoming problem signals early on. Here an addition of AI-Agent or Machine Learning will prove real improvement on performance as well as maintenance and service costs.
  • Illustrate predictive-maintenance workflows with AI/ML agents and live sensor feeds.

We search for companies that are willing to pilot with us on these topics.

Collaboration & Analytics (WebGL UX, Dashboards, Sustainability)

  • Multi-user views support real-time markups and progress tracking. (plaat toevoegen)
  • The cloud-based SQL database supports Azure functionalities. Ensuring PowerBI-style dashboards are customer tailored viewable in the WebGL Portal. Needed asset properties and structures are stored related to geometries. Enabling progress view on cost, schedule, energy, quality, safety and such.
  • Surveying and setting out, activity progress and quality is measured and real-time updated by the Holohelmet system; Reality versus Virtuality.
  • Using Markups, useable from all supported views, by checklists Building Virtuality supports safety and risk analysis, reporting and setting actions in a fully trace-able environment.

Interested? Ask for a demo or a try-out workshop on
https://buildingvirtuality.com/demo/