Framework For A Visual Energy Use System (Paperback)

Framework for a Visual Energy Use System identifies software technologies, which facilitate the use of buildings described in Building Information Modeling (BIM) tools in both a simulation and visualization. The study focused on the development of a software3 tool to fulfill the visualization needs of a Visual Energy Use System. The result of the study was the successful creation of an automated tool that converts building geometry found in .IFC files into the .MAP file format understood by Doom 3 game engine. This document details the methods employed by the IFCtoMAP software along with a brief discussion of the IFCtoIDF conversion utility.