Building information modeling (BIM) can be considered a collaborative design process that allows all project stakeholders in different disciplines to contribute during the design phase of a construction project. However, interoperability issues between wind, structural engineering tools, and BIM design authoring software platforms have acted as a barrier to such collaborative design processes. This research pursued an evaluation-based approach to propose and develop a workflow for resolving the interoperability issues as well as automating significant parts of the collaborative design process. In this paper, the development of an automated modelling system to facilitate integrated structural design and wind engineering analysis using BIM is presented. The research was focused on pre-engineered building (PEB) as a case study. This research introduces some novel BIM concepts to facilitate the implementation of automation in the model development processes. These concepts facilitate engineering analysis integration and overcome challenges associated with creating and working with different level of development (LOD) models. The proposed system uses a central element level database and outputs a 3D model of the building and the computational domain for use by the computational fluid dynamics software. A BIM-based application program interface (API) and stand-alone software was developed to evaluate the proposed concepts and process and their feasibility. The results suggest a successful integration that could significantly improve the building design quality and further facilitate wind, or other, engineering design collaborations. It is also observed that the resulting process could be applied (extended) to the general architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry.

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基于BIM的自动化流程，用于风能工程设计协作

建筑信息模型（BIM）可以看作是一个协作设计过程，该过程允许不同学科的所有项目涉众在建筑项目的设计阶段中做出贡献。但是，风，结构工程工具和BIM设计创作软件平台之间的互操作性问题已成为此类协作设计过程的障碍。这项研究采用了一种基于评估的方法，以提出和开发一种工作流程，以解决互操作性问题以及自动化协作设计过程的重要部分。在本文中，提出了一种自动建模系统的开发，该系统可促进使用BIM进行集成结构设计和风能工程分析。这项研究的重点是作为案例的预制建筑（PEB）。这项研究引入了一些新颖的BIM概念，以促进模型开发过程中的自动化实施。这些概念有助于工程分析集成，并克服了与创建和使用不同级别的开发（LOD）模型相关的挑战。提出的系统使用中央元素级别数据库，并输出建筑物和计算域的3D模型，以供计算流体动力学软件使用。开发了基于BIM的应用程序接口（API）和独立软件，以评估所提出的概念和过程及其可行性。结果表明，成功的集成可以显着提高建筑设计质量，并进一步促进风能或其他工程设计协作。