Eleven modules, BIM fundamentals through digital twins — building toward IFC, IDS, ISO 19650, and the automation that ties them together.
What BIM actually is, the problem it solves in construction, and who does what on a BIM project.
Open standards vs. proprietary lock-in, buildingSMART, and where IFC, BCF, IDS, and MVD fit.
What an IFC file actually is, IFC2x3 vs. IFC4 vs. IFC4.3, and reading one as plain text.
Entities, spatial hierarchy, relationships, property sets, base quantities, and types vs. occurrences.
Why schema versions matter, EXPRESS basics, official schema docs, and Model View Definitions.
Why models fail, levels of validation, the buildingSMART Validation Service, and exporter behavior across tools.
Connecting requirements to verification — IDS facets, authoring your first IDS file, and validating a model against it.
What ISO 19650 governs, the Common Data Environment, naming conventions as data integrity, and where EIR/OIR connect back to IDS.
Reading an IFC file programmatically, extracting properties and quantities, and common pitfalls.
Batch processing IFC files, building a basic automated QA pipeline, and where automation fits a BIM Execution Plan.
From static BIM to digital twin, IFC and real-time sensor data, and where open standards are heading.