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Articles | Volume XLII-2/W3
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-2-W3-439-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-2-W3-439-2017
23 Feb 2017
 | 23 Feb 2017

FROM OSS CAD TO BIM FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE DIGITAL REPRESENTATION

S. Logothetis, E. Karachaliou, and E. Stylianidis

Keywords: CAD, BIM, FOSS, HBIM

Abstract. The paper illustrates the use of open source Computer-aided design (CAD) environments in order to develop Building Information Modelling (BIM) tools able to manage 3D models in the field of cultural heritage. Nowadays, the development of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) has been rapidly growing and their use tends to be consolidated. Although BIM technology is widely known and used, there is a lack of integrated open source platforms able to support all stages of Historic Building Information Modelling (HBIM) processes. The present research aims to use a FOSS CAD environment in order to develop BIM plug-ins which will be able to import and edit digital representations of cultural heritage models derived by photogrammetric methods.