We help you enter the world of OpenBIM
The progressive introduction of BIM in construction is causing deep changes in workflows, the applications being used and the exchange of information between the agents involved in the projects.
It is now possible to import and export analytical data for terrain, roads and other civil works using the IFC standard. In addition, issues found on site can be managed collaboratively through BCF files.
APLITOP guides its users so that they do not have to change their methods and tools, but only adapt them to integrate seamlessly into OpenBIM project workflows.
TcpMDT allows to define and assign properties sets to the project, site and each of the elements, being able to export points, topographic surfaces and cut and fill earth movements to IFC. You can also import surfaces of different types and sources.
TcpMDT can export to IFC horizontal and vertical alignments, superelevation data, profiles, layers for road and urban roadways, ditches, and drainage and horizontal signs.
TcpMDT Photovoltaic exports to IFC the proposed final terrain considering earthworks, as well as the solar trackers and poles, with their associated properties and data.
Our applications for control of tunnel works TcpTunnel CAD and TcpScancyr calculate cross-sections from data captured by motorized total station or laser scanner, respectively. With them, the model is generated with the as-built state of the tunnel, which is exported to IFC.
TcpMDT provides tools to draw in top and profile views of pipe networks for water, sanitation, rainwater and others. The pipelines and wells of these networks, with their respective properties, can be exported to IFC.
APLITOP has actively participated with buildingSMART International and developers from many countries in the development of the IFC format for infrastructure projects, mainly roads, railways, bridges and tunnels.
In 2017, MDT was the first commercial software in the world to implement the import and export of this format. From then on, MDT can import and export horizontal and vertical alignments in IFC 4x1 format.
At the congress held in Paris in 2018, we participated in the presentation of the final report on the implementation of the IFC Alignment format, as representatives of the Spanish working group, and shared our experience from the point of view of application development.
APLITOP also participated in the definition of the new standard for the exchange of BIM road data (IFC Road), initiated at the congress held in Barcelona in 2017.
Between 2017 and 2020 we collaborated on various tasks of phases 1 and 2, with greater dedication in the WP5 work package, for the implementation of prototypes for software developers, as can be read in the project reports.
In 2020, this project arose as a need to harmonize IFC projects for roads and railways, which were joined by bridges, ports and waterways. In addition, the Common Schema project emerged to manage common concepts such as special structure, geotechnics, earthworks, etc. There was unanimity that all infrastructure projects should share a harmonized extension of the IFC scheme.
We then actively participated in the expert and developer working groups for the implementation and validation of the IFC 4.3 format, until its final approval.
In 2024, Aplitop has participated in the translation of the IFC 4.3 schema into Spanish for its incorporation into bSDD. The scope of the project covers the translation of entity names, types, and property sets.
In this video we are going to explain some features of MDT that can be useful for the OpenBim work methodology, using files in IFC format.
This video shows how to export the as-built tunnel to IFC.
This video shows how to export the current as-built tunnel to an IFC file with TcpTunnel CAD, to integrate it into BIM workflows.
In this video we are going to see how to obtain the 3D model of the photovoltaic plant and how to export in IFC format.
APLITOP is a partner of buildingSMART Spain as a software developer and within the Technology Commission.
We also participate in projects such as the Manual for the Delivery of Information in Infrastructures and the OpenBIM Tour.
APLITOP S.L. has been a beneficiary of the European Regional Development Fund whose objective is to improve the use and quality of information and communication technologies and access to them and thanks to which it has optimized our commercial processes for the improvement of competitiveness and productivity of the company 2022. For this, it has had the support of the INNOCAMARA PROGRAM of the Chamber of Commerce of Malaga. "A way of making Europe".
