02 - BIM Software Architecture: 3D Modeling for AEC

BIM software architecture for AEC sector: 3D modeling, IFC standard, collaboration and cloud rendering.

What you'll learn

• IFC 4.3 standard (ISO 16739-1:2024) and BIM data schema
• Web BIM viewer architecture with Three.js/WebGL
• Collaboration layer: BIM Collaboration Format (BCF) and conflict management
• IFC parsing pipeline: from binary file to renderable 3D scene
• Automatic clash detection with 3D intersection algorithms

This article is part of the PropTech series on federicocalo.dev.

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➡️ 02 - BIM Software Architecture: 3D Modeling for AEC

https://federicocalo.dev/en/blog/bim-software-architecture-3d-modeling-aec

By Federico Calò — Software Developer & Technical Writer