There is a growing need in the AEC industry for the digitalization of model-based data exchange in BIM workflows. However, users continue to face difficulties exchanging data between BIM-based computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided engineering (CAE) software. The most promising solutions for a generalized model data exchange framework involve open data formats, but there is relatively lacking academic research on such implementations and industry adoption is lacking. Therefore, this paper showcases an open-sourced, publicly available BIM interoperability tool for enabling building model data exchange between architectural and structural analysis domains.
