Improved Interaction of BIM Models for Historic Buildings with a Game Engine Platform

Abstract

For the purpose of the conservation and representation of cultural heritage, the development of a visual interactive environment to provide an integrated application suitable for collecting a wide range of big data information from historic blocks is regarded as an effective solution. In this study, the existing modeling of wooden building information is imported into a game engine as a practical study for the design of a user-friendly interactive interface design, a Unity integration platform is built, a Revit external application is developed, and cloud services architecture is set to solve the transmission and integration of information models between different platforms. In addition to strengthening the future application of historic building information modeling, this visual information-based interactive environment can help enhance communication and subsequent management of repairs, and bring opportunities for sustainable management and diversified applications to the research field of historic building restoration.

Building Information Modelling (BIM) Driven Sustainable Cultural Heritage Tourism

“…A total of 59 studies closely related to SDG 11 were screened from the results of the micro-qualitative analysis, of which 27 studies related to the specifc goal of SDG 11.3 regarding tourism management and facilities management, 27 studies were associated with SDG 11.4, dealing with cultural heritage risk management, cultural heritage conservation tools, and adaptive tourism development of heritage, and fewer concern SDG 11.6, with only six studies on reducing the environmental impacts of built heritage. As shown in Table 1, the case study [3,9,16,23,26,28,31,35,47,50,52, is the most often utilised research method for exploring BIM-driven cultural heritage conservation for sustainable development in cultural heritage tourism for SDG 11, since heritage conservation and planning management typically necessitate specialised sustainable measures [79], followed by modelling [5,7,19,21,33,[80][81][82][83][84], mixed research [4,8,15,[85][86][87][88][89], literature review [14,25,[90][91][92], and expert interviews [6,34,36]. The preservation and revitalisation of architectural building history is a component of urban renewal and construction [93].…”

“…For example, the potential to extend the user's contact with historic structures through mobile phones or gadgets such as mixed reality and AR, such as offering real-time interaction and feedback [7]. The integration of BIM models and game engines improves the operation and presentation of the historic building environment, uses game technology for easy and intuitive interaction, reduces management difficulty for professionals with the help of a friendly interface, enables the transfer of models and information across different platforms, and provides a channel for the diverse application of cultural heritage [21]. Thus, understanding the restrictions and obstacles can help to improve BIM implementation in the sustainable development of architectural heritage and contribute to meeting SDGs.…”

“…Simultaneously, BIM is utilised as a communication tool to assist stakeholders in heritage conservation and heritage tourism in achieving more effective information sharing and collaboration, resulting in reduced disputes [18]. Interestingly, BIM was set as a tool for built heritage conservation as heritage BIM (HBIM) in 2009, which has different geometric accuracy to expand the capacity for sustainable management and diverse applications for the built heritage, such as restoration and structural assessment [18,20,21].…”

A review of BIM and Facility Management Systems

“…It optimizes the design by more than 90%, which is a significant result. And finally, we can understand almost 100% how our facility works (Ma, 2022).…”

“…It helps to analyze our building and understand how it works, and it also comes with a 3D document that is fitted to the model in real-time using camera footage. It is important to mention that such a model is used not only for new facilities but also for previously built buildings (Ma, 2022). shows the benefits of a generic BIM model.…”