{"id":26,"date":"2016-04-06T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/2016\/04\/06\/interoperability-key-to-future-of-global-aec-industry\/"},"modified":"2016-04-12T20:58:13","modified_gmt":"2016-04-12T20:58:13","slug":"interoperability-key-to-future-of-global-aec-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/interoperability-key-to-future-of-global-aec-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Interoperability Key to Future of Global AEC Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Autodesk promotes openBIM at BIM World Paris<\/em><\/p>\n

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\n<\/a><\/em>Interoperability has been core to Autodesk\u2019s approach to delivering design software from the company\u2019s inception in 1982. From being the first software vendor to offer CAD on nonproprietary hardware (the PC), to supporting the openBIM<\/a> of buildingSMART International<\/a> (bSI), to equipping customers to adapt and to manage major technology disruptions, Autodesk is committed to interoperability to help ensure successful outcomes for the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industries.<\/p>\n

Why interoperability is important
\n<\/strong>Autodesk believes that interoperability is the best way forward for AEC professionals. With such an approach, project teams can use systems and applications that are the best tools for the job, working together and freely exchanging design and construction data. This stands in contrast to proprietary systems, where teams are locked into a single vendor software solution which might not be the best suited for the task at hand.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe greatly value our long term partnership with Autodesk as a Strategic Member of buildingSMART International and of our Strategic Advisory Council.\u00a0 buildingSMART with the hard work and support of partners like Autodesk, are driving the digital transformation of the built asset industry through creation and adoption of open, international standards,\u201c says Richard Petrie, Chief Executive buildingSMART International.<\/p>\n

A 20-year membership of buildingSMART
\n<\/strong>An integral part of Autodesk\u2019s commitment to interoperability is the company\u2019s decades old relationship with buildingSMART to maintain the IFC (Industry Foundation Classes) standard. As a founding member of bSI, originally called the International Alliance for Interoperability and founded in 1996, Autodesk\u2019s work as part of bSI\u2019s Strategic Advisory Committee and its Standards Committee has been to drive openness in the AEC industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cAutodesk is a strong supporter of openBIM as defined by buildingSMART International,\u201d said Nicolas Mangon, Senior Director Industry Strategy and Marketing, Autodesk, Inc. \u201cIts vendor-neutral approach to maintaining international standards and keeping openBIM\u00a0 truly open is essential to advance a fully collaborative approach to how buildings and infrastructure are designed, built, and used.\u201d<\/p>\n

Further demonstrating its commitment to openBIM, in 2011, Autodesk launched its own IFC open source toolkit, which achieved more than 100,000 downloads. Other ways Autodesk has manifested its commitment to openBIM include:<\/p>\n