Arkance Systems is the one of major CAx, BIM, GIS provider in Europe, with solutions based mainly on Autodesk technologies. Arkance Systems is a part of big international group - Groupe Monnoyeur. Our GIS division is delivering GIS solutions mostly to private enterprises, utilizing mainly own Arkance Systems technology - twiGIS. Besides usual utility-GIS (water, wastewater, heat, telco), we are focusing our GIS solutions on facility management of large public and industrial areas like airports, exhibition grounds, manufacturing plants, power plants, etc. Our main goal is to provide tools and solutions for reliable data management lifecycle and especially for effective data distribution and accessibility for the end users. As most of the GIS data (especially in utilities and facility management) are describing buildings and infrastructure coming from the construction activities, the nature of the data inputs is changing rapidly in these days: the usual CAD documentation is being replaced with BIM models. Therefore we have adjusted our tools for smooth BIM – GIS connection with these goals: Keep BIM model live through the whole building lifecycle (e.g. not just export the data and let the model die) Let BIM people use their tools in the most vanilla way (BIM modeler like Revit, CDE like BIM 360) Let the GIS users use the data from CAD, GIS, and BIM in the same way, with no difference to where the data originated So far, we have built a BIM connector to our twiGIS doing the entire job. The connector is based on Safe Software’s FME with heavy use of the new Revit Reader. The flexibility of the workspace definition enables us to adjust the BIM-GIS mapping to any flavor of any of the sides. Our talk will focus on the following topics: Introduction of twiGIS and its BIM connector – why and how Details on how the Revit reading is done in FME Pitfalls and highlights of the BIM to GIS transformation Open questions and outlook

1. Extend the life of a BIM model in GIS+FM
with Revit Reader

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Arkance Systems CZ , Lubomír Lazar
GIS consultant - teamleader
Arkance Systems CZ , Jiří Carda
GIS senior consultant
Lubomír Lazar
Jiří Carda

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Agenda
• About us
• BIM & FME
• Data pathway from BIM to GIS&FM
• Comparison of BIM & GIS worlds
• Revit reader´s role in real project
• Usage of BIM data in twiGIS app
• Conclusion

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About us
Strong European Group in services (energy, agrotechnical,
rental, digitalization)
Over 700 specialists in EU
Autodesk platinum partner
GIS team with own web platfom – twiGIS (CZ, SK, HU, FI)

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Experiences with FME
• FME holds its place in portfolio
since 2014
• Essential tool in most
implementations
• 5 specialists using FME
• Certifications holder
• Many implementations of all
FME products (Desktop, Server,
Cloud)

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BIM & FME

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BIM formats in FME
Currently, there are many BIM formats
in FME:
● Autodesk Civil 3D
● Autodesk Revit
● IFC
● BIM Collaboration Format (BCF)
● …
As an Autodesk Platinum Partner we
have many customers use Revit
(.rvt/.ifc) for BIM purposes.
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Breakthru in 2019
Until 2018, FME supported only .rvz
format (specific format uses FME
exporter for revit – plugin).
Since 2019, FME is able to read .rvt
format directly!
-> More automatization, less manual
work
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Data pathway from BIM
to GIS&FM

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BIM & GIS (FM)
2 disciplines, but the same aim:
● Show real state of things
● To give complete information about features
● Incl. attributes and history
● BIM is a „small“ GIS, with no relationship to
surrounding world
As a GIS solution provider and Autodesk Platinum
partner:
Let´s merge these worlds - use BIM for GIS and GIS
for BIM!

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BIM & GIS similarities – Data model

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Key project – GLP
• Logistics real estate developer in 17 countries
• Needs to use BIM data in more ways, ideally in GIS app with specific FM
workflows and agenda
Huge challenge!
PROS (+)
• New project type – new horizons and possiblities
• Evidence that BIM & GIS data can coexist in the same environment
• Evidence that GIS has overlap to another fields (plugins)
CONS (-)
• High risk of underestimation of workload
• Possible technical limits of our GIS app (twiGIS)
• How to develop app in customer way to stay user-friendly (many specific
reqs)?

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Role of FME
• Data are stored on cloud platform
BIM360
• GIS app runs on PgSQL (PostGIS) DB
platform
Perfect match for FME!
Tools?
• AutodeskBIM360DocsConnector
• Native Revit reader
• PostGIS writer
• …and many more transformers ☺
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Solution? FME, what else!

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Difficulties & Challenges
● Migration takes a long processing time (28 Revit
models = 9 hrs of processing time)
● Loading of Revit models
● FME is not able to load all of the categories and
attributes
● Category – StairsRun, TopRail
● Attributes – Slope, Area, Volume, Roughness, Reference
level, …
● Revit writer
● Two-way integration (extract data from RVT to PostGIS, and
also export data from PostGIS to RVT)

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twiGIS app
• Our own GIS web app
• Fully responsive & user-friendly
• Suitable for many kind of data
• CAD/BIM
• Infrastructure
• …
• Runs on PgSQL/ORACLE/MS SQL
platform
• Compatible with desktop apps
• QGIS
• Autodesk

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twiGIS with (not only) BIM data
• BIM data are used in another system
• All buildings and areas (BIM and
non-BIM) are in one solution
• Simple and real integration of data in
2D or 3D
• Focused on end users & daily usage
• Quick, responsive and intuitive
• Customizable for specific workflows

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Real usage of BIM data
Sample of specific workflow
Task: Security guard has to check facility
two times per night and must record
state of these checkpoints into app.
Solution: twiGIS module Security with
BIM data!

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Yes, it´s
possible!
Thanks to FME too ☺

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Q&A

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22. Thank You!
lubomir.lazar@arkance-systems.com
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Module Security
Task: Security guard has to check
facility two times per night and must
record these checkpoints into app.
Solution: twiGIS module Security with
BIM data – lets check!