Data Exchange Standards in the AEC Industry0 pages

Autodesk® Building Information Modeling

Data Exchange Standards in
the AEC Industry
As a world leader in 3D design and engineering
software, Autodesk works to support commonly
used data exchange mechanisms within the
architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC)
industry.
This paper outlines the many ways
Autodesk continues to promote data exchange
standards for Building Information Modeling (BIM).
Table of Contents
Table of Contents ............................................................................................................. 1
Autodesk Support for AEC Data Exchange Standards ................................................. 1
Standards Development .................................................................................................. 2
Autodesk AEC Solutions and IFC ................................................................................... 3
Summary ........................................................................................................................... 4

Autodesk Support for AEC Data
Exchange Standards
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Autodesk BIM solutions for building and infrastructure currently support a wide range of
industry standards and file formats, including DXF™, DWF™, ODBC, CIS/2, DWG™,
LandXML, gbXML SAT, DGN, IFC, PDF, XML, SHP, SDF, WMS, WFS, GML, and LAS,
as well as imager formats such as MrSID, ECW, TIF, DEM, DTED, PNG, and JPEG2K.
Autodesk also provides support for data exchange mechanisms through open, published
Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) for its software.
DXF and DWF are open, published file formats developed by Autodesk. The formats are
supported by developer tools that provide straightforward and easy ways to interact with
design information created in Autodesk products, as well as those of many other vendors.
A good example of Autodesk’s support for standards delivered by open, published APIs is
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the CIS/2 (CIMSteel Integration Standards/Version 2) plug-ins available for Autodesk
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Revit Structure software. CIS/2 is an open standard for the exchange of structural

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