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Record Nr.

UNINA9911049071803321

Autore

Paoluzzi Alberto

Titolo

BIM Geometry with Julia Plasm—Functional Language for CAD Programming : Volume 1: Mathematics and Software Engineering / / by Alberto Paoluzzi, Giorgio Scorzelli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2026

ISBN

3-031-90244-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2026.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (317 pages)

Collana

Digital Innovations in Architecture, Engineering and Construction, , 2731-7277

Disciplina

620.00285

Soggetti

Engineering - Data processing

Building information modeling

Computer-aided engineering

Topology

Computer science

Geometry

Data Engineering

Building Information Modeling

Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design

Computational Geometry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction to Julia Programming -- The Julia Package Plasm.jl -- Topology primer -- Geometric models -- Symbolic modeling with Julia Plasm.jl -- Space arrangement pipeline -- Boolean solid algebras.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides computational methods, tools, algorithms, code scriptlets, and examples for symbolically generating simple and very complex geometric shapes as solid models and structures for Building Information Modeling (BIM) environments. The book introduces the Programming Language for Symbolic/Solid Modeling (Plasm), a concise symbolic design language for the construction industry. It explains how to utilize the recent adaptation to the MIT-originated language Julia, regarded as the premier modern language for scientific computing. In



this context, the design is stored as a solid model and can be utilized by other Julia packages (e.g., for mechanical, thermal, simulation, etc.). It is important to note that very complex shapes, including Boolean textures for new materials, may be challenging, if not impossible, to describe using architectural CAD and even harder to encode within the entity class representation methods of the BIM collaboration standard. On the other hand, Plasm.jl product/object descriptions are straightforward to encode and symbolically export/import. They can be used as source strings within IFC files, the collaborative platform for construction. The sender and receiver of such files can receive the symbolic description, the geometric breakdown (atoms of Boolean algebra) exported in the standard, and the precise integral properties (surface, volume, inertia). The Julia Plasm language is an outstanding environment for teaching computer courses to architecture students and introducing BIM to new generations of ABC professionals, who are already familiar with network tools and will create and innovate with geometric shapes while learning computational methods. The PLASM language is a preeminent environment to teach computer courses to architecture students and introduce BIM to the new generations of ABC pros, who are already acquainted with network instruments and will create and innovate with geometric shapes while learning computational methods.