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SIMPLIFYINGTHEGEOMETRICREPRESENTATION

AsthetypicalDigitalPrototypeismodeledaround

manufacturinglevelofdetail,itissuggestedthata

modelsimplificationworkflowbeusedtodramatically

simplifyandreducethelevelofdetailthatisprovided

toAECCustomers.

Withoutmodelsimplification,thehighlevelofdetail

thatcanbepresentinaDigitalPrototypewillhavean

adverseimpactonmodelperformanceintheAEC

application.Userscancontrolthelevelof

simplification,rangingfromremovalofkeyinternal

detailstoacomplete“shrinkwrap”thatrepresents

onlytheouterenvelopeoftheproductdesign.The

“shrinkwrap”processenablesthecreationofa

simplifiedgeometricrepresentationofthebuilding

productwhileretainingtheinformationthatisdesiredbyarchitectsandengineers.Theprocesscanalsohelp

protecttheIntellectualpropertythatmanufacturersdonotwishtodisclosetodownstreamcustomers,byallowing

forselectivedeterminationoffeaturesandgeometrytobeincludedorexcludedduringtheprocess.

Figure2‐DetailedGeometryofanHVACUnit

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Figure3–Simplifiedrepresentation

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PUBLISHINGTOTHE.ADSKFORMAT

Thepublishingprocessinvolvesexportingtherelevantgeometry,connectors,andproductinformationtothe

.ADSKfile.Usershavetheoptiontoexportrelevantproductmetadata(e.g.,producttype,model,manufacturer,

cost,andcustom).TheproducttypeclassisbasedontheOmniClassTable23AECIndustryTaxonomy.Direct2D

viewrepresentationsofthe3Dgeometrycanalsobeincluded.

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RMCSG—24 Version2.1

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