TY - JFULL AU - Byung-Kon Kim PY - 2012/1/ TI - A Study on the Developing Method of the BIM (Building Information Modeling) Software Based On Cloud Computing Environment T2 - International Journal of Structural and Construction Engineering SP - 1130 EP - 1135 VL - 6 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/193 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 72, 2012 N2 - According as the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) Industry projects have grown more complex and larger, the number of utilization of BIM for 3D design and simulation is increasing significantly. Therefore, typical applications of BIM such as clash detection and alternative measures based on 3-dimenstional planning are expanded to process management, cost and quantity management, structural analysis, check for regulation, and various domains for virtual design and construction. Presently, commercial BIM software is operated on single-user environment, so initial cost is so high and the investment may be wasted frequently. Cloud computing that is a next-generation internet technology enables simple internet devices (such as PC, Tablet, Smart phone etc) to use services and resources of BIM software. In this paper, we suggested developing method of the BIM software based on cloud computing environment in order to expand utilization of BIM and reduce cost of BIM software. First, for the benchmarking, we surveyed successful case of BIM and cloud computing. And we analyzed needs and opportunities of BIM and cloud computing in AEC Industry. Finally, we suggested main functions of BIM software based on cloud computing environment and developed a simple prototype of cloud computing BIM software for basic BIM model viewing. ER -