Creation of an expert system for design validation in BIM-based factory design through automatic checking of semantic information.

In factory design projects, several disciplines such as manufacturing system planning must exchange design information on an ongoing basis. Due to the high dependencies among the disciplines, this information must be carefully checked. While semi-automatic methods for checking geometric information exist, the validation of semantic information is often done manually and document-based causing errors and an inefficient, laborious collaboration process. In order to create an expert system for BIM-based factory design through automatic checking of semantic information, this paper lays the corresponding foundation regarding (i) domain-specific validation rules and (ii) software implementation possibilities by using a two-round Delphi study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]