Towards commands recommender system in BIM authoring tool using Transformers

Changyu Du, Zihan Deng, Stavros Nousias, André Borrmann

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Abstract

The complexity of BIM software presents significant barriers to the widespread adoption of BIM and model-based design within the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) sector. End-users frequently express concerns regarding the additional effort required to create a sufficiently detailed BIM model when compared with conventional 2D drafting. This study explores the potential of sequential recommendation systems to accelerate the BIM modeling process. By treating BIM software commands as recommendable items, we introduce a novel end-to-end approach that predicts the next-best command based on user historical interactions. Our framework extensively preprocesses real-world, large-scale BIM log data, utilizes the transformer architectures from the latest large language models as the backbone network, and ultimately results in a prototype that provides real-time command suggestions within the BIM authoring tool Vectorworks. Subsequent experiments validated that our proposed model outperforms the previous study, demonstrating the immense potential of the recommendation system in enhancing design efficiency.

Original languageEnglish
Pages413-422
Number of pages10
StatePublished - 2024
Event31st International Workshop on Intelligent Computing in Engineering, EG-ICE 2024 - Vigo, Spain
Duration: 3 Jul 20245 Jul 2024

Conference

Conference31st International Workshop on Intelligent Computing in Engineering, EG-ICE 2024
Country/TerritorySpain
CityVigo
Period3/07/245/07/24

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