buildingSMART Forum in Tokyo
Wednesday April 23rd 2008, the Japan Chapter of buildingSMART International (former IAI), together with Japan Construction Information Center, gathered over 100 people representing the bulk of the AEC/FM industry in Japan, for a one day successful buildingSMART Forum. We were also there, presenting our work so far in Japanese.
SketchUp with IFD Demonstration
Google SketchUp can now speak IFD! Thanks to SECOM’s Ifc Plugin, IFC2SKP and our own IFD implementation on top of that. We are very happy that the interest for IFD Library, and what it can do, was very keen in Japan. After the talk we observed plenty of buzz around the possibilities of IFD within AEC/FM specific software, and hopefully we are able to initiate IFD related initiatives in Japan very soon.
It was also a pleasure to observe how well organized all buildingSMART activities are in Japan, and the long term thinking they apply to this technology. From our point of view during our visit, it seems clear that buildingSMART technology will play a major role in the AEC/FM industry in Japan. We think it is more a question of WHEN and not so much IF.