Dimensionality in BIM: Why BIM cannot have more than four dimensions?

• Published in: Automation in construction Vol. 114; p. 103153
• Main Author: Koutamanis, Alexander
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.06.2020; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: BIM; Derivative; Dimension; Information; Metaphor; Primary; Representation; Representations; Symbol; Symbol; BIM; Primary; Derivative; Representation; Dimension; Information; Metaphor

The paper examines proposals for nD BIM with respect to what may be considered a dimension and how dimensions relate to information in a symbolic representation. It establishes that ‘dimension’ is often used metaphorically to indicate information-processing capacities – an unfortunate usage in an ar...