Object Modeling and Building Information Modeling
Abstract
The main part of this thesis is an online course (Small Private Online Course) entitled "Introduction to Object Modeling and Building Information Modeling". This supplementary report clarifies the choices made in the process of developing the course.
The course examines the basic concepts of object modeling, modeling techniques and a modeling language (UML). Further, building information modeling (BIM) is presented as a modeling process, and the object modeling concepts in the BIM software Autodesk Revit are examined.Object modeling is a natural way for people to make sense of phenomena in the physical world. BIM is a "new" way to model, and successful modeling requires a basic understanding of how models are created by humans. The course aims to give students an introduction on how to make useful and understandable models.
To give students an understanding of how these processes work, a mindset has been established for the course. It is inspired by Karl Popper s theory "The Three Worlds of Knowledge" and Terje Totland s modeling processes, described in his doctoral thesis "Modeling as a Means to Support Human Sense-making and Communication in Organizations".
The course is available at: http://folk.ntnu.no/tgs/IntroductionToOMandBIM/