Systematic integration of building information and simulation models for the automated evaluation of factory layout variants

The turbulent business environment facing manufacturing companies today has prompted the need for a more efficient decision making process in the factory planning without compromising on reliability. Additional, emerging objectives, e.g., demand for ecological sustainability and adaptability, also present challenges that must be addressed. This paper describes a systematical integration approach for Building Information Modeling and simulation data to streamline the planning process by automatically evaluate factory layout variants. An experiment has been conducted to demonstrate the viability of the approach.