Software support for buildingSMART standards encompasses the entire globe, with international and local market developers providing solutions to architects, engineers, contractors, owners, and more. This ranges from model authoring and design analysis, to construction management and operations. For the most optimal openBIM workflows in a single project, the variety of tools used by the different stakeholders should have the capability to support IFC, BCF, and bSDD technologies, exchanging needed information between each other. BuildingSMART International standards are of no use to anyone unless there are software implementations in tools for the industry to use.
