Beneficiary
MÉLYTERKER Civil Engineering, Design, Service and Trading Ltd.

Project title
Development of an intelligent object-based CAD software for infrastructure facility design

Amount of funding: HUF 170,772,000
Funding rate: 61.74 %

Project summary

The project aims to develop a CAD tool integrated into the Building Information Modeling (BIM) framework to support the design of infrastructure facilities.

Relying on a graphical kernel, the project will deliver an intelligent object-based design software that enables not only the preparation of alignment plans but also the vertical modeling of facilities. The solution will support a wide range of practical infrastructure design tasks: building 3D base models from geodetic survey data, creating alignment plans, producing design sheets and reports, as well as importing and exporting in DXF format.

The software will bring technological details into the early stages of the design process, allow for the management of complex environments, automate drafting tasks, and provide consistency checks for the coordination of multidisciplinary designs. The professional background of the project is ensured by researchers from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) specializing in road design, who are also active in practice, in cooperation with experienced software developers.

The resulting product will significantly reduce the need for rework, replacing approximately 70% of the time currently spent on design. By leveraging intelligent objects, technological details can be incorporated into the designs at an early stage without requiring additional effort. The software will also enable the management of Levels of Detail (LOD), which is currently one of the main barriers to the widespread use of BIM systems in infrastructure projects.

The product will allow for the preparation of higher quality designs in less time. Designers will be able to focus on solving engineering problems, as most of the post-processing is automated by the software. As a result, they will be able to take on more projects and produce 3D virtual models directly usable in the BIM framework, thereby increasing their competitiveness.

Planned project completion date: 31 December 2024
Project ID: 2020-1.1.5-GYORSÍTÓSÁV-2021-00006