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Published on December 24, 2013 | Last Updated on September 20, 2025
Building information models (note Models not Modelling) are a collection of objects represent ing physical elements like doors, columns and their host spaces. BIModels encapsulate a level of machine ‘intelligence’ in how these objects and spaces relate to each other.
Cite as: BIMe Initiative (2025), '9. Object-based models', https://bimexcellence.org/frameworks/object-based-models/. First published 24 December 2013. Viewed 27 September 2025