The Construction Operation Building Information Exchange is a breakthrough approach for using Excel to meet Building Information Model data exchange requirements. This presentation was part of a COBIE demonstration where the ONUMA Planning System and other BIM software was used to show how significant benefits can be be gained by COBIE today. See more information, see https://www.onuma.com/twiki/pub/WebDev/PressRelease/COBIE_Press_Release_v8.pdf

1. COBIE Challenge
Baltimore, MD
3/11/09
OPS
ONUMA Planning System
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2. ONUMA Planning System (OPS)
BIM MODEL SERVER

3. Multi-User Web Services Links to
Real-Time Other Applications
BIM OPS
Model
Server
BIM
Desktop
COBIE BIM

4. OPS
GIS + BIM
No Software to Install
Collaborate in Real-Time
Manage Complex COBIE Data
Open Standard Driven Exchanges
Create BIM with Excel COBIE File
Automatic Creation of 3D Geometry
Web Based Application Accessible to All
Link your Application Live With Web Services
Engine of the BIMStorm®
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5. On July 14, 2008 the ONUMA
Planning System (OPS) added new
user interfaces to add and edit
COBIE data directly in OPS. This
was done in preparation for the July
23, 2008, buildingSMART alliance /
US Army Corps of Engineers
(USACE) Demonstration.
The COBIE Challenge on March 11,
2009 will expand the capabilities of
OPS to support COBIE throughout
the life-cycle of projects.
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6. 2 Ways To start a project:
1 Import + merge BIM data from multiple
sources (CAD models, programming lists,
databases, etc.)
2 Import COBIE Excel file

7. Method - 1
Import + merge BIM data from
multiple sources (CAD models,
programming lists, databases, etc.)

8. Method 1 - Process
1
BIM
A Export from BIM or CAD to IFC or BIMXML
Import IFC or BIMXML into OPS
B
Define Furniture/Equipment in a CSV file
C
D Import Furniture/Equipment CSV to OPS
Add COBIE Register in OPS
E
Add System and other Data in OPS
F
Export Populated COBIE File
G
View COBIE File in Excel
H

9. Import + merge BIM data from multiple sources
1
(CAD models, programming lists, databases, etc.)
E
B
A
D F
BIM
C
G
H

10. Method - 2
Import COBIE Excel File To
Create Plan with Data
COBIE

11. 2 Method 2 - Process
Open COBIE Challenge Excel
A
Import COBIE Excel to OPS
B
Imported System, Registry, OMNI Class
C
Resolve and Georeference Plan in OPS
D
Provide Access Via Web Services
E
OPS Connect Sample Client Application
F OPS
Data and Plans in OPS Appear in Connect
G OPS

12. 2 Import from COBIE Excel file to OPS to Automatically
Create Building, Space and Furniture in 2D and 3D
A B
COBIE
15 Sec. to Import LIVE

13. 2 COBIE Import Created All Data Settings in OPS
System, Registry, OMNI Class are in OPS Now
C
Automatic Plan and Data Creation

14. 2 Start Resolving Site and Floor Plan in OPS
Georeference Building Using Google Earth KML Import
D
BIM
Floor Plan Layout Can Be Adjusted
At this Point it is Possible to Export to BIM

15. 2
Web Services to Other Apps
E
OPS
OPS Connect OPS Model Server OPS Editor
Desktop WEB WEB
• W3C standardized, interoperable interaction over the internet.
• Use XML messages that follow SOAP or REST standards and principles
• Standardized way for applications to talk to each other
• OPS exposes the data through the OPS Web Services API
• Flicker, Amazon, Google and others allow other applications to use their
Web Services to use their data in similar ways.

16. 2 Sample Application Using Web Services to
Interact with OPS COBIE Data
OPS
F
Spaces
COBIE
Get Latest Data through Web Services
Loads COBIE Data in 5 Sec. to Client Application
Data is Synchronized to OPS Model Server

17. Data and Plans in OPS
2 G
OMNI Class Pull Down in Register OPS
Plans Stream in
Live from OPS
Model Server
Get COBIE
Other Data such as Cost and SKU can be added
COBIE Excel Created on the Fly - 5 Sec.

18. 3
COBIE
Challenge
OPS

19. 3 COBIE Challenge Process
Adjust Data In Installation Tab
A OPS
Adjust Data In Equipment Tab
B OPS
Post to OPS Model Server
C OPS
Upload XML to OPS Model Server
D OPS
Changes Appear Immediately
E OPS
Get COBIE File
F OPS
ifcCOBIE Application Transform to BIM
G OPS

20. ifcCOBIE Application Transform to BIM
3
G
COBIE

21. Web Services Link
to COBIE Data
5 Seconds
Each
Rapid
Real Time
Creation of
Multiple COBIE
Direct form Server

22. 3
COBIE Challenge
END
OPS
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23. Pasadena, CA, Feb. 10, 2009 - ONUMA, Inc. a leader in software and architecture for the building industry will be
participating for the 2nd time in the COBIE Challenge at the National Facilities Management & Technology Conference in
Baltimore Maryland on March 11, 2009.
Construction-Operations Building Information Exchange (COBIE) is an open-standard format for the exchange of the
equipment lists, replacement parts, warranties, test reports, preventative maintenance schedules and other information
currently delivered to facility managers. The COBIE Challenge a project of the buildingSMART alliance, has invited
ONUMA, Inc. and other vendors to demonstrate live in front of an audience how their tools support COBIE.
The ONUMA Planning System (OPS) supports COBIE input and output by allowing stakeholders to view and analyze data
directly on the web and through web services. OPS manages COBIE data on the fly, allowing for real time collaboration on
projects. OPS is also linked through open standards exchanges to Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Geographic
Information Systems (GIS) allowing for data to be geospatially located within a building. OPS exports and imports COBIE
data through XML and through web-services. The OPS interface is simple and accessible to many levels of users without
the need to install software.
OPS will expand on the previous COBIE output capability to import COBIE files in native Excel format with multiple tabs.
The result inside OPS is a BIM populated with COBIE data that can be further edited and exported back to COBIE or other
BIM and GIS applications. OPS is currently being used to manage the life-cycle data of commercial and institutional
projects with COBIE standards.
About Onuma Inc.
ONUMA, Inc. the creator of the ONUMA Planning System (OPS) and BIMStorms, is based in Pasadena, CA. The
company is a unique mixture of architects that are computer programmers, architects, and computer scientists,
revolutionizing the way the building industry communicates using web enabled BIM tools. OPS is a BIM Server and editor
that is built on open standards exchanges of the internet, using Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) for BIM,along with KML
and Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standards to support Integrated Project Delivery (IPD).
About the buildingSMART alliance
The buildingSMART alliance operates within the independent non-profit National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS). This
public/private initiative expands on goals of the North American Chapter of the International Alliance for Interoperability
(IAI-NA), whose Industry Foundation Classes (IFCs) have initiated open standards for national and international links
among industry players. It provides developers and users of Building Information Models (BIMs), the digital tools that are
increasingly helping to share highly accurate information throughout a facility's life cycle.
Contact: Yong Ku Kim - OPS Specialist
626 793 7400
http://www.onuma.com/Contact/

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