Construction Magazine October 2019 | Page 35

35 tions , and this data is typically siloed . Digital twins , created with iModelHub , can incorporate all the engineering information generated during the lifecycle of an infrastructure asset . iModelHub aligns the disparate digital components created by different applications while maintaining an extensive change ledger . Another exciting dimension of this is that there is an open-source , JavaScript library , called iModel . js , for accessing and leveraging the data in iModelHub . This library will open the door for anyone to build services or applications that leverage the power of the digital twin .
The best part is that the framework is not disruptive to current engineering workflows . Engineers and designers can continue to use the tools they want , and their application-based data can be incorporated into a singular model along with other types of data , such as reality models captured by drones . You can imagine being able to achieve so many new types of insights , by leverag-
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