It will be necessary to send digital twins to customers for consumption/review in the same way drawings are sent to customers today.
Currently, deliverables management is an excellent workflow for sending files and documents to customers, and interacting with those documents. The iTwin team has also created a workflow to generate an iModel from an existing iModel.
These two features need to be brought together to create the digital future of infrastructure that we want. Sending your work to a customer in the format of a digital twin, that "just works' is the innovation we need to make model-based design, digital delivery, and more, mainstream in the industry.
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Practical use of functionality?
Model Reviews, Bidding of Models, and use of models during construction and asset management are much more feasible if the engineer can send their work in the format of a digital twin as easily as they send their work in PDF format today. |
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What is the impact of not doing this?
Without this feature, the adoption of 3D models, digital twins, and digital delivery in the transportation industry could be delayed significantly. This feature could be the "game changer" that accelerates the industry by several years. The lack of this feature could be the reason it takes several years longer. |