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we have new and very effective
digital tools to digitize existing
objects, we need the facilities we
have already built to be digitized?
Quite simply, why do we need it,
and what will the digital twin of
the made and built object serve
us in the first place?
Take the existing building as an
example and imagine the
situation when walking through a
building to ask the building
owner or facility manager what
are the properties of a wall -
what is its thickness, what
material is it made of, what is the
brand of the concrete wall, is it
bearing wall, whether it has a
finish and of which thickness,
from which material the finish is
made, is the load-bearing
capacity of the wall such that we
can hang brackets for pipes of a
certain weight, which is the fire
resistance of the wall, whether
we can make a hole in the wall to
accommodate the damper and
"pull-in" the cooling or heating
duct when planning a wall
painting, what is the wall area in
order to calculate the cost of wall
painting, etc.
I am convinced that it would take
a few days for the building owner
or facility manager to answer the
above questions if we assume
that he did not have a digital twin
model of the building.
Simply, the owner of the building
or the facility manager would
have to go through a pile of
paper to get the information I
needed, he would have to contact
the archive for some information,
and I am sure he would not be
able to find some information.
However, if the building owner or
the facility manager had a digital
twin building model, I am
confident that for some
questions, I would get answers
within minutes, and for slightly
more complex questions, such as
wall openings and wall-mounted
pipe holders I believe I would get
the answer in a few hours.
I think that you have, through a
straightforward example of an
ordinary wall, seen the potential
of a digital twin of an existing
facility, which, for example, can
save you significant financial
resources by optimizing the cost
of maintaining the facility, finding
the best option for renovating,
upgrading and adapting
industrial facilities to a different
purpose and finally when
calculating the operating costs
and life cycle of the facility.
Try to imagine how much savings
you can make when maintaining
mechanical and electrical
installations, production lines in
factories, maintaining fire
installations, etc.
I am going to write much more
about digital twins of objects that
have already been made or built
in the following article: "Digital
Twins in The Construction
Industry," since my wish for this
article is to stay focused on the
concept of the digital twin in the
broad sense. So let's move on to
a topic that combines the need
for making a digital twin in both
objects that are subject to
fabrication or construction and in
objects that are made or built.
Digital Simulation
Tools for Digital
Twins
When talking about digital
simulation tools for the digital
twin, keep in mind that we are
entering the rainforest, and it is
very difficult to capture all the
tools available. Therefore, I am
going to list just a few of the most
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