Procedural Modeling-Based BIM Approach for Railway Design

Table 1

BIM-based tools comparison.

CODE
	OpenSCAD®	Rhinoceros®		Civil 3D®
Plugin	—	✔		✔
		Grasshopper	VisualARQ	Dynamo
License	Open source	Proprietary software		Proprietary software
Operating System
Microsoft Windows	✔	✔		✔
MacOS	✔	✔		✔
Linux	✔	✔		✔
File format exchange
STL	✔	✔		—
DXF	✔	✔		—
DWG	—	✔		✔
IFC	—	✔		✔