Materialisation of Complex Interior Spaces for the Insertion and Visualisation of Environmental Data in HBIM Models

The Heritage Building Information Modelling (HBIM) methodology and environmental monitoring sensors are among the most widely utilised tools for the digital documentation of heritage buildings and the recording of changes in their environmental conditions. The creation of diverse methodologies for integrating sensor data and HBIM models is gradually becoming more prevalent, necessitating the development of alternative approaches to their integrated visualisation and analysis. This paper presents the findings of research conducted with the objective of establishing a 3D modelling process using Autodesk Revit® 2024.1 that allows for more accurate measurement of the interiors of heritage buildings with complex shapes. The interiors are then materialised and prepared to be tagged with informative parameters for 3D visual analysis within the BIM software itself. This process also makes it possible to export the data together with the 3D model to external platforms. To demonstrate the efficacy of this process, the church of the Real Colegio-Seminario de Corpus Christi in Valencia (Colegio del Patriarca), Spain, has been used as a case study.