Some BIM objects are also often said to be 'smart' because, in addition to containing all important information about themselves, they may contain information about their 'relationship to other objects' and components of a model. Thus, if the user changes, for example, the thickness of a wall where a door is inserted (parametric and intelligent BIM virtual object) by changing the thickness from 15 cm to 25 cm, the door-virtual object is able to 'perceive 'This change and adjust by automatically increasing the width of some of its components, reacting and adapting to the new configuration, thus maintaining the technical consistency and constructive consistency of the BIM model.
So, for example, you can write to a BIM virtual object that corresponds to a piece of equipment, what date it started its operation, what name of the company that installed it, when its warranty period ends and so on. This feature enables the creation of purpose-built BIM models, for example, to function as a structured database for maintenance management. In this same example, the main information required for maintenance management can be integrated with the BIM objects themselves, which would correspond to the main constituent components of the building or installation to be maintained. In such a case, in addition to virtually reproducing the geometry and components of the building or installation, the specifically developed BIM model itself would function as a database for performing maintenance processes.