Research on the Visualization of Railway Signal Operation and Maintenance Based on BIM + GIS

Abstract

To adapt to the “fine” and “extensive” management characteristics of railway signal equipment operation and maintenance, achieving real-time and interactive monitoring of signal equipment operation status, and developing an integrated approach to equipment operation and maintenance, this paper takes a comprehensive management perspective. To create a lightweight BIM model, the Garland folding algorithm is utilized to simplify the IFC file format. Building on this approach, the data are divided based on building component division standards to obtain separate files containing geometric information and semantic attributes. The geometric information files are converted to a 3D Tiles format, combining BIM semantic attributes with semantic attribute files through an intermediate format. Dynamic data management is achieved by setting the octree space index structure in combination with a view-frustum culling algorithm. Then, the 3D Tiles target file is imported into the Cesium platform, and Node.js is used to achieve three-dimensional visualization of railway signal operation and maintenance. The proposed method is verified using an inbound signal as an example to assess its feasibility. The results demonstrate the potential of the proposed method to achieve stable integration between BIM equipment full lifecycle maintenance and GIS geographical space display. Railway signal equipment is endowed with comprehensive one-click information query functions for equipment positioning and spatial analysis, improving the efficiency and scientific decision-making level of equipment operation and maintenance.