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Brick is a metadata schema that describes various components within a building to enable innovative applications. More details about Brick can be found at our website: http://brickschema.org/

This is a google group to ask questions about Brick and discuss its details.

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Sabin Dahal, Gabriel Fierro2

Sep 5

Assistance Needed for Mapping KNX Points from MQTT Explorer to Brick Classes

Hi Sabin: Here are some answers! ON/OFF Status: Should this be mapped to brick:On_Off_Status or

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Assistance Needed for Mapping KNX Points from MQTT Explorer to Brick Classes

Hi Sabin: Here are some answers! ON/OFF Status: Should this be mapped to brick:On_Off_Status or

Sep 5

danie...@csiro.au, Gabriel Fierro2

Sep 5

Meters and 'feeds'

Hi Dan: ASHRAE 223P is better suited to modeling how a flow meter might be in line with other

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Meters and 'feeds'

Hi Dan: ASHRAE 223P is better suited to modeling how a flow meter might be in line with other

Sep 5

ga...@brickschema.org

Aug 23

Brick v1.4.1 is released

Hi everyone: Brick v1.4.1 is released, containing some fixes to the REC integration and

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Brick v1.4.1 is released

Hi everyone: Brick v1.4.1 is released, containing some fixes to the REC integration and

Aug 23

danie...@csiro.au, Gabriel Fierro2

Aug 22

HVAC_Equipment and feeds/hasPart relationships

Hi Dan! Thanks for the deep dive here. There are two things going on: Some awkward modeling to get

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HVAC_Equipment and feeds/hasPart relationships

Hi Dan! Thanks for the deep dive here. There are two things going on: Some awkward modeling to get

Aug 22

Sebastian Blechmann2

Aug 2

How to model a Heat Recovery System

Edit: "brick:Economizer" didn't seem to fit since it's not just one component but

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How to model a Heat Recovery System

Edit: "brick:Economizer" didn't seem to fit since it's not just one component but

Aug 2

Matt Steen, ga...@brickschema.org2

Aug 2

Point isPointOf Point

Hi Matt: The answer is, not currently. However, we are reworking some of the setpoints/limits/

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Point isPointOf Point

Hi Matt: The answer is, not currently. However, we are reworking some of the setpoints/limits/

Aug 2

Sarah MacDougall

Jul 22

Best practices for modeling location entities in Brick v1.4.0?

Hi, With the introduction of REC space classes in Brick v1.4.0, there are also new REC relationships.

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Best practices for modeling location entities in Brick v1.4.0?

Hi, With the introduction of REC space classes in Brick v1.4.0, there are also new REC relationships.

Jul 22

Sarah MacDougall

Jul 22

Brick v1.4.0 is missing some REC classes

In Brick v1.4.0, there are some REC classes referenced in the brick:isReplacedBy <REC class>

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Brick v1.4.0 is missing some REC classes

In Brick v1.4.0, there are some REC classes referenced in the brick:isReplacedBy <REC class>

Jul 22

Sarah MacDougall

Jul 22

Some deprecated Brick location classes are not replaced by REC classes in Brick v1.4.0

Hi, I've logged a Brick issue on this, but thought I would add it to the Brick User forum so

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Some deprecated Brick location classes are not replaced by REC classes in Brick v1.4.0

Hi, I've logged a Brick issue on this, but thought I would add it to the Brick User forum so

Jul 22

Brett Leida, … Steve Ray4

Jun 20

Questions on quantity kind and units

Hi Gabe and Steve, Thanks for your quick replies. They're appreciated. Please see my comments

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Questions on quantity kind and units

Hi Gabe and Steve, Thanks for your quick replies. They're appreciated. Please see my comments

Jun 20

Sarah MacDougall, Steve Ray2

Jun 20

Multiple qudt quantity kinds for a single Brick class?

I can't speak with any authority about Brick, but I can about QUDT. The only constraint within

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Multiple qudt quantity kinds for a single Brick class?

I can't speak with any authority about Brick, but I can about QUDT. The only constraint within

Jun 20

Sarah MacDougall, Gabe Fierro2

Jun 20

Brick version 1.3.1 reference

HI Sarah: I'm honestly confused why I can't find the 1.3.1 tag on GitHub! We did do a “1.3.1

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Brick version 1.3.1 reference

HI Sarah: I'm honestly confused why I can't find the 1.3.1 tag on GitHub! We did do a “1.3.1

Jun 20

ga...@brickschema.org

Jun 4

Out of town 6/1-6/14

Hi everyone: I will be out of town 6/1-6/14 and will be cancelling all of the working groups during

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Out of town 6/1-6/14

Hi everyone: I will be out of town 6/1-6/14 and will be cancelling all of the working groups during

Jun 4

Gabe Fierro, … Gabriel Fierro3

May 8

Brick v1.4.0 Released!

Sorry for my delay in reply! I've been travelling the past couple weeks. We absolutely need some

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Brick v1.4.0 Released!

Sorry for my delay in reply! I've been travelling the past couple weeks. We absolutely need some

May 8

Max Berktold, Gabe Fierro2

Apr 4

Modeling Radiators

Hi Max! Sorry I missed this question last month.. did you get your questions answered ( I know we had

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Modeling Radiators

Hi Max! Sorry I missed this question last month.. did you get your questions answered ( I know we had

Apr 4

danie...@csiro.au2

Apr 2

Brick NodeShapes that seemingly won't validate anything

Hi again, Sorry, I should have mentioned scale... I found 121 shapes like this in 1.3, and 99 in 1.4

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Brick NodeShapes that seemingly won't validate anything

Hi again, Sorry, I should have mentioned scale... I found 121 shapes like this in 1.3, and 99 in 1.4

Apr 2

ga...@brickschema.org, Benedict Pego3

Mar 19

Brick v1.4.0 Release Candidate 1 Released

Hi Benedict: We are in the process of adding the missing Brick classes to REC as part of this release

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Brick v1.4.0 Release Candidate 1 Released

Hi Benedict: We are in the process of adding the missing Brick classes to REC as part of this release

Mar 19

Sarah MacDougall, … Oskar Nilsson5

Feb 15

Brick v1.4 RC1- Real Estate Core & Brick ICT_Equipment type

Thanks Gabe! Yes, that makes sense. If brick:Controller is introduced, it would be good to have an

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Brick v1.4 RC1- Real Estate Core & Brick ICT_Equipment type

Thanks Gabe! Yes, that makes sense. If brick:Controller is introduced, it would be good to have an

Feb 15

Sarah MacDougall, ga...@brickschema.org2

Feb 8

Brick v1.4 RC1- Use Real Estate Core space classes for all new Brick v1.4 models?

Hey Sarah! Yes, we recommend that people use REC space classes for all new Brick 1.4 models. We'

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Brick v1.4 RC1- Use Real Estate Core space classes for all new Brick v1.4 models?

Hey Sarah! Yes, we recommend that people use REC space classes for all new Brick 1.4 models. We'

Feb 8

Sarah MacDougall, ga...@brickschema.org2

Feb 8

Brick v1.4 RC1- Brick Wing class deprecation with no equivalent REC class

Thanks for bringing this up! This will be added to REC: https://github.com/RealEstateCore/rec/pull/

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Brick v1.4 RC1- Brick Wing class deprecation with no equivalent REC class

Thanks for bringing this up! This will be added to REC: https://github.com/RealEstateCore/rec/pull/

Feb 8

Sarah MacDougall

Jan 26

Brick v1.4 RC1- Modeling Sensor Equipment

Your new Terminal Unit documentation also demonstrates the use of brick:Sensor_Equipment: https://

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Brick v1.4 RC1- Modeling Sensor Equipment

Your new Terminal Unit documentation also demonstrates the use of brick:Sensor_Equipment: https://

Jan 26

Sarah MacDougall

Jan 26

Brick v1.4 RC1- Real estate core hasPart & isLocationOf relationships?

The new documentation , https://docs.brickschema.org/modeling/terminal-units.html has real estate

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Brick v1.4 RC1- Real estate core hasPart & isLocationOf relationships?

The new documentation , https://docs.brickschema.org/modeling/terminal-units.html has real estate

Jan 26

ga...@brickschema.org

Jan 8

Brick/RealEstateCore Webinar

Hi everyone, and happy new year! We are pleased to announce the next Brick/REC conference happening

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Brick/RealEstateCore Webinar

Hi everyone, and happy new year! We are pleased to announce the next Brick/REC conference happening

Jan 8

Matias Ekkerhaugen, … Gabriel Fierro5

12/22/23

Points in model design

Hi and thank you both for your answers, I am sorry that I have not responded to this discussion until

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Points in model design

Hi and thank you both for your answers, I am sorry that I have not responded to this discussion until

12/22/23

Chris Bupp, Ambuj Shatdal2

12/14/23

On_Off_Sensor for a lighting switch

On_Of_Status should be able to model the state of the switch, per the documentation "Indicates

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On_Off_Sensor for a lighting switch

On_Of_Status should be able to model the state of the switch, per the documentation "Indicates

12/14/23

Sarah MacDougall, Peder Ward2

10/20/23

Collections Questions

Hello, We also wish to include points within collections. For instance, we might have a collection of

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Collections Questions

Hello, We also wish to include points within collections. For instance, we might have a collection of

10/20/23

ga...@brickschema.org

10/4/23

New Brick Viewer Up!

Hi everyone: I wanted to let you know that I've put up a new version of the Brick Viewer at https

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New Brick Viewer Up!

Hi everyone: I wanted to let you know that I've put up a new version of the Brick Viewer at https

10/4/23

Jayson Bursill, … Gabe Fierro6

9/29/23

I have a basic form the Brick viewer up now (https://viewer.brickschema.org). I'll add a few more

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I have a basic form the Brick viewer up now (https://viewer.brickschema.org). I'll add a few more

9/29/23

ga...@brickschema.org

8/22/23

Brick vocabulary mapping tool

Hi everyone! I hacked up a tool which uses OpenAI's Embedding API to produce mappings between

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Brick vocabulary mapping tool

Hi everyone! I hacked up a tool which uses OpenAI's Embedding API to produce mappings between

8/22/23

7/29/23

Updates to the BlenderBIM Add-on's Brick Authoring Tool

Hi everyone, I've been working on the BlenderBIM Add-on's Brickschema authoring tool as part

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Updates to the BlenderBIM Add-on's Brick Authoring Tool

Hi everyone, I've been working on the BlenderBIM Add-on's Brickschema authoring tool as part

7/29/23

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