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The Case for the Digital Thread

You are a building or infrastructure owner.  You have made the decision.  You have decided that a Digital Twin would be beneficial in your business. How do you now implement successfully?  How do you balance the undoubted benefits against the cost of implementation? To start, lets consider the definition of a Digital Twin that has been adopted by Digital Twin Consortium: Read more →

Digital Twin Consortium Defines Digital Twin

The Digital Twin Consortium is leading an effort to harmonize the understanding of a digital twin, capture best practices, and propel the innovation of digital twin technology. On December 3, 2020, the Consortium released our official definition of a digital twin. The process involved a cross-section of domain specialists, an extensive review of documentation on the subject, and a stress test of the definition based on digital twin use cases. The result is a definition that leverages established knowledge on the topic, is consensus-driven, and validated against practical considerations. Read more →