Chicago-based Cityzenith has updated its flagship digital twin software, a planning building and operational management tool for architects, contractors and asset managers.
 
The beta release of SmartWorldPro2 allows the creation of digital twins, or 3D virtual replicas of physical buildings and infrastructure connected to the data in and around them. They are used to optimise design, construction and performance.
 
Cityzenith CEO Michael Jansen predicted that SmartWorldPro2 would be a game changer in the global digital twin market, worth $3.8bn in 2019 and set to grow by 45.4% annually to $35bn by 2025.
 
“SmartWorldPro2 is a giant leap forward for our technology platform since we launched SmartWorldPro in 2016,” said Jansen. “It has been supercharged to meet evolving customer needs from the multiple major digital twin projects we have delivered worldwide. The world is now going to see just how far ahead we have advanced.”
 
He said the company had “revolutionised” the user experience, adding a multitude of user-friendly digital twin-specific features and functions, expanding and upgrading the data import and integration capabilities, and extending the backend to include SaaS and on-premise implementation options.
 
“This means we can now adapt our digital twin technology to accommodate any and all unique client site circumstances, anywhere,” he said.
 
SmartWorldPro2 has added the TwinUp presentation feature, as well as Mapalyze, a library of analytics and plug-ins described by Jansen as the App Store for building professionals.
 
“Mapalyze is our future, a rich library of analytics tools that help us turn our customer’s data into actionable information, identifying and correlating efficiencies within their data to help predict and ensure better outcomes,” he said. “It is also the first version available for both desktop and tablet.”
 
Cityzenith will soon deploy its technology on a $500m landmark development, Orlando Sports & Entertainment District.
 
The first project fully delivered on SmartWorldPro2, the complex will be opposite the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida – home to the Orlando Magic basketball team – and will include a 300-room hotel, 40,000m² of offices, 7400m² of event space, more than 9200m² of retail, plus an open-air plaza.
 
Orlando S&ED will be a fully interconnected smart district, harnessing IoT, digital twin and AI technologies to transform the four-block dense urban core just west of the I-4 highway.
 
SmartWorldPro2 will be integrated with OSE+D technology partner products (SCCiOS) to deliver a digital smart district experience boosting visitor traffic to downtown Orlando.
 
Highlights of SmartWorldPro2 include: BIM import (Revit, Rhino, Bentley and SketchUp); smart layers; annotations; links; basic 3D modelling; custom visualisation; 3D slides; measurement; hotspots; point-of-view analysis; and third party software API integration.