Many CAFM solutions are "BIM" compatible, however, in fact there are two significantly different practices.
- Most of them are capable of reading IFC models normally created by BIM, thought additional features can not be considered as BIM compatible one.
- Only few systems are able to manage those functions that meet the expectations required in a BIM model.
The reason is that standardization has not taken place yet, only some general BIM descriptions refer to it.