<s>
The	O
BIM	B-Application
Collaboration	I-Application
Format	I-Application
(	O
BCF	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
structured	O
file	O
format	O
suited	O
to	O
issue	B-Application
tracking	I-Application
with	O
a	O
building	B-Architecture
information	I-Architecture
model	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BCF	O
file	O
format	O
allows	O
users	O
of	O
different	O
BIM	B-Architecture
software	O
,	O
and/or	O
different	O
disciplines	O
to	O
collaborate	O
on	O
issues	O
with	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
BCF	O
format	O
to	O
coordinate	O
changes	O
to	O
a	O
BIM	B-Architecture
are	O
an	O
important	O
aspect	O
of	O
OpenBIM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
format	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Tekla	B-Algorithm
and	O
Solibri	O
and	O
later	O
adopted	O
as	O
a	O
standard	O
by	O
buildingSMART	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
major	O
BIM	B-Architecture
modelling	O
platforms	O
support	O
some	O
integration	O
with	O
BCF	O
,	O
typically	O
through	O
plug-ins	O
provided	O
by	O
the	O
BCF	O
server	O
vendor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BCF	O
is	O
supported	O
natively	O
by	O
authoring	O
software	O
such	O
as	O
Vectorworks	B-Application
,	O
ArchiCAD	B-Application
,	O
Tekla	B-Algorithm
Structures	I-Algorithm
,	O
Quadri	O
,	O
DDS	B-Algorithm
CAD	I-Algorithm
,	O
BIMcollab	O
ZOOM	O
,	O
BIMsight	O
,	O
Solibri	O
,	O
Navisworks	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Simplebim	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Coordination	O
software	O
as	O
cloud	O
services	O
offering	O
BCF	O
based	O
issue	B-Application
tracking	I-Application
include	O
BIMcollab	O
,	O
BIM	B-Architecture
Track	O
,	O
Vrex	O
,	O
Catenda	O
's	O
Bimsync	O
,	O
Bricks	O
app	O
,	O
and	O
OpenProject	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
