In recent years, applied research and building information modelling (BIM) have been directed to the scan-to-BIM process by implementing increasingly high-performance methods capable of managing a large amount of data such as laser scans and high-resolution orthophotos and textured mesh models from digital photogrammetry (terrestrial and aerial). On the other hand, the digitisation process of built heritage and the paradigms of the “reliability” and “transparency” of HBIM models have not yet been wholly considered by the main international BIM standards. For that reason, this study proposes a method and the development of HBIM parameters capable of communicating heterogeneous val-ues to support the life cycle of the building, from the survey campaign to the restoration and mainte-nance of the asset. In this context, 3D modelling, HBIM, building archaeology, visual programming lan-guage (VPL) and extended reality (XR) have been directed to a scan-to-HBIM-to-XR method able to improve the information sharing of earthquake-damaged buildings such as the San Francesco church in Arquata del Tronto, moving from for different types of users, digital devices and virtual experiences.
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