Building Information Modeling (BIM) uses 3D models and consistent data to improve project insight for cost, schedule and constructability. BIM provides greater collaboration and enables prompt response to changes. The document discusses the importance of BIM, latest BIM software tools like Revit and AutoCAD, and the need to study and apply advanced BIM tools. It explains what BIM is, its methodology, evolution, characteristics, uses in design, construction and facility management. Barriers to BIM implementation and tools like 3DS Max, Revit and Maya are also summarized.
Building Information Modeling (BIM) is a powerful tool for visualizing and virtually constructing in 3D. It is also a database where the information and process for adding data is equally powerful, giving owners and operators the ability to integrate BIM into Facility Management (FM) software and use the model to manage the facility over the building's lifecycle. Learn about Building Information Models and how BIM reinforces collaboration and helps project teams deliver better products and services.
What does BIM mean for Civil Engineers?Chun Keung Ng
BIM is a norm for the building industry. How about for infrastructures? Some countries are over confident on the implementation of BIM in both building and civil engineering industries. Is the BIM technology for infrastructures mature and easily available? Are the professionals ready for BIM?
When BIM tools and processes are combined with the desire to collaborate, the building design and construction project results are superior to projects using "traditional" methods. This presentation begins with a series of definitions and examples of BIM and includes a wide variety of projects where BIM saved the day for the team.
Revit Modeling India is a precursor in the application of the BIM software, methods and processes in the building engineering and construction sectors holding on to current project BIM requirements. Our experience with outsourcing has enabled us to understand the requirements of international customers and constantly provide reliable engineering services for a wide spectrum of industries. Revit Modeling India offers complete solutions for BIM technology from 3D modeling in Revit, 4D-enabling the manipulation of models through time, 5D-incorporating cost data, nD-extrapolating energy utilization and sustainability performance.
In this presentation I gave one overall overview about BIM workflow for Construction and D&B companies.
BIM is not a tool, BIM is not a software, BIM is a way of thinking about the project and put together processes to exchange information during the entire lifecycle.
This presentation is mainly focused on Autodesk platform but is applicable to many other solutions.
Building Information Modeling (BIM) is a powerful tool for visualizing and virtually constructing in 3D. It is also a database where the information and process for adding data is equally powerful, giving owners and operators the ability to integrate BIM into Facility Management (FM) software and use the model to manage the facility over the building's lifecycle. Learn about Building Information Models and how BIM reinforces collaboration and helps project teams deliver better products and services.
What does BIM mean for Civil Engineers?Chun Keung Ng
BIM is a norm for the building industry. How about for infrastructures? Some countries are over confident on the implementation of BIM in both building and civil engineering industries. Is the BIM technology for infrastructures mature and easily available? Are the professionals ready for BIM?
When BIM tools and processes are combined with the desire to collaborate, the building design and construction project results are superior to projects using "traditional" methods. This presentation begins with a series of definitions and examples of BIM and includes a wide variety of projects where BIM saved the day for the team.
Revit Modeling India is a precursor in the application of the BIM software, methods and processes in the building engineering and construction sectors holding on to current project BIM requirements. Our experience with outsourcing has enabled us to understand the requirements of international customers and constantly provide reliable engineering services for a wide spectrum of industries. Revit Modeling India offers complete solutions for BIM technology from 3D modeling in Revit, 4D-enabling the manipulation of models through time, 5D-incorporating cost data, nD-extrapolating energy utilization and sustainability performance.
In this presentation I gave one overall overview about BIM workflow for Construction and D&B companies.
BIM is not a tool, BIM is not a software, BIM is a way of thinking about the project and put together processes to exchange information during the entire lifecycle.
This presentation is mainly focused on Autodesk platform but is applicable to many other solutions.
presentation by Paul Wilkinson to CIMCIG BIM conference, Building Centre, London WC1 on Wednesday 25 April 2012.
Presentation explains what BIM is (and isn't), and outlines why it has become important in 2012, as the UK construction industry looks to meet a UK Government BIM deadline by 2016.
BIM 360 Docs is a Document Management cloud-service that allows construction teams to centralize all 2D plans, 3D models, and other project-related documents. Whether in the office or in the field, members can gain access to the project site.
BIM Lecture Note (6/6)
Objectives
* To understand how BIM project is implemented and its challenges
Question
* How to execute a successful BIM project?
www.mtech.com.hk
BIM status report 2016 - BIM use casesDaan Moreels
BIM use cases presented by Besix and deBIMspecialist during the BIM manifest event in Brussels, October 2015
Video about real-time collaboration from www.gdaas.com
Building information modeling (BIM) is a process involving the generation and management of digital representations of physical and functional characteristics of places. Building information models (BIMs) are files (often but not always in proprietary formats and containing proprietary data) which can be exchanged or networked to support decision-making about a place. Current BIM software is used by individuals, businesses and government agencies who plan, design, construct, operate and maintain diverse physical infrastructures, such as water, wastewater, electricity, gas, refuse and communication utilities, roads, bridges and ports, houses, apartments, schools and shops, offices, factories, warehouses and prisons.
How to Create a Rock Star BIM Execution Plan (BEP) and MPDT* (Responsibility ...Fabio Roberti
A BIM Execution Plan (BEP) is a valuable and necessary part of any project in the AEC sector. It is essential when the team needs to work in a collaborative process to ensure that everyone on the project is aligned with the project objectives. A correctly implemented BEP will ensure the project goals are clear and agreed by the wide project team. Communication is a key component of all construction projects. To be successful, it requires many different people working together to achieve the client requirements. A well-built BEP requires the project team to work together and communicate from the very beginning to the completion of the project. This class will explain the importance of the BEP and demonstrate how to create an efficient BEP for post-contract-award which will include the Model Production & Delivery Table (MPDT). The post-contract-award BEP sets out how the information required in the Employer's Information Requirements will be provided.
BIM Execution Plan (BEP) helps to define a foundational framework to ensure successful deployment of advanced design technologies on our BIM-enabled project.
Property Name: Broward County Judicial Complex (BCJC) Midrise Office
Location: 540 SE 3rd Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Project Type: Full Renovation
Sector: Government
Services Rendered: Architectural Designing
Property Owner: Broward County
LEED Certification: GOLD
BIM ROLES AND RESPONSIBLITIES DURING CONSTRUCTION:
The Architecture/Engineering (A/E) design team will develop LOD 300 BIM models during the bidding/permitting phase to incorporate County comments, permitting comments, pre-construction RFI’s, and any coordination changes prior to construction.
The construction team (GC) shall work with Owner and design team to develop the Virtual design & Construction (VDC) plan based on BEP version 3.5 for implementation during construction, to include BIM uses such as: 3D Coordination (clash detection), Phase Planning (4D Modeling), Digital Fabrication, Cost Estimation (quantity take-offs), Existing Conditions Modeling, Space Management and Tracking, and COBie information input into Revit models.
Latest Revit models shall be provided to the GC after permits are approved and at issuance of Notice to Proceed 1 to GC, for development of the LOD 350/400/500 models (shop drawings) as defined by BIM forum and as required by County.
Not all items may need to be developed to LOD 350/400. GC shall coordinate with County and develop MEP-FP, Architectural & Structural items to LOD level required for each discipline as directed by County.
Once construction begins, the GC shall be responsible for all LOD 350/400/500 Revit model developments and any changes to COBie data based on field verification, constructability, final product selection & installation.
The GC shall use BIM 360 Field for the gathering of COBie field data from Construction Manager/ Superintendent and all sub-contractors in order to integrate all information into the BIM models throughout construction.
GC shall review subcontractors BIM proficiency and qualifications.
For instances where drawing modifications are required from A/E team to provide sketches, Supplemental Instructions, etc.
Construction team (GC) shall be responsible to provide a location and access for the upload/ download of the latest Revit models by A/E teams to add information, answer RFI’s, etc. Construction team (GC) shall keep daily backups of all models. Should the GC give ownership of the same model to multiple subcontractors, the GC shall be responsible for organizing and merging all new information into one model including, but not limited to: shop drawing sheets, views, updated Revit components, COBie information, etc.
At the end of construction phase, the GC shall provide as-built full size drawings and PDFs and transfer the latest Revit models to the A/E team for Review.
Guest Lecture: "BIM & Sustainability" for the MSc. BIM & Integrated Design Summer School 2016. University of Salford, Manchester, United Kingdom
Covers:
1. Sustainable Design
2. BIM for Sustainable Design Decision Making
3. BIM for Sustainable Design Compliance (BREEAM example)
4. BIM for Sustainable Design Performance (Passivhaus example)
The presentation covers following areas:
- Typical Problems in Construction Industry
- What is BIM?
-BIM Process
- Influence of BIM on Industry Problems
- BIM Application
- BIM Advantages
- BIM Workflow
- BIM & Project Management
- BIM & Design Team Members
- BIM around the Globe
- Construction Industry with BIM
All work presented in the presentation is carried out by graduates of NUST, Islambad including Abdul Mughees Khan, Syed Kashif Ali Shah, Sharjeel Ahmad Tariq, Malik Awais Ahmad and Hamza Khan Shinwari.
Special credit of the work goes to Engr Tahir Shamshad, Vice President NESPAK and Engr Zia Ud Din, Asst Professor NUST under guidance and mentor ship the whole work was performed.
For more details feel free to contact: amugheeskhan@gmail.com
presentation by Paul Wilkinson to CIMCIG BIM conference, Building Centre, London WC1 on Wednesday 25 April 2012.
Presentation explains what BIM is (and isn't), and outlines why it has become important in 2012, as the UK construction industry looks to meet a UK Government BIM deadline by 2016.
BIM 360 Docs is a Document Management cloud-service that allows construction teams to centralize all 2D plans, 3D models, and other project-related documents. Whether in the office or in the field, members can gain access to the project site.
BIM Lecture Note (6/6)
Objectives
* To understand how BIM project is implemented and its challenges
Question
* How to execute a successful BIM project?
www.mtech.com.hk
BIM status report 2016 - BIM use casesDaan Moreels
BIM use cases presented by Besix and deBIMspecialist during the BIM manifest event in Brussels, October 2015
Video about real-time collaboration from www.gdaas.com
Building information modeling (BIM) is a process involving the generation and management of digital representations of physical and functional characteristics of places. Building information models (BIMs) are files (often but not always in proprietary formats and containing proprietary data) which can be exchanged or networked to support decision-making about a place. Current BIM software is used by individuals, businesses and government agencies who plan, design, construct, operate and maintain diverse physical infrastructures, such as water, wastewater, electricity, gas, refuse and communication utilities, roads, bridges and ports, houses, apartments, schools and shops, offices, factories, warehouses and prisons.
How to Create a Rock Star BIM Execution Plan (BEP) and MPDT* (Responsibility ...Fabio Roberti
A BIM Execution Plan (BEP) is a valuable and necessary part of any project in the AEC sector. It is essential when the team needs to work in a collaborative process to ensure that everyone on the project is aligned with the project objectives. A correctly implemented BEP will ensure the project goals are clear and agreed by the wide project team. Communication is a key component of all construction projects. To be successful, it requires many different people working together to achieve the client requirements. A well-built BEP requires the project team to work together and communicate from the very beginning to the completion of the project. This class will explain the importance of the BEP and demonstrate how to create an efficient BEP for post-contract-award which will include the Model Production & Delivery Table (MPDT). The post-contract-award BEP sets out how the information required in the Employer's Information Requirements will be provided.
BIM Execution Plan (BEP) helps to define a foundational framework to ensure successful deployment of advanced design technologies on our BIM-enabled project.
Property Name: Broward County Judicial Complex (BCJC) Midrise Office
Location: 540 SE 3rd Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Project Type: Full Renovation
Sector: Government
Services Rendered: Architectural Designing
Property Owner: Broward County
LEED Certification: GOLD
BIM ROLES AND RESPONSIBLITIES DURING CONSTRUCTION:
The Architecture/Engineering (A/E) design team will develop LOD 300 BIM models during the bidding/permitting phase to incorporate County comments, permitting comments, pre-construction RFI’s, and any coordination changes prior to construction.
The construction team (GC) shall work with Owner and design team to develop the Virtual design & Construction (VDC) plan based on BEP version 3.5 for implementation during construction, to include BIM uses such as: 3D Coordination (clash detection), Phase Planning (4D Modeling), Digital Fabrication, Cost Estimation (quantity take-offs), Existing Conditions Modeling, Space Management and Tracking, and COBie information input into Revit models.
Latest Revit models shall be provided to the GC after permits are approved and at issuance of Notice to Proceed 1 to GC, for development of the LOD 350/400/500 models (shop drawings) as defined by BIM forum and as required by County.
Not all items may need to be developed to LOD 350/400. GC shall coordinate with County and develop MEP-FP, Architectural & Structural items to LOD level required for each discipline as directed by County.
Once construction begins, the GC shall be responsible for all LOD 350/400/500 Revit model developments and any changes to COBie data based on field verification, constructability, final product selection & installation.
The GC shall use BIM 360 Field for the gathering of COBie field data from Construction Manager/ Superintendent and all sub-contractors in order to integrate all information into the BIM models throughout construction.
GC shall review subcontractors BIM proficiency and qualifications.
For instances where drawing modifications are required from A/E team to provide sketches, Supplemental Instructions, etc.
Construction team (GC) shall be responsible to provide a location and access for the upload/ download of the latest Revit models by A/E teams to add information, answer RFI’s, etc. Construction team (GC) shall keep daily backups of all models. Should the GC give ownership of the same model to multiple subcontractors, the GC shall be responsible for organizing and merging all new information into one model including, but not limited to: shop drawing sheets, views, updated Revit components, COBie information, etc.
At the end of construction phase, the GC shall provide as-built full size drawings and PDFs and transfer the latest Revit models to the A/E team for Review.
Guest Lecture: "BIM & Sustainability" for the MSc. BIM & Integrated Design Summer School 2016. University of Salford, Manchester, United Kingdom
Covers:
1. Sustainable Design
2. BIM for Sustainable Design Decision Making
3. BIM for Sustainable Design Compliance (BREEAM example)
4. BIM for Sustainable Design Performance (Passivhaus example)
The presentation covers following areas:
- Typical Problems in Construction Industry
- What is BIM?
-BIM Process
- Influence of BIM on Industry Problems
- BIM Application
- BIM Advantages
- BIM Workflow
- BIM & Project Management
- BIM & Design Team Members
- BIM around the Globe
- Construction Industry with BIM
All work presented in the presentation is carried out by graduates of NUST, Islambad including Abdul Mughees Khan, Syed Kashif Ali Shah, Sharjeel Ahmad Tariq, Malik Awais Ahmad and Hamza Khan Shinwari.
Special credit of the work goes to Engr Tahir Shamshad, Vice President NESPAK and Engr Zia Ud Din, Asst Professor NUST under guidance and mentor ship the whole work was performed.
For more details feel free to contact: amugheeskhan@gmail.com
RIBA Part 3 Course: BIM Overview + ApplicationElrond Burrell
RIBA Part 3 course, BIM Guest Lecture slides, London South Bank University, 26 November 2014.
Part 1 - The Context of BIM (incl UK Government Policy)
Part 2 - Getting into BIM (Architype Ltd Case Study)
Part 3 - Getting on with BIM (Architype Ltd Case Study)
Building information modelling (BIM) is a process involving the generation and management of digital representations of physical and functional characteristics of places. Building information models (BIMs) are files (often but not always in proprietary formats and containing proprietary data) which can be extracted, exchanged or networked to support decision-making regarding a building or other built asset.
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https://www.alandix.com/academic/talks/offtheCanvas-IndiaHCI2024/
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1. WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF BIM, LATEST
SOFTWARES, NEED FOR STUDY AND APPLICABILITY
OF ADVANCE SOFTWARE TOOLS?
2. Building Information Modeling (BIM)
Uses 3D models to
capture, explore, and
maintain consistent
and coordinated
planning, design,
construction, and
operational data
Provides greater
project insight for
cost, schedule, and
constructability
Uses and shares
the same consistent
data whether you’re
at your desk or in
the field
Enables prompt
response to change
with processes that
are smarter and
faster
3. Building Information Modeling (BIM) has been defined as “the act of
creating an electronic model of a facility for the purpose of visualization,
engineering analysis, conflict analysis, cost engineering, as-built product,
budgeting and many other purposes.”
BIM is described as:
… a digital representation of physical and functional characteristics of a
facility. As such it serves as a shared knowledge resource for information
about a facility forming a reliable basis for decisions during its life-cycle
from inception onward.
OR
“a method of applying Building Information Modeling during a facility’s
lifecycle to achieve one or more specific objectives.”
BIM is a documentation tool, replacing legacy drafting procedures.
It also a technology for collaboration, an integration tool for our fragmented
and specialized building industry and a vehicle for an IPD Team to pool its
intellectual capital.
4. BIM is a Methodology
BIM is a methodology of gathering and
maintaining information about a
building for quick decision making
throughout the life cycle or facility
cycle of the building.
5. Evolution of BIM
Vector CAD:
The first generations of CAD represented buildings with geometry—vector
based lines, arcs and circles.
A CAD drawing was easy to modify and replicate.
It also provided greater precision than pencil on paper.
But it was dumb: lines drawn with a computer instead of a pencil.
Object CAD:
“Smart” objects with properties were added. Objects like windows, doors,
walls, roofs or stairs had properties that governed their behavior.
A window could be pulled from a resource file into a drawing and stretched to
fit the required opening. As it was stretched, the panes would grow but the jamb
section would not. A user could associate information to the object such as the
supplier, part numbers, the finish, the warranty and so on.
BIM:
From that point, it was a logical step to envision an entire building as a smart
object with endless possibilities for algorithms that govern its behavior and
associated information. BIM emerged.
9. BIM Characteristics
A BIM model is a digital description of a project.
It may include information such as the physical configuration, programmatic
requirements, functional characteristics, specifications, systems performance,
supply chain threads, construction sequence, cost or any other information that
might be useful.
Plug-ins: Specialized software may be “plugged in” with algorithms that can
adjust related building systems if there is a design change.
These “plug ins” can include programs for structural and mechanical design.
For instance, if a room is enlarged, the size of the structural members can be
automatically recalculated and resized. The model adjusts itself. If the building is
rotated on the site, the heat gain and loss may be recalculated. Other plug-ins
may focus on energy analysis, LEED certification, cost estimating or
construction scheduling.
Reports: BIM is not drafting software; but is a database.
Drawings are simply one form of report.
10. A BIM model can produce reports—subsets of information for special
purposes. These reports can be in the form of 2D or 3D drawings or an infinite
variety of custom alphanumeric reports.
The IPD (Integrated project delivery) team can tailor reports for specific
purposes instead of grappling with a large set of 30” x 40” construction drawings
and a fat set of specifications that obscures required information.
Integrated project delivery (IPD), is a collaborative alliance of people,
systems, business structures and practices into a process that harnesses the
talents and insights of all participants to optimize project results, increase value
to the owner, reduce waste, and maximize efficiency through all phases of
design, fabrication, and construction
Assembly details can be produced on site for current construction challenges.
Facility managers may access life-cycle, maintenance and replacement
information.
4D and 5D models: BIM can have sequence and construction duration
information attached to drawing elements that represent the building systems
(4D modeling).
13. A computer program can animate construction progression. A user can input
a date to observe current state of completion.
The builder can analyze on-site material staging problems, develop phasing
plans, improve the sequencing of trade contractors or analyze the cost of
construction delays. Cost can also be attached to drawing elements that
represent building systems (5D modeling) for estimating and value engineering.
The estimate can progress in lockstep with design.
Clash Detection: Conflicts are often caused when a building system
designed by one consultant interferes with a system designed by another
consultant on separate drawings.
For instance, if a lighting consultant locates recessed light fixtures on an
architectural reflected ceiling plan without checking beam locations on structural
drawings, the recessed can /may poke into a beam. And we have all
experienced a mechanical engineer plotting duct runs that pass through the
structural engineers’ beams.
BIM software provides sophisticated “clash detection” routines that indicate
when two systems or products occupy the same space
15. Direct fabrication control: Traditionally, fabricators develop shop drawings
based on their interpretation of the plans and specifications. They are checked
by the Architects/Engineers.
Errors occur at each translation. By pasting shop drawings directly into the
BIM model, errors and conflicts are more apt to be detected.
Ultimately, a BIM model may include algorithms for CNC direct fabrication of
building systems, such as ductwork, curtain wall, millwork.
While there are still opportunities for error in these automated processes, they
are reduced and often eliminated. Precision is increased and supply chain
workflow is shortened.
Facilities Management: An integrated BIM model is a good bit more valuable
to facility managers than typical “as built” drawings.
It may contain warranty data, spare parts lists and sources, useful life
expectations and maintenance recommendations.
It may contain original layouts as well as remodeling and renovation
documentation.
16. Using BIM, owners can:
•Improve building quality
•Significantly reduce building lifecycle
costs
•Better understand design projects from
beginning to end
•Optimize operational efficiencies
•Increase occupancy and use rates
BIM empowers owners
Transparency
EfficiencyQuality
BIM
17. Top BIM benefits
Reduced document errors and
omissions
Reduced rework
Reduced construction cost
Reduce project duration
Fewer claims/litigation
18. How BIM saves owners’ time and money
throughout the building lifecycle
Design Construction Management
19. BIM saves time and money in the design phase
Area
Conceptual design
Sustainable
building design
Create a building model and complete set of designs documents in
an integrated database, where everything is interconnected and
there is real-time self-coordination of information
Description Example
Quickly iterate on design elements
including building form,
sustainability, client requests,
municipal regulations, budget, and
more.
Conduct analyses and simulation
The Beck Group created 100 visualizations for a church
in Seoul and adjusted the shape of the building to
appear curved, but with flat glass, saving over $1
million on glazing and mullions, and 1,000 hours of
design time
Complete energy analysis early in
the design stage to reduce ongoing
energy consumption
Using BIM to evaluate design scenarios for energy
savings, NASA’s 50,000’ building in Silicon Valley
yielded features such as a steel-frame exoskeleton,
geothermal wells, natural ventilation, wastewater
treatment, and a photovoltaic roof that will provide 30%
of the building’s power
Design Documentation
23. BIM saves time and money in the construction
phase
Area Description Example
General construction
Pre-fabrication,
modular construction
Links project planning to construction
planning and simulation, as well as
visualization during construction and
digital fabrication
Enhances project communication and
collaboration among teams
Create more accurate cost estimates
Deliver more projects on time and
within budget
Contractor Robins and Morton used BIM to
design and construct an Augusta, Maine
hospital. Due to greater collaboration, the
project was completed ten months ahead of
schedule and returned approximately US$20
million in value-added savings.
Extract information from BIM to pre-
fabricate building components to
improve project schedule, reduce
cost, improve site safety, and produce
greener construction practices by
reducing material waste
J.C. Cannistraro used BIM and pre-fabrication
to upgrade the central utility plant for
University of Massachusetts's Boston campus
helping to minimize installation time of a new
HVAC system and hangers
24. Augusta, Maine hospital.
The top photo shows the front entrance
of the new Maine General regional
hospital on 5/22/12 in north Augusta.
The bottom one shows the same side
of the new Maine General regional
hospital on 12/4/12 in north Augusta.
25. BIM saves time and money in the management
phase
Area Description Examples
Lifecycle costs Reuse building models and data to
better manage facility operations
Analyze data-rich models to optimize
resources and reduce waste and
lower lifetime maintenance and
operation costs
Use intelligent 3D models to help
manage space and perform spatial
validation for tenant chargebacks
Shanghai Tower Construction &
Development Co. Ltd. used BIM not only to
design and build, but also to inform
operations of their super high-rise tower.
STC&D plans to use BIM for emergency
and property management going forward.
The Government Services Administration
(GSA) is creating a database of its 3D
models to inform O&M and future projects.
Additional software leveraging the 3D
models will use its data for security,
updates, analysis, and reporting.
26. Barriers to BIM
The ultimate objective is to build an integrated BIM—a virtual building before
we make expensive mistakes with concrete, glass and steel.
Software and hardware constraints: A BIM model theoretically has
unlimited ability to hold information. Despite faster and faster computers and
more efficient software, the model slows down as it enlarges.
Cost practicalities: At some point, it becomes impractical to add detail to the
model. We still assume the builder will use some judgment in the field. A
drawing doesn’t need to show all the nail locations in a wood frame.
Universal adaption: The fruition of BIM will depend on widespread use by
designers, contractors and manufacturers. But until trade contractors and
manufacturers are operational with BIM -incomplete integration.
Interoperability: All big projects which have multiple architects and multiple
Construction Managers, have faced the frustrating problems of interoperability in
trying to integrate data from different project management information systems..
The same problem exists with BIM software.
A fully integrated BIM model is a vision, not a reality. At current levels of
development, architects engineers, consultants, builders and fabricators may
have independent BIM models, legacy CAD systems and legacy paper systems.
Those who use BIM software may not use the same programs
28. Autodesk 3ds Max
Autodesk 3ds Max, formerly 3D Studio Max, is a professional 3D computer
graphics program for making 3D animations, models, games and images.
Developed and produced by Autodesk Media and Entertainment.
Has modeling capabilities, a flexible plugin architecture and can be used on
the Microsoft Windows platform.
Used for movie effects and movie pre-visualization.
In addition to its modeling and animation tools, the latest version of 3ds Max
also features shaders (such as ambient occlusion and subsurface
scattering), dynamic simulation, particle systems, radiosity, normal map creation
and rendering, global illumination, a customizable user interface, and its
own scripting language.
3DS max is used to create 3d models, and it helps to develop static or
animated architectural rendering house models that sometimes look like a real
photograph.
3D StudioMax is part of Autodesk and it can inter-operate among most of their
software and other programs such as Adobe Photoshop and After Effects to
help make renders better.
Regarded as the quintessential three dimensional model creator.
30. Revit
Revit not only creates impressive high quality visualizations for builders and
contractors, it also keeps track of information, crucial to create efficient buildings
and an excellent tool for ecological and self sustainable construction. It’s
excellent to design homes, apartments and do landscaping.
Revit Parametric modeling is a significant tool for conceptual design. With
Revit software, architectural designers can quickly sketch a rough layout of the
floor plan, or make changes to the standard set of building designs and instantly
let their customers preview their future homes. 3D design views give designers
to try out different design ideas and guide their design decisions at early stage
With Revit software, architecture designing and drafting becomes very fast
and accurate. In Revit model, all building components such as plans, sections,
and elevations are intelligently connected to each another. Whenever a change
is made to the model, the software automatically updates every related
component, affecting the whole building model.
Building Information Modeling (BIM) is a process that begins with the creation of an intelligent 3D model to capture, explore, and maintain planning, design, construction, and operational data in order to better inform decision making for building and infrastructure projects. The information in the model remains coordinated and consistent an
Create and use a data-rich 3D model to improve how buildings and infrastructure are planned, designed, built, and managed
Provides greater project insight on things like cost, schedule, and constructability
Share and use the same consistent data whether you’re at your desk or in the field
Respond quickly to change with processes that are smarter and faster
d is available for simulation, analysis, collaboration, and communication throughout the lifecycle of the project.
BIM allows owners to take control and harness the power of the Era of Connection.
BIM increases transparency, quality, and efficiency so owners can:
Improve building quality
Significantly reduce building lifecycle costs
Better understand design projects from beginning to end
Optimize operational efficiencies
Increase occupancy and use rates
A McGraw-Hill survey found that owners enjoy a reduction in document errors and omissions; rework; costs; project duration; and claims.
Source: McGraw-Hill Construction, 2012
BIM saves time and money throughout all phases of design, construction, and ongoing property management.
Let’s review some examples of how BIM can help the design process run smoother and faster.
Here are some examples of BIM at work in the construction phase.
Finally, here are some examples of how BIM saves time and money in the management phase of a project – often the phase most closely associated with owners.