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The Fale Pasifika @ AU

DebunkTheBIM

One of the 2 best model coordinators we ever had, he now calls himself a FIM, for Fabrication Information Manager. A couple of years later (2005 is my guess) I went to a presentation that I found interesting, somewhat bizarre. It’s been almost 2 years since we parted ways and I think of him as a dear friend.

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Revit OpEd: BIM Coordinator for Civil 3D and Revit

Revit OpEd

As the project progresses, you can pass model data back and forth easily as long as you export by specifying the correct project units and Shared Coordinates each time. Of course this assumes that the civil engineer is not sitting right next to “us”, the architect or structural engineer. ► 2005. (73).

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Current and Future Use of BIM – 2013 – UK

Building Information Management

The study centered upon the development of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in the UK construction industry and its pontential affect on the role of the client’s construction manager (CM). For example, the use of the BIM model to produce cost and time estimates has been identified as a paradigm shift (Gier 2008).

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Revit OpEd: View Discipline

Revit OpEd

The concept of View Discipline appeared with Revit Structure. It was meant to make it simple to alter the appearance of our model to be more in sync with what a structural engineer wants to see. 3)The changes that Discipline applies should be indicated in Visibility Graphics (halftoning to model category, etc.)

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Revit OpEd: Book Jinx

Revit OpEd

That could mean structural engineers are too smart for it, or just werent interested in a book, or that the authors, editors and publisher didnt do a good enough job marketing it, or that it just wasnt very good. Steve, I still cherish the AU 2005 lab handout "Building a better door" (if I recall the name correctly).

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Open information exchange of Heating, Ventilating and Cooling systems (HVAC) – A Important Standard? – HVAC information exchange – HVACie

Building Information Management

From a technical point of view HVACie is an extention of the IFC Coordination Model View Definition. . Ontology for Life-Cycle Modeling of Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Systems. Model View Definition. Construction Engineering Research Laboratory. Model View Definition. Hitchcock Consulting.

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Open information exchange of Heating, Ventilating and Cooling systems (HVAC) – A Important Standard? – HVAC information exchange – HVACie

Building Information Management

From a technical point of view HVACie is an extention of the IFC Coordination Model View Definition. . Ontology for Life-Cycle Modeling of Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Systems. Model View Definition. Construction Engineering Research Laboratory. Model View Definition. Hitchcock Consulting.