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Is Two D from Two D still cheaper than Two D from Three D?

DebunkTheBIM

Should documentation that is based on a coordinated 3D digital model be charged at a higher price than straight CAD-ed one is? For example, an international consultancy I’ve been working with for a while now (7000+ people employed worldwide) likes to claim to be at the forefront of BIM application within its core services.

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Civil Engineering Software | List of Civil Engineering Software | List of Engineering Software

CivilJungle

Utilized in most structural design consultancies and firms. #1b. Abaqus is useful for element analysis and CAD engineering. #7. ZW3D CAD/CAM Solution Provider. SolidFace 2D/3D CAD Modeler. TopSolid Manufacturing with CAD, CAM, ERP, PDM. The Civil Engineering Softwares are surging manifold day by day. Primavera P6.

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AmQuake – A powerful software for masonry building analysis

Construction Cost Estimating

Cervenka Consulting Ltd has developed AmQuake, the useful software for earthquake engineering. With the use of this program, the engineers will be able to create the design of safe masonry buildings in the seismic regions of Europe. This formation was supported with the introduction of Eurocode 6 and 8 in Europe.

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BIM is dead, please do not resuscitate!

DebunkTheBIM

A good modeller will have plenty of opportunities to model, but rule number one is, that the ‘drawings’ are priority, what consultancies get paid for. CAD drawings never become universally accepted contractual documents and the risk/liability issues of that ‘language’ are significantly less difficult than what making models ‘real’ would be.

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Black blobbed but beautiful?

DebunkTheBIM

Many people felt offended by me implying that consultants intentionally employ those practices. Really good reasons to do silly scales and number-only identification of CAD drawings; Has Autodesk come up with a DWF barcode viewer that will show me what is within the drawing if a hover my mouse over the string of numbers?*

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New Civil Engineering Technology 2022

CivilJungle

Civil Consultancy. Consulting civil engineers advise on the design, development and construction of a range of projects in the built and natural environment. As a consulting civil engineer, you’ll ensure the safe, timely and well-resourced completion of different projects. Computer-Aided Design (CAD). Mechanization.

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DebunkTheBIM: Michelangelo and his mates would have been.

DebunkTheBIM

I could imagine sheer horror on their faces recognizing that the current self-claimed ‘masters’ of the profession are by and large hands-off managers, conductors of orchestras, themselves unable to read the ‘music’ Poor gamblers of other parties’ money in an unregulated industry.

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