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More about design drawings and model planning

Construction Cost Estimating

In the same way there is some software that helps to plan the models for building purpose or designing in other way such as BIM describes the process of creating and managing digital information about a building or other facility like bridge, highway, tunnel etc. and many more.

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When the workshop looks better than the showroom (last post on model viewers for a while)

DebunkTheBIM

Name an industry where the back-of-house (BOH) gets more attention and is flasher than the front-of-house (FOH)! In fact, not just behind doors but often in sealed (CAD) boxes, the information accessible to selected few – and sometimes not the most desirable ones (even in design teams). BIM part of AEC comes to mind!*

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6 Barriers to BIM Adoption in the Housing Industry

Pro Builder

6 Barriers to BIM Adoption in the Housing Industry. Building information modeling has the potential to modernize the housing industry, but residential and low-rise multifamily housing developers face barriers to its adoption. What’s Standing in the Way of BIM Modernizing the Housing Industry? Anna Liza Montenegro.

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Arrogance or ignorance?

DebunkTheBIM

Can you relate to the sentence:" we'll give you CAD files so that SHOULD reduce your work by half"? Savy CAD managers learned to deal with these issues and many company manuals had systems and processes in place. Even the majority of marketing people knew not to make frivolous delivery promises based on existing CAD data.

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Remember Linked Files Have Two Workset Parameters

Revit OpEd

The Type parameter governs the existence of the link in the database while the Instance parameter governs the actual instance you can see in the model views. The linked file can be copied, for example House Design A can be copied so we can show that it will be located on several lots within a development, each oriented differently.

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To brand or not to.

DebunkTheBIM

Luckily in this world saturated by aggressive marketing, there still exists a virgin environment one can escape to: The pristine commercial workspace of the CAD/modelling packages, we building creators of the AEC industry have been assigned to spend our working lives in. You can trust me to feel let down by being left alone.

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Dear building owners: we will let you know what you need to know when and how WE think you should get to know it!

DebunkTheBIM

Enabling meaningful access to model data outside of native CAD platforms has been neglected by software developers and data originators for a long time. A small, house owner is treated equally to a large city developer or government representative. Somehow, the word ‘scrutiny’ (i.e. Why are digital viewers/ reviewers so un-cool?