Understanding BIM

Understanding BIM

Softwares that can do BIM

ArchiCAD
Autodesk Revit
Autodesk Architectural Desktop
Bently Microstation Triforma

1.    BIM means Building Information Modeling, (or Management).

2.    BIM is process, not software.

3.    To understand the basic nature of BIM is to understand the old process.

4.    Design is done in 2D, or flat 2 Dimensional Electronic files, separately.

5.    When I say separately I mean each of the disciplines are designed separately usually by different designers specializing in each field.

Usually the 3 fields are:

·         Architectural

·         Structural

·         MEP

Usually these are handled separately by law in the Philippines and even abroad, different companies with different specialties handle each area then co-ordinate later on site.

Imagine will you how this happens…the process, very slow tedious and full of errors.

Coordination is 2D, there is no real way of knowing what will clash until you are on the site.

This where BIM comes in. A modeler or 2, will develop each area based on the designs of each area. Architectural, Structural and MEP/HVAC.

Our BIM staff are versed at least in 2 fields, so depending on difficulty of building production of the model can be accomplished by a small select team.

The model is a representation of a co-ordination between all the 3 separate designs, molded together in a virtual building ,..the finished model will forcibly connect all 3 designs , errors and connections prior to actual construction. CLASHES gone. Money saved and cost avoided.

Churning out production drawings takes minutes. Faster production time. Error free real life construction.

And for an Owner/Real Estate Developer this will serve as binding document to the design as the model will expose errors of each design. All responsibility will fall on the designers, as well as potentially the cost to fix the errors. A boon for the owner.

All materials types and quantites are input into the model as design goes up. Surplus on site is saved.

Please look below:

BIM means Building Information Modeling, (or Management)

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