BIM
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rameshchandrapatel
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The premise of the question in itself is incorrect. BIM is not a software.
BIM is a process. This process relies on digital 3D models. These models are created using certain software. Software are only the means to create BIM Models.
But BIM is much much more than that.
If you make a presentation with the help of PowerPoint, would you tell people that your presentation is a software?
You presentation is made with a combination of your thoughts, your ideas, images, videos, text, animations, help from others and more. PowerPoint was only a means to present all of that information in a neat and understandable manner.
Now replace Presentation in the above example with a BIM model and PowerPoint with Revit (or your favourite BIM app).
BIM Models hold all the information about your building. Think of it as the internet of the building. (Out intranet, to be precise.) The model will have tons and thousands of tiny pieces of information, right from the smallest nut and bolt, to the largest concrete column in the building.
BIM Models are multidisciplinary. What thus means is that if your colleague I'd a Plumber or carpenter or Architect or an electrical engineer.. It does not matter. The model is a platform where everyone can collectively pool information and help in building it. Kinda like building a sand castle on the beach with friends.
Now let's step out of this dimension.
What if I told you, this information is not restricted to only the geometry (3D) of the object? Meaning the dimensions of time (4D) and cost (5D) and any other metadata (6D) can be linked to the BIM model. This is what makes it truly special.
Lastly, BIM is all about information exchange. All this data should be seemingly available to all stakeholders of the project. Whenever they need it. Wherever they need it.
BIM is a process. This process relies on digital 3D models. These models are created using certain software. Software are only the means to create BIM Models.
But BIM is much much more than that.
If you make a presentation with the help of PowerPoint, would you tell people that your presentation is a software?
You presentation is made with a combination of your thoughts, your ideas, images, videos, text, animations, help from others and more. PowerPoint was only a means to present all of that information in a neat and understandable manner.
Now replace Presentation in the above example with a BIM model and PowerPoint with Revit (or your favourite BIM app).
BIM Models hold all the information about your building. Think of it as the internet of the building. (Out intranet, to be precise.) The model will have tons and thousands of tiny pieces of information, right from the smallest nut and bolt, to the largest concrete column in the building.
BIM Models are multidisciplinary. What thus means is that if your colleague I'd a Plumber or carpenter or Architect or an electrical engineer.. It does not matter. The model is a platform where everyone can collectively pool information and help in building it. Kinda like building a sand castle on the beach with friends.
Now let's step out of this dimension.
What if I told you, this information is not restricted to only the geometry (3D) of the object? Meaning the dimensions of time (4D) and cost (5D) and any other metadata (6D) can be linked to the BIM model. This is what makes it truly special.
Lastly, BIM is all about information exchange. All this data should be seemingly available to all stakeholders of the project. Whenever they need it. Wherever they need it.
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