Amisial-B4: Current Advantages of BIM/REVIT

Current Advantages of BIM/REVIT

In our today’s world, BIM programs such as Revit has impacted the general construction industry considerably, and anyone would agree that most of the advantages span in all the phases of a project design and construction. Some people might even argue that there are more benefits that we have not yet conceived or taken advantages of. Thus, here is a glimpse of the current advantages of this program:

First, its application during the conceptual design speed up the process by giving basic information in terms of framework, massing, structure, and spatial layout. In addition, to this, it allows the conception of the project regarding its function, cost, construction methods and materials, environmental impacts, and building practices. Secondly, during the project design and analysis, it provides parameters with which the project could be manipulated using temperature control, ventilation and air flow, load distribution, lighting, pedestrian circulation, energy consumption, and water supply and waste water disposal.

Later during the planning and construction, it facilitates the production of automatically consistent set of drawing, 3D overview, and application schedules. Furthermore, special drawing could be developed for specific part of the construction which will decrease change orders, and save money in terms of materials, manpower, and time. According to this article cited below, the main advantages of using Revit could be summarized as follow: it is quicker meaning many of the drawing’s elevation, section, and perspective are automatically produced; The project information is automatically coordinated for the model i.e. there is a match plan for each drawing, and schedules match the quantities of element and type; The testing and the analysis could be done at an earlier phase meaning the coordination of all the elements of the project such as plumbing, electrical, mechanical, structural are largely beneficial.

Source: C. M. Eastman, “Chapter 5-9: BIM for Architects and Engineers,” in BIM Handbook: A Guide to Building Information Modeling for Owners, Managers, Designers, Engineers, and Contractors, 2nd ed., Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2012.

 BIMscape, “What is Revit Architecture”, January 21, 2017

http://bimscape.com/module-1/what-is-revit-architecture/

Comments:

Cody,

Your writing on the BIM/Revit advantages was particularly informative. I found the implementation of the new feature such as the energy analysis is one the many that we should expect soon. I believe that by turning Revit into a more indispensable tool within BIM would be more advantageous for everyone since it is already a commonly used program in the industry.

Lauren,

Your comparison between AutoCAD and Revit was very detailed; it clearly stated the reasons why most firms prefer the use of Revit instead of other programs. Also, I had appreciate reading about MicroStation, since I have never heard or used it. In addition, there was one aspect between AutoCAD and Revit that you did not mention; I have previously used drawing made from AutoCAD to be completed in Revit. This concept has been widely in use, and I believe that it has some interesting concepts.

Sara,

I agree with two of your key issues regarding Revit; the lack of interoperability within itself requires too much time from the users to obtain a desired result, but some of the automatically produced sections could compensate, and some of the recent add-on features are addressing these issues. Also, after construction, there is not much of the Revit model of project, I think that this is one aspect that we should invest on because it changes the way we view the life span of a building and how we go about renovation of previous structure.