Friday, January 26, 2018
Future Advantages of BIM/ REVIT
BIM has become a hot-topic of sorts within the construction industry and has leaped forward greatly in terms of complexity within the last 5 years. Much of the advances are based on correlation between differing discipline's software for a typical project. To elaborate, the concepts involved in modeling an abstract facade of a building, which is becoming much more prominent, is a large task in and of itself, though remodeling such a component of the structure in a program such as Revit can be extremely challenging. BIM advances have allowed for not only a simplified UI for the original creation, but an easy connection interface for an automatic model to be essentially carried over into Revit.
Another great aspect to BIM advances are the interdisciplinary communication allotted for not only initial system designs, but any changes made later on. These systems are becoming so integrated that there is even object awareness built into HVAC programs to help avoid the classic issue of running ductwork or the like into structural components. This is all perceived in real-time so any "collisions" can be tracked, edited, and resubmitted by the related system managers for each project. This will allow for much faster, cleaner, and overall more efficient processes when designing, constructing, and following through on the life-cycle of a building.
Comments:
Sarina,
I couldn't agree more about the idea of all relevant programs making the same or similar advances in order to integrate properly. This presents another problem within the software market as well. Though Autodesk does own rights to the majority of the programs we've been discussing, it would inevitably become a monopoly rather quickly if this integration was necessary. Either that or there would be full systems of programs competing which would make for a very expensive market for designers.
Kerry,
I know precisely what you mean concerning the resource needs pertaining to these high-end software and their related components. I have worked in small firms that struggled to simply integrate Revit into their workload. This is mostly because these systems are sold in bulk to large firms for the convenience of it all. This would make several small firms obsolete for commercial projects and therefore not very profitable overall.
Mark,
Your concern about trusting the reliability of the software not to make critical errors is certainly a common one. It may seem redundant here, though perhaps there could be a secondary software to check if there are any collisions of sorts. Perhaps a software not inherent to the systems related to the original software that is used to create the BIM.
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Josh - It was interesting to read your post about the future advantages of BIM, compared to our group's assignment to consider the future problems with BIM. There is the question with future growth if the benefits will outweigh the potential problems. One benefit you discussed which helps to balance out future problems is the use of BIM for clash detection. While one of the potential problems is resources needed, as you point out, clash detection makes the design process easier and more efficient. This reduces the overall time needed for coordination processes.
ReplyDeleteI think it is undeniable that the advantages of BIM are very appealing. When I was reading your first paragraph about the complexity of the models that can be generated today, it made me think of the steel connections extension that can be downloaded to Revit. I think the company that I co-oped at last just purchased it while I was there, and it allows you to model in detail every weld, gusset plate, shear tab, base plate, etc for steel structures. I think as BIM advances, it will be able to produce very detailed, 3D representations of the building. Currently, the time it takes to do this is too costly, but I would not be surprised if the user interface continues to improve and drafters can rapidly produce this level of intricacy. As the modeling for all disciplines gets this intricate, so will the “collision” detection, and it will become more and more powerful. (and the file sizes will get bigger and bigger)
ReplyDeleteI'm really glad you brought up interdisciplinary communication in your post. It seems clear from my experiences that the only efficient way to design a building is to consider each discipline concurrently, so you don't end up with a completed structural plan for a building that doesn't take into account the plenum space needed for the HVAC ductwork, for example. I completely agree that BIM can be the answer to this communication dilemma, and something that greatly improves the way that each engineering discipline designs its space in relation to the others.
ReplyDeleteIt was interesting to read about future advantage of BIM/Revit, which looks like a contradiction to our discussion topic. Your first paragraph made me think about modeling-related department staying within a large firm. Its role is creating Revit families that benefits for engineering department within the same company in their design (i.e. structural detailing, weld, gusset, shear tabs, etc..). It would be a future tasks for drafters during the transition between AutoCAD to Revit or any BIM software.
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