BIM ENVIRONMENTS, PLATFORMS, AND TOOLS

BIM ENVIRONMENTS, PLATFORMS, AND TOOLS

1. design applications

   • parametric modeling
   • more than a design tool
   • 10 to 50 different applications
   • sufficient information to support design operations

2. hierarchy

   • BIM tool
     • task-specific application
   • BIM platform:
     • data for multiple uses
   • BIM environment
     • data management

3. BIM Design Tool

   • User Interface
   • Drawing Generation:
   • Ease of Developing Custom Parametric Objects
   • Complex Curved Surface Modeling
   • Other Tool-Level Capabilities

4. As a BIM Platform

   • Scalability
   • Tool Interfaces
   • Libraries of BIM Elements
   • Platform User Interface Consistency
   • Extensibility
   • Interoperability

5. As a BIM Environment

   • needs at all three levels

6. BIM PLATFORMS

   • Revit
   • Bentley Systems
   • ArchiCAD
   • Digital Project
   • Digital Project
   • Vectorworks
   • Tekla Structures
   • DProfiler