IFC Overview – Interfaces
As described in the glossary under IFC (Industry Foundation Classes), the IFC format is an open data standard in the construction industry used to describe components in digital...
Linear Family Classification
Fire and smoke compartment (zone)
Strictly speaking, fire and smoke compartments are not standalone model components, but rather a single attribute within rooms that can be visualized in color using appropriate...
Add-ins / Plug-ins
Add-ins (also known as plug-ins) extend the basic functionality of programs. In BIM workflows, plug-ins are frequently used not only to extend core functions but also to...
Export Rooms
"Export Rooms" assists you with a particularly time-consuming step in integrated planning—preparing the architectural model for export to building services and building physics...
Webinar / S1F2 / Quality Control Level 2: Clash Detection in Navisworks
or: "Which program is the fastest/best for performing collision checks?"This webinar describes the workflow that allows the model owner or BIM manager to perform a quick and clear...
Revit Electrical Fundamentals Course
The "Revit Fundamentals: Electrical" training course teaches you BIM workflows using Revit for the electrical engineering field.In just 3 days, you’ll learn how to create and edit...
Construction specifications and planning of slots and openings
In the construction industry, “openings” refer to openings or recesses in walls and floor slabs designed to accommodate pipes and cables. The planning of these “structural...
Emergency call
An emergency call device is a special type of component; the general guidelines for modeling components apply. Emergency call devices are systems designed to alert other people or...
Presentation: BIM Basics, Part 1 – BIM Terminology and Principles
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Solibri Basics
Solibri Model Checker is a world-leading tool for model-based quality management. This software enables users to perform comprehensive model checks, ranging from simple clash...
IFC Link in Revit
The IFC (Industry Foundation Classes) file format is becoming increasingly important in the so-called Open BIM workflow. It is a software-independent file format that can be read...
IDM - Information Delivery Manual
The Information Delivery Manual, or IDM for short, is derived from the English title of the following standard:Building Information Models — Information Delivery Manual — Part 1:...
Placing families
This add-in allows you to automatically place families according to configurable, rectangular patterns. This enables a large number of placements to be carried out efficiently,...
Calculations in spreadsheets
The "Calculated Values" feature in Revit part lists (i.e., tabular displays of parameter values) allows you to calculate additional values that do not yet exist using project...
Exam
Verification tools refer to software programs that can be used to assess the content, structure, geometry, and structural integrity of digital building models.Keywords: program,...
Feedback and suggestions for improvement
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2D Family Creation for Schematic Design
2D families are individual objects—multiple 2D objects make up a schema.This article provides instructions on how to create 2D elements and their properties using a template in...
gbXML - Green Building XML
Green Building XML is an XML-based schema for transferring data from digital building models to simulation programs. It is primarily used to transfer model data with reduced...