Handling Shared Components
For many design professionals in the construction industry, the BIM approach represents a new way of working in that, while certain building components are created in the model by...
General Information About BOA Templates
The key to successful BIM implementation and efficient processes lies in the comprehensive presets that control the software’s internal automation and workflows. These are...
Wall: General
From a structural engineering perspective, walls are defined as vertical partitions within a building that may be load-bearing or non-load-bearing. They can therefore form part of...
Template: Units
In a computer drawing or BIM model, a unit is the digital equivalent of a real-world value. For example, we refer to the unit of length "meter" when 1 unit in the digital tool...
Issue Organizer in ArchiCAD
In model-based quality management, errors and issues in review tools such as Solibri are identified and then communicated via specialized formats such as the BCF format. These...
Revit for Project Managers
The focus is on quick navigation, assessing model quality, identifying structural issues, and selecting specific information.The necessary commands and functions will be explained...
QM Dashboard
This tool is designed to analyze projects and their models and provide insights into their model size, quality, number of drawings, and so on. Quality assurance in BIM projects...
Revit Advanced Course - Architecture: Quality Management
This training course provides an introduction to the fundamentals, processes, and methods of model-based quality management. Participants will learn how to analyze BIM models for...
gbXML Export Settings
Green Building XML (gbXML) is an open, XML-based industry standard that facilitates data exchange between CAD systems, technical calculation programs, and analysis tools in the...
Security Technology
The safety-related system is a special type of component; therefore, the general guidelines for modeling components apply. The term "security system" specifically includes burglar...
Revit Advanced Course - Architecture: Complex Components
The "Revit Advanced Architecture Course: Complex Components" training course teaches BIM workflows for creating components that require specialized modeling skills in Revit due to...
Support: Non-load-bearing support, temporary support
Non-load-bearing supports, or decorative supports, are primarily used for design and decorative purposes. They are also used to conceal elements such as conduit runs. Regardless...
Building structure for government agency plan (1)
A building envelope refers to the three-dimensional outer shell of a building, which can be used to verify compliance with regulatory size and spacing requirements—such as...
QS Live
With QS Live, a Revit add-in designed for targeted error detection, you can isolate faulty elements and correct them immediately. This prevents lengthy workflows that typically...
BIM Office Administration
The BIM Office Administration (BOA) service package offers centralized, cross-client management of all process- and technology-related aspects of BIM operations, regardless of...
Emergency lighting
Emergency lighting refers to lights that indicate and illuminate escape routes. These remain operational in the event of a power outage. Emergency lighting is installed in...
Attributes, parameters, characteristics, and properties
Attributes, parameters, characteristics, and properties—all these terms crop up time and again in BIM workflows. This is a peculiarity of the German language and often leads to...
LOD – Level of Development
By definition, BIM project models are single-object-based, data-rich 3D building models.Virtual 3D objects, such as walls, windows, or columns, are assigned alphanumeric...
Door: Block frame
"The block frame (also known as a block-type frame or floor frame) consists of a solid jamb (jamb board or deep frame) that is installed without decorative or rebate trim to cover...
Fire and smoke compartment boundary
Strictly speaking, fire and smoke compartment boundaries are not actual model elements; nevertheless, they represent an important structural definition and must be represented in...