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...
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:...
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
As a knowledge service provider, we are accustomed to staying at the cutting edge of technology, standards, and methodology, and to passing this knowledge on to you. Above all,...
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...
Backing up Revit files
Given the ongoing digitization of our work environment, data backup has come to play a particularly important role. However, in the BIM world described in this compendium, the...
DBD-BIM | 08 Deduction Amounts
System Classes: Linear
IFC Plancal Import
This article describes the standard method for importing IFC files into Plancal Nova. IFC stands for Industry Foundation Classes and was developed by buildingSMART. It is a...
Sophistry
SOFiSTiK Reinforcement Detailing is a tool for generating 2D reinforcement drawings from the 3D reinforcement data of a Revit model. The software includes a selection of families,...
bSDD - buildingSMART Data Dictionary
The buildingSMART Data Dictionary (bSDD) is an online library of building objects and their attributes. Its goal is to establish global standards for BIM object types (such as...
Stairs: Precast concrete
Precast stairs are a special type of concrete staircase. They offer the advantage of being manufactured in a factory regardless of weather conditions and are immediately capable...
Conversion of Material and Cross-Section Designations
The material and cross-section designations of Revit components must be renamed for further processing in Dlubal.Revit materials do not have the level of precision required for...
Navis Point Cloud (As-Built Documentation)
In this article, you’ll learn in just a few quick steps how to link a point cloud file in Navisworks, everything about as-built model quality management, the various file...