Floor plan
Floor plans can be used to visually represent, for example, room layouts, leasing plans, or gross and net floor areas.By using blocks of color, their similarities or differences...
IFC Plancal Export
Door: Corner and perimeter frame
Doors with corner and wrap-around frames (also known as door jambs or jamb frames) are a very common type of door. The frame surrounds the wall opening on three sides or is...
RFEM and RSTAB
Dlubal is a software company that offers, among other things, two different software solutions for structural analysis. The structural analysis software RFEM enables fast and...
BIMpedia Add-in for Revit
The "BIMpedia Add-in for Revit" provides links from model components selected in the project to the corresponding modeling guides on BIMpedia.eu. Modeling in accordance with...
Door: Door frame
Surface-mounted doors have a frame that is mounted to the wall on one side. Surface-mounted frames are typically used on thin walls or for special wall connections. In renovation...
Revit Fundamentals Course - Architecture: Phase-Based Workflow, Part 2
This training course teaches BIM methodologies for the effective structuring and geographic positioning of BIM models.Participants will learn how to organize a Revit model...
Calculate a sprinkler system
This article describes the integration between Revit (for modeling) and MagiCAD (for calculations), including the information required for phase-specific calculations.
Interface
The term "interface," which is used somewhat loosely in the construction industry, refers in the BIM workflow to tools and formats for transferring data between two programs...
Revit Advanced Course - Architecture: Competition
The "Revit Advanced Course: Architecture – Competition" training course teaches fundamental BIM workflows using Revit for the combined disciplines of architecture and structural...
TGA Template 2019_2: Documentation
View templates
View templates are used to standardize project views. They ensure a consistent presentation of floor plans across multiple stories. This article explains the various options for...
Detailing with Purpose
Determining a practical level of geometric detail for digital building models and their components is a complex task and depends largely on the specific application scenario and...
CADSTUDIO
CADSTUDIO Revit projectBOX mep is an extension of Autodesk Revit MEP and supports the implementation of BIM methodologies in building services engineering design and execution....
IFC Import in ArchiCAD
The following article describes what to keep in mind when importing an IFC model into ArchiCAD. For more information on IFC, see the following articles, among others: Overview of...
BIM-related roles and responsibilities
BIM-based collaboration involves new areas of responsibility compared to traditional CAD design. These tasks are handled by personnel specifically designated for this purpose. The...
Quality Management in BIM
In the BIM workflow, model-based quality management refers to the methods and processes used to ensure the content, structural, geometric, and technical quality of a digital...
Wall: Mobile partition, folding screen
Movable partitions are a special type of interior wall; the general guidelines for modeling interior walls apply. Mobile partitions are not actual walls; they are a combination of...
COBie
COBie - Construction Operations Building Information ExchangeThis British standard specifies the information sets required for building operations that can be derived from a BIM...
Simulation
Simulation programs refer to software used for the simulation, calculation, and pre-optimization of digital building models in the fields of building physics, structural...