BIM Collaboration with Autodesk Navisworks – An exclusive book for BIM users

Darryl McClelland and Paul Aubin have jointly written an exclusive Book for BIM professionals. This BIM book is titled as BIM Collaboration with Autodesk Navisworks. This book is a part of the Aubin Academy Master Series.

It is the most useful book for BIM users to learn the basic of Navisworks as well as how to utilize the software successfully.

Navisworks is a model aggregator that can integrate numerous diverse file formats for generating a complete project model that facilitates the users to entirely synchronize several characteristics of their project.

Navisworks can easily detect potential conflicts as well as errors/omissions before the project is actually built in jobsite and thus meet the project schedule successfully.

This book covers up the collaboration features concerning the Building Information Model. All the lessons are carefully designed for aiding the users to accomplish the collaboration of their projects effectively.

Navisworks tools are briefly explained in a centralized method by giving importance on “why” as well as “how”. The text and exercise will provide a transparent view regarding the significance of the tools as well as capability of each tool.

Besides, there exist Quick References for some of the Navisworks tools comprised over here. The Aubin Academy Master Series: BIM Collaboration with Autodesk Navisworks is a good resource that can instantly prepare you to be “up to speed” on Navisworks, curtail your learning curve, elevate your comfort level as well as provide you real-life realistic suggestion on the application of the software to streamline the project collaboration process. By following the valuable suggestions included in this book, one can obtain brief perception in applying Navisworks to manage your projects in a superior way.

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ASCON Group launched KOMPAS-3D v15 for advanced parametric 3d modeling

ASCON Group, the leading solution provider in high-performance CAD/AEC/PLM software systems, just launched the most updated version of KOMPAS-3D Home alias KOMPAS-3D v15. The part-time designers, hobby designers, hobby engineers as well as full-time students can use this parametric software for non-commercial purpose.

KOMPAS-3D Home is an easy to use 3D modeling application that facilitates the users to 3D models parametrically. Parametric technology is supported with a single prototype and can create a wide array of products instantly.

KOMPAS-3D Home contains some useful functions which can generate precise plans, concise diagrams, documented reports as well as vector-based illustrations output in PDF format. There is drawing editor incorporated with it which offers diversified design disciplines through adjustable and automatic work processes.

The innovative KOMPAS-ABC learning system comprising several instances of 3D models, 2D drawings, and surface models, allows the users to be familiar with CAD through self-study and apply the functions of KOMPAS-3D Home efficiently.

KOMPAS-3D Home comes with professional surfacing commands which empower users to make simple or complicated shapes as per the design requirements.

The users can also model virtual body surfaces containing a thickness of zero, the type of flexible body useful for composite geometries.

KOMPAS-3D Home is based on a specifically developed version of Ascon group’s own modeling kernel that integrates the features of parametric construction, history-based design, and direct modeling essential for solids as well as surfaces modeling.

KOMPAS-3D Home is compatible with DWG, DXF, and STEP having ability to read design files from a series of other CAD, CAM, and CAE systems as well export to them.

The users can export drawings and models in raster formats like TIFF for technical documentation and JPEG for Web site designs.

The users can access this parametric software for 70 Euros (US$95).

Download the free demo version.

  

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Think of BIM as the most power tool for designers

BIM is a very useful tool that can streamline the workflow of an architect to a great extent. The architect can produce numerous views from numerous points right way. The architects can build up concept from all views and the types of drawings through the interrelation of a BIM. With BIM, the architect will be able to make all images and facets of the building immediately.

Reiteration is one of the great features of BIM. If any architect has completed any residential project through BIM software, he/she will be able to create a series of parts to be reprocessed repeatedly. The architect can get door and window objects which fulfill their graphic standards and contain various types of embedded information.

BIM empowers the architect to accomplish several designs which involve plans as well as sections, elevations, 3D models, and schedules. All these are created instantly and the architect can avail enormous design data with each iteration. The architect can view and evaluate several versions of even simple design modifications in endless ways. The real values of various options turn out to be much more perceptible and definable. Having all this data, the designer will get the ability to change his viewpoint from creating all the drawings that depict the alterations to exploring and analyzing all the alterations (and finds new ideas from that knowledge).

BIM comes with scopes to design with additional data and in more dimensions. BIM includes energy evaluation characteristics facilitating the designers to insert energy modeling to their design criteria. Now the architect can authenticate and develop their design decisions regarding material choices, thermal properties, and solar orientation.

BIM also offers the scopes for making changes in resolution. The Architect applying BIM for their design will be able to dial up or down the aspect of a model, either by inserting only the appropriate information or by concealing information. If the architect observes BIM through the lens of model resolution, the diversity of output turns out to be evident. BIM maintains the balance amid grain, complexity, and order. A designer can model as much or as little is necessary to shift the project forward and then capable of communicating only the pertinent information to the client. And that information can then be adjusted on the basis of whom it is allocated with. If the architect recognizes relevant resolution to BIM, it helps him to remain in control and not caught up by redundant data.

Resolution control facilitates the architect to sort out data in proper & visual ways. Numerous dimensions facilitate to graphically signify all natures of interesting data in remarkable ways. Iteration and speed help to use the identical graphics and image quality, as soon as a suitable standard is built up, all through the every scheme and design change.

So, every architect should embrace technology to enhance the design progression and workflow and be ahead of competition.

  

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New software and services for developing BIM process

New software and services are emerging in the market for advancing implementation of BIM among construction Industries. As for example The Viewpoint For Project Collaboration enhances the communication connecting internal and external project stakeholders through the application of BIM collaboration tools.

Another example is that Trimble has acquired the assets of privately held company, MAYBIM. With this acquisition of MAYBIM, Trimble expands its services to towards customizable project deliverables along with 3D modeling, BIM coordination, and 3D laser scanning and modeling from scanned print clouds.

  

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AEC sectors can now avail numerous BIM data from GROHE

GROHE, the leading European bathroom manufacturer, is providing BIM data for architects, engineers and construction industry. BIM comes up with a useful process for producing and networking data for global construction industry.

BIM presents quick and superior options for software-based planning, implementation and supervision of construction projects. GROHE is well known for manufacturing sanitary fittings and committed to make a sea change in global construction industry. Towards fulfilling its commitment, GROHE now offers BIM data on some 100 of its high-class sanitary products for planners, architects and interior designers. GROHE also provides an on-demand service in favor of architects who need a model not included with online top 100 selection.

The BIM practice confines and integrates all pertinent building data in a digital representation that is visualised through a building model. All the related files and lists are updated accordingly if any modifications occur with the model.

All project stakeholders can avail a mutual and persistently synchronized database. This guarantees constant availability of the most updated data that leads to superior and quicker interchange of information. Besides, enhancing productivity throughout the planning and construction stages, BIM can also streamline the management and maintenance of the accomplished building right through its lifecycle, providing long-standing advantages for owners and operators.

Architects, planners, engineers and contractors can make extensive application of BIM data at the time of specifying products. They can provide the BIM data of any product in their project and get the results on available space, style and decor, technical requirements and costs.

Accessible BIM data is considered to be vital factor in winning a supply contract for a project. BIM also facilitates the manufacturer to constantly put in value to its product information as well as update it on a continuing basis. Project contributors can obtain BIM data on plentiful Internet portals. GROHE’s BIM ready data can be obtainable in Autodesk Revit format on the company website as well as on www.bimstore.co.uk.

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Roof Framing Extensions for Autodesk Revit

This exclusive video tutorial is presented by Autodesk Building Solutions. Roof Framing Extensions for Autodesk Revit 2013 software applications is comprised of two extensions that help automate modeling of roofs in Autodesk Revit, Autodesk Revit Structure and Autodesk Revit Architecture software applications.

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IMAGINiT Technologies offers $64,000 worth of BIM training

IMAGINiT Technologies is going to present $64,000 worth of Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) funded Building Information Modeling (BIM) training to members of the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) focusing on Introduction to BIM, BIM and Revit MEP and BIM and Navisworks courses. There exists 100 places on the program. Under this training, top-notch instruction and award-winning ASCENT curriculum will be available to the members.

The attendee students can enhance their knowledge in every session with the combination of top-tier instructors and proven curriculum.

BIM is widely acknowledged all through Australia for collaboration and project creation in entire construction sectors. Even on a global scale, some governments make it compulsory for all building projects in their countries. Recently Singapore Government recommends BIM to be implemented to all construction projects.

IMAGINiT offers a wide array of public and custom in-house CAD training courses via expert-led classroom-based, live online, on-demand, and private class options.

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Autodesk authorize Ideate to sell and support their cloud-based BIM collaboration software tools

Ideate gets authorization from autodesk to sell and support cloud-based BIM collaboration softwares ranging from Autodesk BIM 360 Field and Autodesk BIM 360 Glue. These cloud based softwares provide great assistance to the construction and infrastructure industries by providing well organized and uncomplicated BIM workflows to find out & coordinate conflicts, simulation and visualization combining infrastructure and construction projects.
                        

Autodesk BIM 360 Glue offers cloud-based solution which is very effective for BIM collaboration. It makes the multidiscipline model coordination and conflict detection procedure simple. The project stakeholder can easily get access for the project lifecycle. Autodesk BIM 360 Glue empowers Architects, engineers, owners, and builders from different corner of the world to communicate with each other as well as cooperate and integrate in real time through the office or mobile gadgets.
                  

Autodesk BIM 360 Field acts as an useful field management software for construction sectors. Unlike carrying pads of paper and tubes of drawings on the jobsite, Autodesk BIM 360 Field amalgamates mobile technologies and BIM at the point of construction to manuever and annotate models accompanying field data for management. Autodesk BIM 360 Field significantly enhances the quality, security and profitability of projects and companies. The project stakeholders can easily make their BIM models up-to-date with commissioning data concerning handover, operations, and maintenance. Besides, the users can instantly transmit project pitfalls, status, and descriptions in 2D or 3D.

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BIM steamline the design process for engineering firms

Engineers can apply BIM process in design stages and couple it with better project delivery options to automate much of the design workflow. This can lead to improvements in engineering design and product detailing productivity. Thus engineering firms can reap the benefits of direct cost reduction.

BIM can minimize errors, curtail lead times and improve information flows to support logistics.

With the help of BIM Civil engineers should be able to develop design for most complex buildings today. BIM is being implemented in the planning, design, construction, and asset management of civil engineering projects. Civil engineers get the ability to adopt data collection, collaborative design, and digital data sharing.

BIM technology help architects and engineers to create a 3-D model of a building or structure which will be used for analysis and design to make the design process very simple.

BIM facilitates optimization of the design regarding function, time, and cost and virtually build the infrastructure to attain coordination prior to commencement of actual construction on a site. The construction sequence is rationalized.

The single, real-time model and user-specific views allow much superior interrogation of design and precise, synchronized documentation of everything is available for engineering project.

Civil engineers get the ability to sequence construction, equipment, and materials and track advancement against logistics and timelines set up by application of laser scanning for up-to-date as-builts.



BIM generates component-based construction models that lead to the virtual construction, sequencing, and operation of infrastructure toward the planning and design stage. BIM caters for design optimization to evaluate and distinguish various approaches to sustainable designs with correlated lifecycle costing.

BIM empowers the Engineers to quantify the value of trade-offs among the building elements (structural, electrical, mechanical) and reduces the inconsistencies connecting these elements which may result in energy savings.

With BIM engineering documents are mechanically coordinated, eliminating errors and omissions, which can lead to better-engineered buildings delivered on time and on budget. BIM based 3D modeling process accelerate the design stage providing substantial advantages in accuracy and complication. These models are able to effortlessly design and manage multifaceted air handling, electrical and plumbing systems, the widest selection of components and materials with an supplementary capability for generating cross sectional diagrams to be produced and customized parametrically. 3D models can also be utilized to easily create exact and coordinated 2D versions.

BIM collaborates immaculately across disciplinary borders in shared multi-disciplinary models. In brief, Engineers get advantages during efficient processes, improved collaboration, more informed decisions, accelerated understanding of the building elements and improved data quality and data efficiency.

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Tekla launch new software version Tekla Structure 17 for BIM Collaboration

Tekla, one of the leading BIM software activist has launch a new version of its main product Tekla Structure just after the launch of new Tekla BIMsight application. This Tekla Structures 17 is ready to download on the Tekla Extranet. It has many improvements for project collaboration and even more interoperability with other software systems. In 2004 the Tekla Structures BIM (Building Information Modeling) software was first launched. Today this quite popular software is used by construction professionals around the world to model, detail, fabricate and build many of the buildings, bridges, sports complexes and other structures that surround us in everyday lives.

The new version contains the capability of improved clash checking, organizing, viewing, snapping, commenting and project managing tools, including easy input to the free of charge Tekla BIMsight collaboration application launched. Tekla Structures 17 provides even more interoperability than before with leading software systems, such as Unitechnik, BVBS 2.0, and BETSY for those operating in the precast concrete industry. For the steel industry there is now an improved DSTV connection to CNC machinery. Tekla Structures 17 allows higher accuracy with more customizable and automated drawings. Visualization of parts and objects in the model has been enhanced by, for example, providing a larger color palette to choose a correct tone from. Tekla Structures 17 functions are more and more Windows-like to make its use more intuitive and standardized. The development of user experience and assistance is continuous at Tekla. In addition, Tekla Structures 17 is now certified to support the use of 3Dconnexion mouse.

In general, Tekla Structures 17 beta version testers from all over the world think that the new Tekla Structures version introduces some very useful new features and great improvements. "It appears that Tekla are committed to advancing their development and ironing out the product before its release," said Tim Fox from PDC Global. "It would be a challenge to Tekla's competitors to attempt to achieve the same level of commitment!"

"At Tekla we know how fragmented and complex construction projects can be," said Tekla Executive Vice President Risto Räty. "We also know that building information models have a way of making reality seem much less complicated. We will be there for our existing and potential customers each year with more and more organized BIM software and the most devoted technical support in the industry to enable them collaborate across all organizations to make great deliverables for building and construction."

BIM(Building Information Modeling) provides great benefits to specialty contractors

Now-a-days the specialty contractors are adopting BIM process in all parts of construction project to collaborate on a project with owners and general contractors.

With BIM the specialty contractors provide digital takeoff to run the digital estimate and digital prints providing the estimator and project managers to proficiently carry out takeoffs and collaborate across the entire scope of the project.

The specialty contractors can easily tie the data from BIM models to other programs for estimating and scheduling to connect the entire construction lifecycle.

BIM reduces the time to perform recurring calculations for specialty contractors and thus enhance profit & reduce risks.

The specialty contractors are able to create schedules, plans, and a bill of materials for building components.

The specialty contractors can slice up the project into smaller working parts and pieces with just one set of working drawings in the trailer.

By applying BIM the specialty contractors facilitate efficient paradigms for buyouts and estimating through the process of procurement and buying the material

With BIM the specialty contractors get positive returns on investment (ROI) in the technology. BIM can also bring benefits to the specialty contractors with respect to spatial interferences, visualization of electrical design, space use, trade coordination, and shop drawings submittal and review.

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