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Mastering Autodesk® Revit® Architecture 2013
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Mastering Autodesk® Revit® Architecture 2013

by Phil Read, James Vandezande, Eddy Krygiel
July 2012
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
1138 pages
33h 50m
English
Wiley
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Chapter 7

Working with Consultants

Whether you work on large or small projects — on residential, commercial, or industrial building types — collaboration is an almost certain aspect of the workflow you will encounter when implementing BIM. This chapter discusses important considerations for interdisciplinary coordination as well as the tools within Autodesk® Revit® Architecture software to help you manage the process. This chapter covers aspects of collaboration solely utilizing the Revit Architecture platform, and Chapter 8, “Interoperability: Working Multiplatform,” focuses on collaborating with other software programs.

In this chapter, you'll learn to:

  • Prepare for interdisciplinary collaboration
  • Collaborate using linked Revit models
  • Use Copy/Monitor between linked models
  • Run interference checks

Preparing for Collaboration

Working alone in the Revit environment will deliver measurable increases in productivity, quality, and consistency; however, the true benefit of building information modeling (BIM) is the ability to effectively collaborate between design disciplines with contractors and deliver useful data to facility operators.

Social BIM

The difference between these working paradigms has been described as lonely BIM vs. social BIM by John Tocci of Tocci Building Corporation (www.tocci.com), which is a forward-thinking construction company headquartered in Woburn, Massachusetts. Lonely BIM can also be referred to as the use of “isolated BIM techniques for targeted tasks,” ...

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