Appendix A. The Bottom Line
Chapter 1: Understanding Basic BIM: From the Basics to Advanced Realities
- Identify the advantages of building information modeling.
The traditional architectural design tools you've mastered are probably serving you well. New software and a new conceptual model of the building process will inevitably involve some adjustments, so they need to provide significant benefits.
- Master It
What are some of the advantages of using BIM over traditional CAD tools?
- Solution
BIM is a model-based tool that keeps your documents coordinated in a single file. As a modeling tool, representational drawings such as plan and section are by-products of modeling, not separately managed drawing files. BIM is also well suited for making early design ...
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