BIM 2022
by: Eric Wing
Implementation within a Multi-Trade Environment
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he term implementation is a funny thing. Back in the day when I worked for an Autodesk reseller, I suppose that was my job. To perform an implementation at a firm trying to get on Revit. 15 years ago, it was pretty cut and dry. OK, you use AutoCAD now you want to use Revit. Perfect, show me what your drawings look like in AutoCAD (discovery phase) and we will make Revit look like that. Step-1. You good? Wing…Out! (In my mind I’m doing a mic drop and I’m awesome). On to the next client that I can do this with, but I don’t have to hang around to actually enforce this stuff. Fast forward 15 years, and I find most firms are still at step one. How can that be? I mean…how
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hard is it to make a symbol with a little triangle inside of a circle? I’ll tell you how hard it is. It’s this next sentence that put’s the brakes on the entire implementation. “Well, the firm I worked at last is a circle inside of a triangle, not a triangle inside of a circle, I’ve been doing that for 25 years”. Yep, here we go. Wow, we can’t get past that? So, step 1. How do we implement and maintain a set of standards across all trades? Step 2. Implementing BIM. Pretty similar to step one. I think it should be straight forward as well. Don’t model a pipe through the middle of a duct.
AUGIWorld Magazine | June 2021 augi.com
