Podcasting

AUDIENCE: Revit Architecture beginners
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Transcript:

// Hello there! My name is Shawna, and I’d like to introduce you to BIM and some other related concepts utilized in the building industry. // // Building Information Modeling, or, BIM, is a concept that describes working with a 3D model that is connected to a database, and the storage and retrieval of the information from the database via the 3D model. Revit is the premiere BIM tool in which BIM projects are created. // // Another term associated with BIM in industry is Design Visualization. While it’s helpful for us as designers to be able to see our buildings take shape, it’s also beneficial to the client. Generally speaking, our clients aren’t going to be well-versed in blueprint reading. But being able to deliver rendered images of our design intent can help us convey our ideas more easily. // // One of the aspects of BIM and Revit that helps us design, edit, and manipulate our model is the Parametric Relationships of the model. Our 3d model is “intelligent,” and understands relationships of components. For example, if we add a door to a wall, the wall is cut, and the door is inserted in the space – with as little as a single command. Additionally, if we remove the door, the wall heals itself without our telling it to. So, Parametric Relationships describes the interactions of the components of your 3D model. // // Another term is Bidirectional Associativity. This refers to the relationship across the project. For example, if there is an order change from ten (10) 3’x5’ windows to ten (10) 4’x5’ windows, and I change them in the 3D model, then the schedules are automatically updated – as well as anywhere else in the project those windows exist. Where the “Bidirectional” aspect comes in, is the fact that I can change these windows in the *schedule*, and my model is then updated – it works both ways. // // That concludes this session. Thank you for stopping by! For more BIM vocabulary, continue on to the next segment. //