Tristans BIM diary 2

The feeling of operating left handed is still present, but I’m finding some similarities to architectural desktop, such as drawing walls clockwise and counterclockwise affects the bias of finish facing. The thing I found most useful from the classroom was the discovery that the selection method differs from other programs, in that control is used to add to the selection, and shift to subtract. This has saved me a lot 1 of time, and was a prime source of confusion/frustration. I’m researching Usonian homes for my first assignment. I like think the regulating grids should help when it comes to drafting in revit. BIM programs have a lot of potential, they allow multiple disciplines to work on a single model; so revisions to the model are available to everyone more or less immediately. This aids in avoiding complications, such as unforeseen intersections of plumbing or electrical with HVAC. But in some ways BIM is still an emerging technology, and promises of easy cross platform file transfers, are somewhat dubious. We have no universal standard. Also the programs are processor intensive, and the control interfaces are evolving so hardware must be updated and employees trained and retrained in the latest BIM applications. I have no doubt BIM will become as commonplace as CAD in architectural offices. Certainly for large projects the benefits over hand drafting and or even CAD are evident, but the environmental modeling tools in BIM programs are useful on smaller projects as well as large office towers. Processors will catch up with the programs soon, and ram becomes cheaper and faster as often as hemlines rise and fall. So the hardware problem is being solved in time. The programs will likely go through successively less dramatic changes from version to version, and this should aid in the development of a common file type, or a solid standard for cross platform import/export; until then it seems a little wild west.