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Determine the size of your family according to your project requirement in Revit!

Revit is considered the best choice by architects, engineers, BIM modelers and technicians working in AEC industry for creating families. Families are basically used by BIM modelers while executing Revit modeling services. That makes Revit and Revit modeling services an integral part of construction project execution. Family size matters a lot when it comes to designing a building. In Revit technicians have the luxury to control family size as per the requirement of their project. If in case a smaller size door is required for one of the rooms in the building it can be easily created by using the Family Editor tool of Revit. Revit Family Editor has vital features for developing custom families. The Family size can be controlled by BIM modelers by assigning required dimensions for the family.   In other words the geometry of the family can be easily controlled by assigning parameters in Revit. Take an example of door family; it’s up to Revit modelers what dimensions they want to a

Use BIM for design modifications!

BIM has been present in the construction industry for the last 30 years and in between these decades many revolutionary changes have been brought by this technology. It is optimized by architects and engineers to represent the physical and functional characteristics of the building in a digital form. When a construction project is executed with the assistance of BIM, the first and most important step is to create intelligent 3D models for the representation of different building systems such as architecture, structure and MEP. First of all an architectural framework is designed by an architect for the building in question and later on other systems such as structural framework and MEP systems are designed by Structural Engineers and MEP engineers respectively. Structural framework and MEP systems are designed to support the architectural design of the building and hence architect’s specifications are taken seriously by both structural and MEP engineers for designing their models.

How to develop high performing buildings?

Well, with the growth and development of technology nothing is impossible now; in fact most of us have never imagined that life would be so convenient one day. Just look at the growth and development of construction industry, it’s it amazing. The high rise buildings, tall skyscrapers and distinguishes structures that are spread across all the cosmopolitan cities of the world, are the live example of development of architectural engineering and construction industry.  These are the example of extraordinary engineering practices followed by architects and engineers across the world. Technology is the major tool in the hands of architects and engineers which helps them in constructing extraordinary buildings. BIM is the major technology that has assisted engineers in developing high performing buildings. BIM can be defined as a technology or process that helps architects and engineers in representing the physical and functional characteristics of a facility with the assistance of 3D

Architectural Rendering: What is its importance?

3D architectural rendering process has brought an innovative idea in creating photo-realistic architectural images as well as 3D models. The advent of different kinds of advanced pre-visualization techniques has made a significant change in the creation of architectural designs. Earlier days, there were no such pre-visualization techniques available that enable professionals to visualize the entire project design in an efficient manner. In this technological era, 3D architectural rendering process enables you to make a customized building interior as well as exterior design. This process facilitates several positive aspects like highly effective photo-realistic architectural design, accurate exterior and interior 3D model to users that helps them in getting a clear view of the project. Nowadays, architectural 3D rendering services are used for all types of building projects, i.e. it can be a residential house, a corporate office or any high rise intricate building. These servic

Difference between 3D and 2D floor plans

Floor plans are very important for describing the entire design of a floor.  Generally Floor plans are developed by architects but with the growth of CAD technology, it’s the CAD technicians who are now responsible for developing them with the assistance of Architects. Prior to advent of CAD software, architects and engineers used to visit the location and based on their location analysis they used to create the drawings manually and that was not at all easy. All kinds of construction drawings used to be generated by architects and engineers including the floor plans. But with the advent of CAD technology, development of construction drawings including floor plan became very convenient. Now apart from architects and engineers, CAD technicians are also involved in the generation of floor plans. CAD technicians are highly trained in computer skills and hence they are responsible for executing drafting services wherein drawings generated for the designed buildings. 2D floor plan

What all advantages BIM provides to facility managers?

In construction industry, one of the major challenges for facility managers is to enhance and standardize the quality of building information in such ways that the proposed building will be able to fulfill daily basis operational needs after construction. This information is also sent to upper management for evaluating the entire building’s facilities effectively. Though, various types of data system such as CAD, IWMS, CMMS, CAFM and EAM are used for optimal management of building facilities, assets, and spaces but none of them provides entire application of facility management (FM) practices. Building information modeling or BIM, an emerging technology, has brought a range of opportunities for facility managers that help them in managing a building and its all physical assets in an efficient manner. Asset and facility management are basically a data-centric application because they are performed based on the information included in 3D BIM model. CAFM and IWMS data system a