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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.
So 3D models, which are developed by utilizing Revit software represent the final design of the building systems. Hence it is important that multidiscipline models are developed accurately as per architect’s specifications.
The good thing is that, Revit has unique features and tools which help the design development teams to integrate and collaborate with each other when  design of building systems  are developed.
By collaborating with each other, design team, which include design coordinators, BIM modelers and sometimes architects and engineers high quality building design is created or developed. Design details are shared between the team members and that helps them in improving the design.
 With the assistance of Revit the whole design team can collaborate on the same model and hence modifications can also be made on that model by individuals. But it all depends upon the design requirement. If in case one of the design members feels that certain alterations can help in buildings performance it is applied in the model.

In this way various, new design ideas are discovered by the design team which are successfully implemented in the design. 

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