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A short exposition on the development of multidisciplinary 3D models!

The concept of developing 3D virtual models for the purpose of executing a building project was not there for long instead it is a new trend that have been optimized by AEC professionals for streamlining building activities or methods.  Until BIM’s presence in the industry CAD software served the purpose of developing models. But modeling process was soon dominated by BIM software such as Revit in context of construction industry. Huge amount of information and data is needed by BIM modelers for developing multidiscipline 3D models. In other words design data or information is required by the modelers of service providing company for the execution of modeling services.

Be it architectural, structural or MEP model, they are all developed on the basis of the design developed by relevant engineers. On the other hand multidiscipline 3D models are created on the basis of design created by architect, structural engineer or MEP engineers. So the information related to the design is always present in the CAD drawings which are developed by the technicians at the time of drafting process. In other words execution of architectural, structural and MEP drafting is very crucial prior to the execution of modeling services since relevant drafting documents are used for reference purpose during modeling.

So it is important for the modelers of the service providing company that they have all the necessary drafting documents with them while they develop 3D models. While working on a Revit modeling project CAD files are generally linked by the modelers in their current project for extracting the information. For example while making 3D floor plans in Revit it is important for modelers to have all the CAD floor plan drawings with them which when linked to the project help in obtaining information.


So in this way more than one CAD file is linked by the modelers to their current project for developing effective models. It’s not just the CAD drawings that are used for getting information however thing like PDF and other external sources are optimized by BIM modelers for developing precise 3D models in BIM software.  

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