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3D and 4D BIM models are very crucial for curtailing design and time based clashes

For high productivity during project lifecycle it is crucial that design and construction professionals try to sort out all the clashes which are either based on design or on time. All kinds of clashes are very harmful for the productivity of Architecture, Engineering and Construction professionals who hold the responsibility of constructing a building on time. Design and time based clashes can be considered as the main obstacles for architects and engineers when it comes to the late accomplishment of the building project.

Architectural, structural and MEP design is represented by design and construction professionals through digital parametric models which are extensively produced with the support of 3D modeling software Revit. The parametric models created through Revit Architecture, Revit Structure and Revit MEP services, are highly indispensable for architects and engineers for curtailing design based clashes. If design and construction professionals want to compare multidiscipline elements in context of determining design based clashes between them, it can be accomplished in Navisworks Manage which are is also designed by the same manufacturer which has developed Revit. That means Autodesk product Navisworks is also very important for those professionals which are associated with AEC industry as it helps in determining clashes between the elements of 3D Revit models which are developed for different building disciplines.

That means only 3D BIM remains relevant for AEC professionals when they have to identify design based clashes. On the other hand for finding out time based clashes design and construction professionals will have to execute 4D BIM modeling, wherein one more dimension is included in 3D BIM. Time remains the new dimension of 3D BIM and hence all the information associated to time requirements of the building project can be obtained from 4D BIM. So as design based clashes or collisions are identified by AEC professionals through 3D BIM, similarly time-based collisions can only be pointed out and rectified through 4D models.


The very phrase ‘flawless construction’ becomes an actual practice if both design and time based clashes are effectively sorted out in preconstruction. 

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