What types of building information are best portrayed in 3D views?
- Which stakeholders require 2D views, and why?
Give examples of how the building information for a specific location in the project needs to be filtered for different audiences and purposes?
Different BIM content is important for different audiences and purposes. For example, a client or a potential buyer should be able to see the building envelope, furniture, light fixtures, and other aesthetic / building organization items. However, these same items are not valuable for a construction worker / construction manager. For this audience, the important information to show is the building envelope such as external and internal walls, windows, doors, and stairways. These are elements that they will be actually building as opposed to furniture that will be bought. Also, another example of an audience is a project manager. A project manager would be interested in seeing door, wall, and window schedules to know use that information for cost estimation.
Should your design ideas always be conveyed through photorealistic renders?
No, the design should not always be conveyed through photorealistic renders. Photorealistics renders are good for proposals for building and presenting a full picture to stakeholders responsible for funding or buying the building. However, a photorealistic render is not very valuable for construction and cost estimation because the dimension details are not there as well as the separate floor plans that make the building design easier to read and understand.
Name some applications where viewing the building and model information in virtual reality or augmented reality would be most beneficial?
- Are there advantages to using a C.A.V.E as a virtual environment versus VR headsets?
How can schedule views be used to assist with procurement and model-based estimating?
Schedule views help with procurement by automatically pulling quantities, materials, and product details directly from the model, so teams know exactly what to order and when. They can also be linked to the project schedule, which allows materials to be delivered in time for the construction phases. For estimating, schedule views make it easy to generate accurate quantity estimates that can update whenever the model changes which supports real-time cost estimating and helps track how design decisions affect the budget.