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BIM According to Autodesk

August 2011

The Autodesk definition of What is BIM ?  Building Information Modeling.

Autodesk Revit Architecture, Structure and MEP are the Autodesk flagship products for the implementation of BIM. The Revit Platform has been developed for multi-discipline design and documentation since 2002. The intent is to provide software tools that create a common digital virtual model of a project.

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ANZRS Standards

June 2011>

ANZRS Standards

The first digital public release of the Australian & New Zealand Revit Standards focuses on Content Creation and Management – specifically, Revit families. The document pack is now available for download.

[v] Click here to download the full document pack.
ANZRS_FAMILY_COMPLIANCE_PACK_PORTFOLIO_v3.pdf

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NZ Standards

July 2011

BIM Procedures

With nearly 10 years of Revit presence in New Zealand, plus a large end user base and several regional User Groups; there is still no consensus of opinion as to what is a 'good' standard to be used for Revit BIM Design and Documentation.
One thing has been learn by many - the hard way - is that Revit models need to be built (assembled) in the same way buildings are really built out there in the real world!
No cutting corners or fudging it!
As a result of supporting many companies in NZ and training hundreds of users, we have documented some of the more obvious Revit Best Practice Procedures.

UK Standards

December 2011

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Construction Sequencing

August 2011

Construction Simulation

Using 3D CAD and Visualization software, provides a whole
new way to convey to business partners and construction crews, how a project will be built.

Click here to view a 10min animation of how BIM can convey the design and construction intent of a project.

The video is of the LeadenHall building in the UK but a New Zealand firm was involved in this '4D' modeling represention.

Thanks to one of our readers (Robin) for forwarding this link.

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Autodesk Revit Model Review

July 2012

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Subscription users of the Autodesk Building Design Suite 2013 Premium edition or Ultimate edition, or AutoCAD Revit Structure Suite, can download Autodesk Revit Model Review from the Subscription Center.

This plug-in tool allows you to automate the process of reviewing and auditing building information modeling (BIM) projects in Autodesk® Revit® models. Use it to...

• Check the accuracy and consistency of a Project or Family against standards set by your firm, your clients, or industry best practices
• Correct inconsistencies with a single click or with instructions provided when manual fixes are required.

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Shared Parameters

July 2011

Unique GUIDs

Creating BIM based models assumes that the digital model will be created partly by others or issued to others. The intent is that others can extract and share information placed in the model by others.

In Revit the most common way to extract information from elements in a model, is to use a Schedule.

The fields used in Schedules can reference the default parameter names provided in Revit OOTB, and other parameter names created by users. The later are known as Shared Parameters.

An extraction difficulty arrises when the Name in the Schedule looks the same as the Element parameter name but is not assigned to the same unique GUID reference. Hence Projects and their embedded Elements and Schedules need to use common GUID references.

The ANZRS Standards v3 has issued sample Shared Parameter files so that people can base their Models and Family definitions on common unique GUIDs.

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