Tuesday, November 30, 2010

AU 2010 - Day 1 Content Review

So I had four sessions today covering various topics; Advanced Curtain Wall, Adaptive Components, uing BIM in construction documents and BIM and interiors.

One session I was completly lost on what they were talking about. They did a survey months prior to the session and it revealed that a lot of people are not familiar on using adaptive components. This sessions went through very quickly and had, what I thought, some pretty advanced examples. The concept of what you can do with them is incredible - but it was not presented well.

I'm starting to see a few trends across a number of the courses so far. 1) Use a BIP (BIM Implimentation Plan) and define what level of detail you need in your model. 2) If you have a number of repeating rooms, do one room using 3D components for visualization and coordination - remainder of rooms can be 2D or 2.5D. 3) Define what is considered a clash. Are a bunch of 2" pipe penetrating a slab a clash when in reality they wouldn't sleeve them but core them after the fact? This comes full circle in using a BIP and defining your expectations.

Tomorrow is a new day and I'm hoping for some stellar presentations.

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