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Introduction to BIM
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**Building Information Modeling**, or **BIM**, is a way of digitally describing
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our built environment to computers. Aspects of our built environment that can be
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described are:
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- **Products**, like walls, doors, and windows
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- **Processes**, like construction or maintenance tasks, and procedures
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- **Resources**, like labour, materials, and equipment
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- **Controls**, like permits, orders, costs, or calendar availability
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- **Actors**, like occupants, clients, architects, and liable parties
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- **Groups**, like systems, inventories, or zones
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These objects may have lots of data and relationships. Examples of data might be
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classification systems, physical materials, associated documents, simulation
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results, and construction types. The data may be relevant to multiple
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disciplines, such as architecture, engineering, and construction.
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.. note::
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BIM data is very different from a regular 3D model. In fact, geometry is
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optional, and most data is non-geometric. This means that it is not simply a
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3D format that you can import or export from and expect meaningful results.
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**Industry Foundation Classes**, or **IFC**, is an international standard for
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**BIM**. **IFC** is the most well-established open digital language for our
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built environment. Most software will be able to describe their **BIM** data
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using **IFC**. Most commonly, **IFC** models will be shared as a ``.ifc`` file.
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For example, **IFC** will define a wall as an object that can have a name,
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construction type, and quantities. **IFC** will also describe that a wall that
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be associated with a location, like a building storey, or have an associated
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cost item in a schedule.
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When you use the BlenderBIM Add-on, you will be able to view and create **BIM**
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objects and relationships using the **IFC** standard.
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Things you can do
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The BlenderBIM Add-on is designed to be a full BIM authoring platform. Its
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capabilities have a similar scope to other modeling platforms, costing programs,
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scheduling software, CAD packages, and simulation software. It is too numerous
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to list in full, but an example of what is possible include:
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- Viewing models, including spaces, properties, and relationships
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- Edit and extract attributes and properties
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- Moving objects, and changing their geometry
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- Create new objects using library elements
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- Manage classification systems, document and library references
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- Generating 2D drawings, schedules, and creating sheets
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- Investigating and editing structural analysis models
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- Connecting and managing distribution systems and ports
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- Creating construction schedules, critical path analysis, and generating sequence animations
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- Creating cost schedules, using formulas, and deriving quantities from model elements
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- Clash detection and managing issues for model coordination
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... and much, much more.
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