Week 4, Abdulghani Albaloushi, Group D

Advantages of Revit/BIM

 

Revit is a BIM program that is used by architects, structural engineers, and MEP engineers. It allows you to design buildings including their detailed components in 3D and 2D.  The idea is to design a 3D model or virtual representation of the actual physical structure. It is compatible to work with 4D BIM (which refers to the intelligent combination of 3D CAD components with time or deadline related information).  The 4D tool tracks the different stages in the building’s lifecycle from initiation to conclusion, and also performs material quantity calculations.

 

Revit can also be used as a very great collaboration tool between different disciplines in the building design process. When using Revit in a project, one should look at a company’s existing workflow process and determine if such an elaborate collaboration is needed.

 

The Revit work environment also allows clients to control whole buildings (project environment) or individual 3D shapes (family editor environment). As mentioned earlier, by using Revit, the user can design a building and its components in 3D, annotate the model with 2D drafting elements and access building information from the building model database. When Revit is used in the initial design stage, the 3D massing of a building is easily and clearly developed. It also speeds up the development of the whole model and increases the accuracy of the final product

 

Revit had made building design process much easier. Many companies nowadays invest in BIM for better design, project quality and documentation. Multinational companies such as AECOM, Skidmore, Owings & Merril (SOM), and Emaar use Revit for more insight and better predictability for their projects, and as result achieve better business results.

 
Comment to Derik
I agree. The transformation from a 2D basic drawing to a complicated 3D (even 4D and 5d) is extremely important in this day and age. I also agree that Revit does a great job in integrating the different disciplines of the design.
 
Comment to Mark
I agree that if designer worked with the owner on design, this will definitely reduce the amount of errors and will reduce the design costs. Using BIM software like Revit saves both time and money.
 
Comment to Jonathan
I agree. Revit is one of the best CAD software in representing the product/plans to the clients. It is extremely useful for floor plans as wells. I agree that this software can be used by both architects and engineers.
 
Sources:

"Case Study: WSP Flack + Kurtz." WSP Flack + Kurtz | BIM Case Study | Autodesk. AUTODESK, n.d. Web. 26 Jan. 2015.

"Skidmore, Owings & Merrill." Autodesk -. AUTODESK, n.d. Web. 26 Jan. 2015.

 

Dickard, Paul. "AECOM Deploys BIM for United Kingdom Schools." AECOM Deploys Building Information Modeling (BIM) for United Kingdom Schools. AECOM, 20 July 2011. Web. 26 Jan. 2015.