A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
This chapter examines some of the architectural issues that arise or may be addressed as a result of software choices. BIM is rapidly evolving and expanding, both as a social phenomenon and a technological space. Software developers both respond and drive that evolution. Arguably the first BIM application, ArchiCAD has long been available on both Macintosh and Windows platforms. It is commonly recommended, for example, that Revit users develop massing models in applications with more robust or accessible 3D modeling tools, and then import the model into the BIM modeler when the architect is ready to proceed beyond the massing stage. Revit, like ArchiCAD, allows the application of dynamic vector hatches to 3D as well as 2D surfaces. BIM applications address the issue of scale and the automated display of appropriate information in a simplified, progressive but effective manner.
This chapter examines some of the architectural issues that arise or may be addressed as a result of software choices. BIM is rapidly evolving and expanding, both as a social phenomenon and a technological space. Software developers both respond and drive that evolution. Arguably the first BIM application, ArchiCAD has long been available on both Macintosh and Windows platforms. It is commonly recommended, for example, that Revit users develop massing models in applications with more robust or accessible 3D modeling tools, and then import the model into the BIM modeler when the architect is ready to proceed beyond the massing stage. Revit, like ArchiCAD, allows the application of dynamic vector hatches to 3D as well as 2D surfaces. BIM applications address the issue of scale and the automated display of appropriate information in a simplified, progressive but effective manner.
Design Software
Lévy, François (author)
2011-11-18
25 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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