BIM Reading (Week 3)

BIM is a very important idea which is up and coming in the fields of engineering, architecture and construction. The articles which I chose to read this week pertaining to the subject included:

• "Building Information Modeling: An Academic Perspective"


• "What is Building Information Modeling (BIM)?"

The first article which I read discussed the importance of BIM in AEC and how it is being integrated into different courses so that students get hands on experience with the idea of BIM. In general, it talked about how students from different majors had to use softwares like REVIT to create buildings. The students learned about systems within buildings and also how to create them, while getting an idea of how different parameters within BIM softwares work. The article also discussed how students were able to creatively solve engineering problems, which the aricle said would be helpful for the students when they graduated and got jobs within the AEC feild. The last thing that the article talked about was the idea that students were also asked to create families and how this was done within different BIM softwares.

The second article which I read discussed the terminology associated with BIM, or in other terms BIM taxonomy. The article took the reader through the different important things associated with BIM buildings, most importantly systems, spaces and overlays. Systems are always seen within buildings in BIM design, as they are the mechanical components, electrical components, architecural components, etc. Spaces are the different areas of a building, and are typically divided into rooms (i.e. each room is a space). The overlays are the different components of the building and generally fall within the category of families. This article was very interesting as it intertwined the different concepts associated with BIM and made them easier to understand

After reading both of these articles, along with the assigned reading, I feel that I have a very good understanding of the components associated BIM. The assigned article gave an overview of the different things that BIM allows you to do and how it works, while the articles I read went more in depth into why they will be important within the AEC field as well as more specific definitions of the components which make up BIM technologies. I agree with Katie adn others that believe BIM is an up and coming technology and will be important in the future of the AE field. From personal experience, I know that it is used and helps to create buildings in a very efficient way. Personlly, I use REVIT right now and after getting used to it I love it. It is very easy to learn and has helped me to understand buildings much better.