So I’ve been working for a while now on my new BIM for Manufacturers class, videos, presentation, etc and I’m pretty geeked about rolling it out at AU. BIM as many of you know is one of the few ackronyms we through around here… just a few [grin]. It stands for Building Information Modeling and it is absolutely revolutionizing the way in which buildings are designed, constructed, and commissioned. If you are a building product or equipment manufacturer you are already aware of the demands for “BIM content”.
So what architects, contractors, and building owners are asking of you sounds at the surface at least an easy request. “Hey, you already have that thing-a-ma-bob already modeled up – why don’t you just sent that my way so I can put it into my Revit file?” Oh, what’s that you say…. It’s a 15,000 part assembly, and you have every nut bolt and washer, tolerance, drilled and tapped hole, folded and unfolded sheet metal parts built into that model. Well that’s just too much detail, why would you put that much detail into a 3D model…. Hmmm, maybe its because our entire manufacturing process is derived from my Digital Prototype.
So this is the dilemma that I’m working to resolve. How can I provide information to architects, contractors, and engineers that contains the right information, with the right level of detail, right now?
Ready for it….wait, here it comes – It depends.
That’s Confucius level thinking there eh? Did you hear the harpsichord in the background while you read the ultimate answer – It depends… I did.
But seriously it depends on two key things. Your current deliverables – are you a 2D or 3D house. Second it depends on your desired result – is this a situation where I can send “the” exact configuration of a specific order to the architect, or do I want to market my products through an online resource designed specifically to host product specifications and design files?
So you see what I mean then, right? It honestly depends. Over the next month I’m going to be rolling out workflows for four key profiles in this process.
1. 2D design houses that are happy to be 2D for now but still need to create 3D BIM content. Without slowing down engineering production.
2. Autodesk Inventor houses that want to protect intellectual property, but also want to provide BIM content without remodeling what has already been modeled.
3. AnyCAD houses that can utilize the tools designed specifically to simplify models using native translators and AEC Exchange functionality again to provide BIM content without remodeling.
4. Houses that want to publish a catalog of products, in multiple formats, and host that data on an online resource designed to host product specification and design files.
So a lot of information coming out after Autodesk University. Stay tuned and I hope to see many of you in two weeks in Las Vegas baby!. (what you can’t say Vegas without saying Vegas Baby….right?)
-Rob
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