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BIM

How to maintain/organize metadata during CAD Interoperability

When it comes to converting the constructional, architectural, and other designs or models from one software to another, it becomes essential to bring comprehensive model metadata together. The reason behind this requirement is simple: just structures or 3D model won’t help in subsequent stages, wherein the components with the inherited information will support the project in diverse stages and allow the project manager and the associates to drive …

BIM

SolidWorks to Revit Conversion – Avoiding Common Pitfalls in File Conversion

Recent trends in the construction and architectural sectors have paved the way for new ideas and innovations that improve project quality and enhance team coordination. One such innovative approach to fueling the process is to connect the workflows of two different project genres: Mechanical and Architectural. SolidWorks, as outstanding mechanical design software, can link with architectural workflows of Revit and improve the scope of …

WGM

Tailoring BIM Workflows with Custom BIM Work Group Manager

What is essential for an industry, especially an industry like AEC? While we say there are various important aspects that sustain the industry, one prominent factor is a collaborative approach and the respective process. Since the AEC industries are moving forward with Building Information Modelling (BIM) alliance, preserving credibility and tailoring the BIM workflows is inevitable and offers more …

BIM

How to Choose the Right BIM Interoperability Plugin for Your Workflow

How would you test a car? On a test track, or on real roads? Many BIM managers make mistakes with interoperability plugins. They test them only in controlled environments. Choosing a plugin because it “supports Revit and Tekla” on paper. The demo looks flawless. Export works. Import works. Then you try to use it in a real workflow. Three weeks into a …

BIM

Why your Manufacturing models fail to be integrated with BIM

The engineering and construction aspects, which were just a mere dream in the primitive times, have become the most inevitable factor of the industry in recent times, with the assistance of digitalization and technology. One such factor is the collaborative medium and the integration of manufacturing models with BIM. Integrating these two domains of the construction industry …

BIM

Common Pitfalls in SolidWorks Model Transfers and How to Avoid Them

A major practice that has grown highly inevitable in the construction and manufacturing industries is the use of different design data from vital software. A model and the data developed from one software are shared or transferred to another software, where the converted data is used for several purposes of the project. This model of …

CAD

How does BIMDeX enhance the workflow with AutoCAD Plant 3D to Revit Integration?

In recent years, the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industries, and the major disciplines of Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP), have been seeing predominant growth with digitalization playing the pilot role. AutoCAD Plant 3D and Revit are two of the essential software solutions that assist the above industries, and various professionals who are all using …

BIM

Understanding the Role of BXF in Modern BIM Workflows

The advanced abilities of the construction industry with digitalization have equally increased the complexity of the projects from various perspectives. While BIM is the mainstream in recent years, it has eventually stimulated better practices with complexities tailgating along. BIM workflows include the method for data transmission between the software solutions used for a project. With …

Product Engineering

Introducing BIMDeX Manager: Simplifying Data Exchange

The essence of innovation in the construction industry is moving beyond boundaries and revealing ideal opportunities for users to try more exclusive methods of construction. That said, accurate design data conversion through innovative methods holds more prominence. Achieving a simplified data exchange is essential for the construction community, as it provides an easy and impactful …

CAD

How to Maintain Data Integrity When Exchanging CAD Files?

What is essential to sustain the interconnectedness of Engineering and design environments? While various factors determine this sustainability, we say that ideal collaboration will suffice for the requirements. The Engineering and design environment can acquire the desired collaboration by exchanging the created CAD designs to envision the model and make informed decisions. Connecting those CAD …