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The BIM
Modeling Convention
AUTHOR: Predrag Jovanović, BIM Consultant
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IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO
DELVE DEEPER INTO THE
ANALYSIS OF THE BIM
ASPECT RELATED TO THE
TOPIC WE ARE GOING TO
COVER, I THINK IT WOULD
BE VERY USEFUL TO DEFINE,
AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF
THE ARTICLE, THE CONTEXT
AND DEFINITION OF THE
WORD „CONVENTION“ PUT
IN THE CONTEXT OF BIM
WORKFLOW. THERE ARE
INDEED MANY DEFINITIONS
OF WHAT THE WORD
CONVENTION MEANS
EXACTLY, DEPENDING ON
THE CONTEXT IN WHICH
THE WORD CONVENTION IS
USED. IN TRYING TO FIND
THE CORRECT DEFINITION
OF THE WORD
CONVENTIONS, WHICH
WOULD BEST FIT INTO THE
CONTEXT OF A BIM
WORKFLOW, I CAME
ACROSS TWO DEFINITIONS
THAT, IN MY OPINION, BEST
FIT THIS PURPOSE.
By the first definition, the word
„convention“ in the context of a
BIM workflow can be defined as:
"A rule, methodology or common
practice established by long-term
use by users."
Another very appropriate definition
of the word „convention“,
which can help us put the word in
the right context within the BIM
workflow, is: "A convention is an
agreement, an agreed use, and a
standard procedure established
by long-term use by users."
Both of the above-mentioned
definitions of the word „convention“
meaning fit perfectly in the
context of the BIM workflow, and
I took and translated them from
Dictionary.com.
JAN 2021
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