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modelling process, it is common
to define:
After defining the meaning of the
word "convention" in the context
of a BIM workflow, questions
such as the following are
imposing:
• What is the BIM modelling
convention?
• What is the purpose of the BIM
modelling convention?
• Is it possible to successfully
automate the BIM project
process and visualize data
without the BIM modelling
convention?
• Can the BIM modelling
convention become part of the
BIM standard?
Below, I will do my best to answer
each of the questions raised.
What Is The
BIM Modelling
Convention?
The BIM modelling convention is,
in my opinion, an integral part of
the BIM design process.
The BIM modelling convention is
a set of agreements, rules,
methodologies and standard
procedures concerning both the
BIM modelling process itself and
the naming of parameters and
attributes in BIM discipline
models and in a multidisciplinary
BIM project environment.
It is common for the BIM
modelling convention to be
attached as a separate to BIM
Execution Plan.
What Is The
Purpose Of The
BIM Modelling
Convention?
The purpose of the BIM
modelling convention is to ensure
consistency of both aspects of
the BIM project process - the BIM
modelling process itself and the
generation and management of
data, whether we are talking
about a multidisciplinary BIM
environment or a BIM discipline
model.
What exactly does that mean?
As for the part of the BIM
modelling convention on the BIM
• Coordinates and the project
base point;
• Methodology for modelling BIM
elements in discipline models;
• Coordination of the BIM
discipline models in a
multidisciplinary BIM
environment;
• Division of project zones, if it is
a complex and large project;
• Levels height in each of the BIM
discipline models.
The above-mentioned part of the
BIM modelling convention is not
as complicated to implement as it
is mainly related to the skills of
BIM modelers and BIM discipline
coordinators in a
multidisciplinary BIM
environment.
What requires a much more
serious approach from
participants in the BIM project
environment of disciplines and in
a multidisciplinary BIM
environment is the part
concerning data and parameter
management. Therefore,
particular attention should be
paid to this aspect within the BIM
modelling convention framework.
Namely, the part of the BIM
modelling convention about data
and parameter management
within the BIM discipline model
and in a multidisciplinary BIM
environment is of the utmost
importance when talking about
the successful establishment of
BIM design process automation,
since only the preliminary
definition and consistency of
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