BIM – Your Next Step

1. BIM – Your Next Step BIM & Landscape Design: Beyond the Building Sharing your data within a BIM managed project 16th July 2013

2. Data Drops for Landscape Design - COBie

3. The BIM Maturity Curve Level 0 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Objects, Models Drawings, lines. arcs, text etc Interoperable Data, Open Standards • Associative • plans, • sections, • elevations Integrated Common Data, Naming Standards

4. The 7 Steps to BIM for Landscape Architects The key techniques needed to evolve to BIM There are really only seven Vectorworks techniques that a user needs to pursue to “do BIM,” and many users already use them, unaware that they are already “doing BIM”. They are summarized below: Learn how to Organise your Files, Design Layers and your Classes for modelling instead of drafting. Look to adopt national standards for naming conventions such as BS1192 especially if you are looking to use collaborative BIM. Especially if your Owner is committed to managing the BIM model, use Landscape & Hardscape areas from the beginning for programming, design layout of COBie Data Drop 1 / LOD-100” models, and reporting. Manage your data using the worksheets. They can be used for scheduled output, but also input to data fields and also parameters. The "Select Item" makes it convenient to know exactly what you are modifying. Use the Hybrid Tools. The Hybrid tools in Vectorworks(Site Models, Planting Areas, Hardscapes, etc) will give you simultaneous plan and 3D model results. Drafting and linework belong to the area of details and annotation if you are going to do BIM. Use "Replace" to Develop Your Data. Especially on Planting and Hardscaping, but also with symbols, you can replace one assembly with another while maintaining all your dimensions and layouts. Extremely powerful for design development from a COBie Data Drop 2 / LOD_200 “design intent” model to a COBie Data Drop 3 / LOD_300 “assemblies model”. Use Viewport and Sheet Layers for graphic output. This allows you to make use of Automatic Drawing Coordination, Issue Management, and customisable title blocks. Learn about IFC data so you can share your BIM model and data with other design team members using different tools. For standard Vectorworks objects and content, this is automatic, but as you design totally custom geometries for your project, you need to be able to use the "IFC Data..." command to assign BIM data to your special objects so others can know what they are. Part of the BIM workflow occurs outside of Vectorworks. This is interoperability, sharing data with others to accomplish important BIM workflows such as model merging, analysis, checking, and delivery. So the “plus-one” step in doing BIM with Vectorworks involves learning how to use these applications that facilitate sharing. Learn about IFC team-support tools for BIM. Learn how to use an IFC viewer (e.g. Solibri) to view your project and browse the data associated with it. When you have a project that needs it, get a copy of Solibri Model Checker or Navisworks to check your data, and perform tasks like clash detection. When the time comes to deliver your BIM data to the Owner, use one of these tools to merge files in different formats and give the user a viewable, intelligent model of his project.

5. References, Standards and Useful Links References • The Bew/Richards Maturity Diagram http://www.construct-it.org.uk/pages/events/members_meetings/November_2008/presentations/Mark%20Bew%20-%20CIT%20MM%2020-11-08.pdf • The Macleamy Curve http://hokrenew.com/2010/02/09/bim-bam-boom-how-to-guarantee-greener-high-performance-buildings/ • Jerry Laiserin http://www.laiserin.com/features/issue26/feature01.pdf Standards • UK AEC BIM Standards Doc http://aecuk.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/aec-uk-bim-standard-now-available/ • BS 1192 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BS_1192 Useful links • http://www.vectorworks-cad.co.uk/vw/bim_projects.jsp • http://www.vectorworks-cad.co.uk/vw/bim_projects.jsp • http://www.vectorworks-cad.co.uk/vw/documents/BIMmakesitbetterwithVW.pdf