This review explores how Solibri Model Checker is used to analyze BIM models saved in IFC format for potential problems, conflicts, and design code violations on the basis of rules organized in rule sets. This can be used to ensure the integrity of a BIM model for use in other design and analysis tools, and also provides the foundation for developing automated code-checking and other advanced applications.
URL: http://www.aecbytes.com/review/2009/SolibriModelChecker.html
In this Viewpoint article, Viktor Varkonyi, who recently took over as CEO of Graphisoft, discusses the different strategies software vendors pursue to provide design collaboration solutions for their customers and debates about how the level of collaboration between the architecture and engineering disciplines should advance.
IPD or “integrated project delivery” is fast becoming the newest buzzword in the AEC industry after BIM, which has moved on from dominating the industry discourse for the last five years to becoming almost as commonplace as the term CAD. While IPD is still more of a goal than a reality for most of the AEC industry, there are a few ground-breaking projects that are already using this new collaboration and delivery method. This case study explores one such project, the Sutter Medical Center in Castro Valley, California.
URL: http://www.aecbytes.com/buildingthefuture/2009/Sutter_IPDCaseStudy.html