{"id":305,"date":"2019-08-15T11:00:01","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T05:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teslacad.co.uk\/blog\/?p=305"},"modified":"2019-08-15T11:00:01","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T05:30:01","slug":"the-growing-significance-for-bim-360-and-its-uses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teslacad.co.uk\/blog\/the-growing-significance-for-bim-360-and-its-uses\/","title":{"rendered":"The growing significance for BIM 360 and its uses"},"content":{"rendered":"

Traditionally\nbuilding designs was largely reliant upon two-dimensional technical drawings\nwhich made it a costly, cumbersome and tedious affair. However, with the\nintroduction of the concept Building Information Modelling, the life of construction professionals has become\neasy.  BIM\nincludes creating drawings and models along with light analysis such as\ndisplaying the properties of components used, quantities, geographic\ninformation etc. It can be thus called a concept or a technology useful for construction\nmanagement professionals which connects,\norganize and optimizes the project.  <\/p>

BIM 360 is a platform where the users can share and access\nproject data in real-time. Users from\nanywhere in the globe can collaborate with other users at any point any time in\nthe cloud. Since there is always a second thought about the safety and privacy\nof the data on the cloud, BIM 360 has\nmade it a point to make the data in the software highly secured. This software\ncan be used for small, medium and large scale construction and designing\npurpose. It is supported by windows, android and iOS formats.<\/p>

Advantages\nfor using BIM 360:<\/strong><\/p>

BIM 360 has a user-friendly\ninterface which allows the professionals involved in a project to enable a\nvirtual information model to be handed from\nthe design team to the main contractor and then to the owner\/operator. Professionals at each stage have the ability to add discipline-specific\ndata to the single shared model. This helps in the reduction of information loss which used to be a major issue before\nthe invent of BIM 360. <\/p>

BIM 360 has additional features where it can\npredict hazards and proactively manage its quality. BIM\n360 provides unlimited storage for 3D and 2D project information. It\ncentralizes the project data making it available whenever you need. <\/p>

It\nbroadens this concept beyond (3D), where supplementing the measurements like\nwidth, height and depth with scheduling is the fourth dimension (4D) and the cost is the fifth dimension (5D). <\/p>

All\nthe more there are likewise references to a sixth dimension (6D) which\nrepresents environmental and sustainability analysis and seventh dimension (7D)\nwhich represents life cycle facility management aspect. <\/p>

Usually, for on-field professional’s mobile versions are\navailable so data can be accessed and worked on with the help of a mobile\ndevice. Data once synced is accessible offline. Unlimited projects can be\nmanaged in one single account. BIM 360 can store unlimited project data in one\nsingle account. One can enable to share their work with multidisciplinary teams\nwhere each one can get updates of the changes done, manage designs throughout\nthe lifecycle of the project. BIM 360 has added advantages of reducing risk,\nimproving quality and deliver projects in time and budget. It boosts the pace\nof decision making because BIM 360 can predict project outcomes. It also helps\nyou stay on schedule and control cost since any rework which is required can be\nimplemented then and there. <\/p>

Approach to put BIM 360 to use:<\/strong><\/p>

BIM 360 can be\nused for multiple purposes such as model comparison, document control and\nmanagement, design review etc. The procedures to work on these following is\nmentioned below in points.<\/p>

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  1. Model Comparison<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>

    Procedure for model comparison <\/p>