{"id":763,"date":"2021-04-15T17:27:22","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T11:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teslacad.co.uk\/blog\/?p=763"},"modified":"2021-04-15T17:27:22","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T11:57:22","slug":"the-importance-of-cad-in-the-age-of-bim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teslacad.co.uk\/blog\/the-importance-of-cad-in-the-age-of-bim\/","title":{"rendered":"The Importance of CAD in the age of BIM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For decades the AEC professionals have used CAD programs to efficiently produce 2D Drawings and 3D models of buildings. CAD was a strategic imperative throughout the construction companies looking to construct buildings. However, today CAD is gradually being overtaken by Building Information Modeling. BIM is an integrated workflow which provides coordinated and accurate information about a project right from designing to planning through construction and management. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teslacad.co.uk\/bim-services.php\" title=\"Bim Services\">BIM Services<\/a> provided certain advantages as compared to CAD like conflict prevention, ability for different multi-disciplinary teams to work on the same model, enhanced visualization etc. However, that being said CAD is in no ways redundant. <\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the current article we will specify how\nCAD is still relevant even though BIM is gradually taking the center stage in\nthe construction sector. <\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>CAD\nis comfortable: <\/strong><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A lot of industry professionals find CAD to\nbe more easy to operate on as they have been using it for a long period of\ntime. Their experience means that they can use CAD effortlessly, in quick time\nand with minimum errors. It might be more time consuming for them to learn BIM\nand initial period of transaction might also mean more errors and monetary\ninvestment which is not possible for them. Their familiarity in CAD on the\nother hand allows them to complete the project in quick turnaround time and\nwith precision. <\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>CAD\nis ideal for beginners: <\/strong><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BIM is more complicated, difficult and time consuming to learn as compared to CAD. For young graduates in the field of architecture and engineering, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teslacad.co.uk\/cad-drafting-services.php\" title=\"Cad Drafting Services\">CAD Services<\/a> is a good starting point as they can learn it with a little more ease. CAD has various tools like copy, paste, cut, delete etc. that one would find on a computer. It also ensures standardization by allowing to creating set standards and codes which can be used throughout the project. <\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>More\ncost-effective for small projects and during conceptual planning: <\/strong><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When it comes to large projects with\nvarious multi-disciplinary teams BIM Services might end up being more\nbeneficial. CAD on the other hand can be more cost-effective for projects with\na smaller scale. CAD requires small investment, less training and when profit\nmargins are small this could end up being more beneficial. Moreover, in the\ninitial stage of the project when the idea is to simply get the scale of the\nprojects for presentations, preliminary meets etc. BIM could be very\ntime-consuming. CAD on the other hand could be faster and cost-effective.&nbsp; <\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thus, it can be concluded from the above\npoints that CAD is no ways redundant in the construction sector. Even though\nBIM might be becoming more and more prevalent in the construction industry CAD\nis here to stay for at least the foreseeable future. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For decades the AEC professionals have used CAD programs to efficiently produce 2D Drawings and 3D models of buildings. CAD was a strategic imperative throughout the construction companies looking to construct buildings. However, today CAD is gradually being overtaken by Building Information Modeling. 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