Building information modeling (BIM) is how architects today design buildings — or at least that is the hope of CAD software firms. Because of how BIM software is implemented, it is highly incompatible with competitors, and so this effectively locks in entire regions to a single supplier. When one CAD vendor gains a significant foothold in the region with its BIM software, clients and customers need to use the exact same software or else suffer the inability to land work.

The following article is an abstract of the eBook ‘Best CAD Practices’ by Ralph Grabowski. Graebert is happy to share with you some of the experience accumulated by Ralph as a CAD expert and as compiled in his eBook for which the reference can be found at the bottom of the page. Feel free to share feedback in the comment section below.

There is a solution: IFC. Industry foundation classes are designed to let BIM and satellite software communicate with each other. (IFCs were invented by Autodesk to solve the problem created by user-definable objects in AutoCAD 2013; Autodesk passed development of IFCs along to the IAI, the International Alliance for Interoperability — more recently renamed with the more catchy name, buildingSmart.)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Ralph Grabowski is a CAD expert with 30+ years experience. He is the author of several best-selling books related to most leading CAD programs. Ralph writes also in a variety of CAD news portals and magazines. More than anything, he is renowned as the founder and editor of the upFront.eZine newsletter and the blog WorldCAD Access.

NB: The views and opinions expressed by the author in this article or in the eBook do not necessarily reflect those of Graebert as a company or publisher of this blog.

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