[image] Ten years ago, I decided to give up Autocad and switch to using SketchUp for drafting, and everything fit me perfectly: The software was lightweight, easy to learn, easy to use, “easy and fun,” and reasonably priced ($599 for a perpetual license and $120/year for maintenance). When I did t…

@PaulMcAlenan I’m very surprised by this as the UK is seen as a pioneer in the BIM world (I’m part of the normalisation process at European level & I see the Brits on there being very active) but maybe the great divide between small/medium & large projects is greater in the UK than here in France (I…

I’m just a small provider whose projects get undertaken by small builders. Whenever I look into BIM and read all the blurb about it, I don’t recognise what I do in that blurb. I don’t know — BIM must surely be there on the the larger residential and commercial developments here in the UK…

Hi paddyclown & others, I thought this subject was getting off topic, so might be better to discuss further on the link below:- Sketchup, BIM and return on investment - #43 by CJT1963 :thinking:

[image] RichardLins: How about the possibility of natively associating IFC classes and types with tags? Or even tools for automating boolean operations via components? Or the addition of dynamic IFC quantities? etc. The export modules do not support basic IFC relationships (such as Void Elements…

Bim is undoubtedly a workflow and also a working method. In small projects it can be excessively expensive. You would have the cost of a Bim Manager and a Bim coordinator, managing an Acdat (BCE) etc…

@archzag Well, that’s not our experience. We keep it very lo-spec and tailored to our needs as a design team & then in our interactions with contractors. It’s all about getting the right Level Of Information Need (which is currently being “normalised”). I agree, there’s no sense in creating a comp…

i in BIM means information, the amount of information needed is not specified. The point is to get started. There are minimums set by Building Smart, but it is easy to meet them…

Exactly… The whole LOIN (Level Of Information Need) things is being codified at EN & soon ISO level as we speak… In practice, for smaller projects, it’s still worth writing a sort of “charter” at the start to codify between stakeholders exactly what one is trying to achieve, and how one goes about …

I’ve looked at the IFC stuff and Revit and honestly when it comes to residential construction is all of this complexity needed? Let’s take a look at one of the most basic elements in a typical framed house, the studs. What does the contractor need to know? Dimensions and ultimately the quantity a…

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@archzag @RichardLins - well, @rtches has kindly made an interesting resource that helps with some of those issues: SketchUp BIM Workflow

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