BIM=Revit??

[Anonymous]

I went to a BIM seminar last week organised by the Australian Institute of Architects sponsored by Autodesk so very Revit centric. Not a bad presentation but aimed more at what BIM adoption means to your firm e.g. if the Client wants a full BIM delivery then they will have to pay extra. Fair enough. But to many there (about 200 architects) the message was BIM=Revit especially that if coordination with stuct+MEP is required as IFC’s “do not work very well” and you need to swap native .rvt files. Maybe so.
Archicad, Generative Components etc got scant mention. It really was about the Revit workflow (either native export to other consultants or to 3DMax for presentation.
I spoke to a director of a mid-size firm who was concerned that they would miss out on the BIM bandwagon and they run 4 Archicad licences!
I try and get the message out that Archicad is a viable BIM platform (I use Revit as well) but the might of Autodesk is indeed a mighty beast. Graphisoft do well in WA with user groups etc and have a good share of the housing design market but need to start to target the AIA etc. One architect who is advisor to the State government suggests that soon all Government architecture delivery is BIM (they mean Revit). Graphisoft have to work to ensure that BIM standards are generic and not written to Autodesks criteria (as is currently the case with 2D dwg etc). There are work-arounds with 2D delivery whatever software is used. Hopefully this will remain the case with BIM

[Anonymous]

One avenue where this directive by WA govt might be challenged is through federal govt free trade agreement, this would probably insist that an open source format is used - just a thought

[Anonymous]

sboydturner wrote:
One avenue where this directive by WA govt might be challenged is through federal govt free trade agreement, this would probably insist that an open source format is used - just a thought

yes true, I guess the question is whose job is it to alert them? 😉

[KeesW]

The reason that the Australian Institute of Architects sponsor Revit is that they have an exclusive marketing arrangement with Autodesk. As I understand it, this specifically precludes their official support of other CAD platforms. Nothing to do with quality or architect's individual preference, everything to do with money.

[Anonymous]

ah so like most things then...!