| Sketch Models |
Quick, simple, inexpensive 3D digital models to explore initial concepts and designs | |
| Comprehensive Models |
3D digital model comprising the full scope of a project, incorporating or linking to all disciplines | |
| Component Development |
Modeling and development of discrete building parts, such as curtainwalls, mechanical systems and complex structures | |
| Connections And Details |
Simplified parts for complex systems, such as variable-geometry curtainwalls and skylights, where 3D visualization and understanding is crucial | |
| Coordination | Working with engineers and consultants to develop systems and build an integrated project model, assuring that all technical requirements are satisfied | |
| Bridging Platforms |
Linking together different consultants’ software and data formats, so the design team can continue to use their own familiar tools and existing design strategies | |
| Rationalizing | Discovering the construction logic of a geometric form, for example, finding repeatable geometries or developable (bent from a flat sheet) surfaces within complex curves | |
| Optimizing | Finding the best configuration of a building component analytically. A model can be optimized with respect to shape, cost, structural requirements, energy use, views, or any other parameter that can be numerically defined | |
| Scripting And Automation |
Automating repetitive modeling and design tasks, from generating shapes and geometry to constructing final details | |
| 3d Construction Documents | Coordinated, accurate and deliverable data for construction, including 3D digital models, 2D orientation drawings and related sets of data | |
| 3d Shop Drawings | Fully detailed component design, ready for fabrication, in a format that is useful to the contractor (2D, 3D or both) | |
| Fabrication Control |
Digital models and datasets formatted for numerically-controlled fabrication | |
| Interference Checking |
Overlay of building systems in 3D to verify design and check for interference | |
| Visualizing And Simulation |
3D and time-lapse modeling of complex systems and construction sequences | |
| Cost And Materials Models |
Determining material quantities and tracking costs via data from the 3D model | |
| Digitizing | Creating an exact digital model of a physical object, usually by scanning or measuring with a stylus and then constructing usable surfaces in the computer | |
| Rapid Prototyping |
Creating physical objects from digital models, usually with multi-axis milling or layer deposition | |
| Models For Specialized Analysis |
Digital or scale models for engineering and technical analysis such as wind, fire and energy studies | |
| Facilities Models |
Final “as-built” digital model and data, formatted for facilities operation and management |
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