I don't even know what ifc is, really, so I'm not familiar with it's
components/
what it can/cannot do, so I couldn't give you a really good answer, i'm
sorry.
the point would just be that it has to be something we can read
something we can update
and something we can share piecemeal with future contractors so they
don't have to reinvent the wheel (ie, charge us for drawing up existing
conditions from site surveys they perform)
wrote in message news:5230106@discussion.autodesk.com...
Melanie,
If a tool like FM Desktop gives you all the functionality of having the
Revit model, but in IFC format or even DWF. Do you oppose receiving that?
Scott
"melanie stone" wrote in message
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As someone who is not a designer, I try to have sympathy for your position
and not wanting someone else to have access to all of your hard work (and
the
obvious leg up you have now that you've created the families that facilitate
your work), but, from my facilities perspective, the most motivating thing
should be the **client contract**.
We have firms who hassle with us about getting CAD documentation period...
and we're not happy with those firms. Then we have firms who understand and
happily accept our contract and give us what we need to maintain our
systems.
Right now of course we're using strictly 2d dwg files, but, I've been
watching Revit Systems (and abs) eagerly thinking about all of the ways such
design
documentation could help us maintain our facility. If we end up hiring a
company
to design for us with such a tool, then part of our contract will be that we
end
up with an entirely usable model.
Not every facility has someone on staff who will demand such things. So, the
companies who are *not* willing to provide them will still be able to find
plenty of work... but, not from me.
wrote in message news:5229851@discussion.autodesk.com...
The client will defiantly want that BIM and will defiantly want to use their
BIM in FMDesktop. I think programs like revit redefine digital information.
ACAD files were just line work. Revit files can contain and reveal more
then just the BIM. They can reveal a work flow, a system and a way of
working. Alot more work is in a family file then in a block. I think while
clients might demand the actual rvt file, Architects will be more guarded
then with DWG. DWG you just lose the secrets of your layer standards(unless
you do a layer translater). With Revit the parameters and assembly of family
types can reveal how your work. I will not give up the raw rvt file, and I
am very avid with my full time company that they do not give it up.
But your right, what firms crumble to demands and what firms find ways to
work around will define what is given up.
"David Haynes - Ideate" wrote in message
news:5229685@discussion.autodesk.com...
Just food for thought....
If you replace "AutoCAD block" for every time it says "families" (below) you
will have stated what architects and engineers loudly said in 1988-1992.
What changed in that time period? Clients demanded that the design industry
provide .dwg files - we in the design industry balked, but provided the
information. In the foreseeable future, I believe clients will demand Revit
files, including the families.
..
I believe your differentiator will not be those families created, but the
ability to design and document your design in a coordinated and thoughtful
manner.
I am not in disagreement about IFC, but IFC is very limited in the
information it provides. IFC gives information in the lowest common basis,
in this way it keeps the equality of the information. IFC would need to
greatly improve itself to be a true translator for BIM information. Maybe
XML (aecXML) will be a better format? Note that the IAI is looking into
aecXML.
Regarding FM:
I think it is very necessary that FM be able to carry the BIM information
forward to the Owner (that is really the bottom line).
David Haynes, AIA
Ideate, Inc.
www.ideateinc.com
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wrote in message news:5228414@discussion.autodesk.com...
Hey Mark,
I'm speaking from an Architects view point that works close with developers
that rent out alot of retail space. I would never want to give up our Revit
model. The custom families were built to an extent that they are treated as
intellectual property. These parameters and methods, give us a genuine
advantage over the competition and our families do alot more for us then
most families found out there. With that view point in mind we would hate to
send a Revit BIM out to a client for FM only to have the client send it out
to the next guy who would get more then just or work on the building. They
would get our intelligent objects.
I do however for see more of my clients asking for the model for us in tools
like FM Desktop. I would like to give them something generic. An IFC seems
to be the perfect case to carry this information in for their use and mine.
I can give them an IFC for use. Seeing as IFC is the current solution for
BIM formats, I can feel comfortable offering the IFC from Revit and not
worrying about the client demanding more. If the client asks what programs
can I use to read this? I can respond Autodesk FM Desktop reads IFC.
With IFC in FMDesktop you have provided me with another option to come to
common grounds with the client. I don't risk giving up the advantage of our
custom families and the client still gets a BIM for use in his FM Desktop.
He can still use the BIM for use by his in house architect for layout/tenant
changes.
Scott
wrote in message news:5227304@discussion.autodesk.com...
Scott,
Not today, but... As FMDesktop is further developed in the Autodesk family,
you can expect to see much tighter integration with Revit.
The IFC option is an interesting idea that merits more investigation.
Perhaps you can share some scenarios where an IFC import would be important
to you?
Mark Evans
Product Manager, FM Solutions
Autodesk