Parametric Building Modeling: BIM's Foundation

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Construction Services and Home Improvement
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Business Operations,
Modeling,
Research & Development
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Autodesk

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Overview: This paper presents a brief explanation of parametric building modeling, providing several tests you can apply to determine if a building information modeling (BIM) solution is using a true parametric building modeler (as characterized below), and exploring why parametric building modeling is so critical for BIM. The parametric modeling engines uses parameters (numbers or characteristics) to determine the behavior of a graphical entity and define relationships between model components.

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Format: PDF | Size: 328KB | Date: Jun 2005 | Pages: 6

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