sophisticated design software and does not lend itself well to small projects.
These types of programs typically have long learning curves.
I have been told (by PDMS users) that REVIT is a poor second cousin which only
leads me to believe it is more user friendly and more economical than other
programs.
Dave
Quoting Dave Adams <davea@laneengineers.com>:
> Does it make much sense for simple, one- or two-story buildings?
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> Dave K. Adams, S.E., P.Eng.
>
> Lane Engineers, Inc.
>
> Tulare, CA
>
> Web: www.training4engineers.com
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>
> From: Jim Getaz [mailto:jgetaz@shockeyprecast.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 5:22 AM
> To: seaint@seaint.org
> Subject: Re: BIM
>
>
>
> Casey,
>
> We've done about eight projects with Tekla.
>
> Gerard is correct in that it may take a while to
> develop templates for drawings that show everything you want as the
> engineer and everything the GC (architect, subcontractors, other
> designers) wants to see, too.
>
> Our experience is that it is a much more
> difficult move than from the drafting board to AutoCAD, so I'd like to
> know what Ashwin and Jacobs are doing right that we're not. It may be
> partly that we are trying to produce erection drawings and fabrication
> drawings from the model and each presents its own challenges. Further,
> when the model has all the concrete reinforcing and connection
> information, it is huge. The good thing is that it is a concurrent
> multi-user system. Many people can be working on the same model at the
> same time, and when it saves, it flags conflicts in their changes. It is
> a very powerful program - you probably all know how that works: it makes
> it so the team can do anything, but it is hard to learn how to do
> everything because there's so much to learn.
>
> HTH,
>
> Jim Getaz
>
> Precast Concrete Engineer
>
>
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