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My sense of it is that the acronym BIM has become ...

2012-01-06T12:29:17.428-05:00

My sense of it is that the acronym BIM has become a thing in and of itself.

Like SCUBA (Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus), BIM has become/ is becoming, a word in it's own right and, as such, begins to lose connection to it's original acronym. We now say scuba gear. even though the acronym includes the idea of gear already, without batting an eye. The same holds true, in my opinion of ATM, PIN, VIN, etc.

Bottom line, language grows and develops as it will and if the general vernacular wants to say BIM Model I, for one, won't get my tights in a bunch over it.

The Rvt is a Model. The BIM is that plus EVERYTHIN...

2011-12-13T12:50:59.864-05:00

The Rvt is a Model. The BIM is that plus EVERYTHING else it takes for the project. Similar to Weather Models, the pretty animations we see on the news are only the output of the aggregation of all of the information gathered & necessary

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2011-12-13T08:27:02.204-05:00

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James, I follow your logic. If we follow this lin...

2011-12-12T22:18:52.828-05:00

James, I follow your logic. If we follow this line of reasoning, it is almost certainly incorrect to call a Revit model a 'BIM model', because a BIM model can include information from many disciplines, existing in numerous data formats.
However, that doesn't mean the 'BIM model' doesn't exist. Do you agree?

Ah, you are bringing up exactly the form of discus...

2011-12-12T22:07:32.714-05:00

Ah, you are bringing up exactly the form of discussion the fluffy kitten theory is meant to evoke! A Revit model serves the primary purpose of a 'design authoring' model. It's not 'the BIM.' Yes, wikipedia defines BIM as product and process, so does NBIMS v1, but if it's the WHOLE process, what is the singular deliverable? Does a Revit model cover everything including energy analysis, facility management data, and so on? Maybe it could, but certainly not in the majority of cases in the industry today.

"Advocate quality, not apathy" - point t...

2011-12-12T18:44:32.487-05:00

"Advocate quality, not apathy" - point taken. Thanks J.

However, I believe that in this particular instance, the problem revolves around that fact that people are confused about what 'BIM' means. Even Wikipedia acknowledges that it can refer to a process or to the model.

I don't know about you, but it seems unnatural to me to talk about 'the BIM' (in referring to an RVT or IFC file, the core model).

Luke, No. If words are used to communicate we sh...

2011-12-12T18:38:00.776-05:00

Luke,
No.

If words are used to communicate we should at least try to use them correctly.

Advocate quality, not apathy!!!

Do you ever think that maybe these arguments over ...

2011-12-12T18:06:17.079-05:00

Do you ever think that maybe these arguments over terminology are a bit of a waste of time ;-)

What Revit Wants: BIM Model BIM Model BIM Model BIM Model BIM Model and fluffy_kitten

Let the kittens fend for themselves... We must sav...

2011-12-12T13:33:22.024-05:00

Let the kittens fend for themselves... We must save intelligence!!! Saying BIM Model or ATM Machine is purely dumb... unless one wants to kill fluffy kittens on purpose, that is.