For example, Room Data sheets are commonly created from schedules for an inventory of products which are added to the design.Īdding non-graphic data within the individual Revit symbols, enables interior designers to perform accurate quantity calculations in relation to surface areas and material amounts with ease.įurniture is just one aspect of a building project. Revit designers use schedules to edit and view data in different ways. Revit schedules provide an interface that could be compared to Microsoft Excel. If you're familiar with a Bill Of Material, schedules are a similar concept. Schedules provide an organized foundation for extracting and using BIM data as designers work through their projects. The Revit schedule helps them slice and dice data Revit/BIM models often contain valuable data that assists with GSA and LEED requirements to be calculated for the space.ģ. The bulk of the work that uses BIM models relies on product data and is not concerned with graphics. Think of well made Revit/BIM models as little computer programs that hold data and options for manufacturers' products. But the real power of BIM comes, not only in the ability to design in 3D, but in the easier management of all the data that can be used to plan the space. There are a lot of 3D design tools on the market that the interiors community can use for free. It's in this phase that the designer showcases the furniture in the space, making it even more important for manufacturers to offer accurate Revit representations of their products. This is an opportunity for designers to impress and discuss their ideas for the layout for a given space within the building. Revit designers use 3D Revit views to generate basic renders for their clients. Designing in 3D makes inserting objects into a space as intuitive as placing a physical object in a room. First, we can immediately see the space in 3D, even right after the plan is drawn."įor example, the concept of "clash detection," the ability to avoid errors when two objects are laid out in the same space, become more important. "Personally, I feel that the (BIM) benefit for interior designers is even more than for architects.
In our interview with Linette Kilbourn, an interior designer working at Interior Architects, we learned the importance of BIM in the interiors space. The ability to switch between 2D and 3D views helps the designers on both practical and creative levels. Here are 5 reasons that interior designers are making the transition to the BIM process using Revit:īIM software, like Revit, helps designers create their space in 3D and then view that space. This is the new reality for interior designers who collaborate simultaneously with other disciplines on BIM projects, the most popular BIM software being Autodesk Revit.īIM has become an integral part of most large scale building projects and those who work with interiors have been in the process of making the switch for the past five years. In many cases interior designers may work with a manufacturer's products in a virtual space before even seeing the physical product.ĭesigners may design a space using your task chair (provided you have Revit models available for them) before they've had the opportunity to sit in it. In comparison, AutoCAD is not a BIM software. Revit is a BIM software that works in this process. This post is a primer for members of the contract furniture industry to understand how their customers are interacting with their products in a BIM environment.įor those of you new to BIM, the acronym stands for Building Information Modeling. BIM is a streamlined, collaborative process used by architects, engineers, construction companies, and interior designers to efficiently plan and visualize buildings. For contract furniture manufacturers and dealers, understanding how their customers are using their products in a virtual space is becoming more and more important.
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