Il Disegno e l'Ingegnere - BIM handbook for building and civil engineering students

Representation languages have always been a key element to communicate and share a design idea among the actors involved in the construction process. In this regard, the building industry has developed over time various tools and methods that can optimize this information transfer to allow professionals to manage the complexity of the construction process. In the last years, the use of Building Information Modeling (BIM) has grown significantly as an optimizing factor of the whole building sector, supported by innovation technology. As a methodology, BIM allows the actors of AECO industry to share information through interoperability, improving data transfer and updating through the development of a 3D parametric model able to collect all the information needed for a project. This handbook aims at describing one of the main steps of BIM workflow, that is considered the engine of the VDC process.