Building information modeling (BIM) meets field management with the latest integration to come from Autodesk. As a second act to the AEC software giant’s $875 million acquisition of construction management software firm PlanGrid last year, the companies on Tuesday announced the release of PlanGrid BIM, an integration with Autodesk’s Revit software.
PlanGrid users, who currently manage construction blueprints and other documents in a paperless environment, are now able to access BIM data from Revit on their mobile devices, allowing those in the field to choose either a 2D or 3D view of the project. The opportunity to visualize structures as rich, complete multidimensional models, according to the companies, will give project managers and field supervisors the opportunity to experience the proven benefits of BIM — i.e. identification of errors during preconstruction, clash detection, better communication of design — without having to set foot in the office.
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