[Henry Fenby-Taylor]

In the upper echelons of BIM people mistrust the word inherently. That’s because BIM means a lot of things, it is a model, a process, a software ability etc etc. Often people say BIM when they mean parametric, or they say BIM when they mean file sharing, or clash detection, or facilities management, or a database linking design and specification information. If you’re worth your salt, don’t use the word unless you are talking about the whole movement, otherwise use some of the words in the link below. What I’m saying is, be specific, as mentioned earlier there is no one BIM solution, but that’s in part because BIM is bigger than software.

I’m honestly not a massive pedant, but I am very conscious of software houses, almost without exception applying ‘BIM Wash’ to their products and you shouldn’t let them get away with it.

 

BIM USES

[Henry Fenby-Taylor]

and as for the original question how well does Civil 3D integrate with Revit. The answer is, that depends, you need to define methodologies very carefully, because it’s very easy to break the link if each file isn’t submitted in a style that the other ‘likes’.

[Henry Fenby-Taylor]

If you go for Vectorworks, for the love of god retool and use apple macs, it’s still very buggy on PCs. (Despite Nemetschek being technically the oldest company, Vectorworks has only really been about on PC for 8 years which makes it the youngest and least mature software) 

[Henry Fenby-Taylor]

Incredible Edible. Giving ownership to local enthusiasts. Provides a bunch of benefits.

http://incredibleediblenetwork.org.uk/

[Henry Fenby-Taylor]

Sadly from my research there are several major stumbling blocks. The biggest being the exchange of information between software packages. The IFC format, which should (and will eventually) act as the bridge between software isn’t viable for Architects, let alone Landscape Architects. Secondly, the IFC format does not include any information relevant to planting.

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