BIMModelinginDetailedwith DifferentLevelsofDetails(LOD)
BIMmodelingcanbeusedbyanyoneintheAECIndustry.Itisthefutureofthesector.It hasbeenseenthat3DBIMmodelsof3Dbuildingshavebeenhighlyreliablebyboth largeandsmallcompaniesinrecentyears.
BIM(BuildingInformationModeling)isanintelligenttechnologytoolthatcreatesthreedimensionalmodelsofbuildingsfordifferentpurposes.Itisapowerfulvisualization toolthatcanbeusedtodominateprojectswhereveritisused.BIMisacommontool usedbyengineers,contractors,projectowners,andarchitects.
Building information modeling hasmanyadvantagesthatmakeitsopopular.This toolhasrevolutionizedthewaytheindustryoperates.Asitaddsadditionaldetailsto thetable,everyusercancountonitsthree-dimensionalaspect.Thesedetailsmakethe projectmorelevel.OncestakeholdershaveaBIMmodelfortheirproject,there’sno goingback.It’sagreattoolthatprovidesuserswithalotofconveniences.
LODisanimportantaspectof 3D BIM modeling servicesthatcanaddrealvaluetoa project.LODstandsforLevelofDevelopment.Itisusedtodescribetheentireprocess, fromthewayaprojectfunctionstothefinalproject.LOD,whichisacollectionof parametersthatprovidetheAECindustrywithallthenecessaryinformation,simplifies things.Thisinformationisusefulindocumentingtheprocessandimprovingefficiency. Thisallowseveryoneinvolvedtorepresenttheirprojectelementsinarefinedwayat differentlevelsofdevelopment.WhenBIMspecialistscollaboratewitharchitectsand designers,thedesiredresultscanalwaysbeachieved.Thishelpseveryoneinvolvedin theprojecttounderstanditbetterbygivingspecificdetails.
How LOD does help in detailed BIM modeling?
TheBIMmodelsareextremelydetailedandensurethatgeometricelementsremainin place.Thisinformationmakestheprocessmoreefficientintermsofaccuracyand quality.Thisallowsprofessionalstotrusttheinformationtoacertainlevel.
BIMmodelingisasystematicprocessthatensuressuccess.Itoptimizestheregulation oftheprocesstowardanefficientoutput.
TheLODallowsthedesignerstounderstandthefeaturesandintegratethemintothe variousphasesoftheproject.Thisgivesyouabetterunderstandingofthemodelbeing built.ThisallowsforbetterexecutionandresultoftheBIMproject.
Thislevelofdetailopensupcommunicationchannelsfordesigners,contractors,aswell asothermembersoftheteam.ThismakesBIMevenmoreusefulandpractical.LOD frameworkcanbeusedasacommunicationtoolforprojectstakeholders.
The origin of the LOD concept?
LODisatermthatwasinitiatedbyAIA,i.e.theAmericanInstituteofArchitects.2008 wastheyearoftheinstigation.Fivelevelsofdetailwerethenintroducedtoprovidethe detailingstageforany3DBIMmodel.
AlthoughAIAistheonewhodeservescreditfortheterm,theoriginalconceptwas there.Revitsoftware,whichissoftwareforbuildinganalysis,hasusedasimilar approachtocalculateprojectcosts.Theyfoundcertainstagesintheirdesignprocessto bemostuseful.Althoughthisconcepthasevolvedovertimeandnowhassixlevels,it wascreatedin2000.
Different Levels of Detail (LOD):
LOD 100 (Concept Design)
Thisisthefirststageofabuildingproject.Itshowsthemodelfromthesimplestpossible perspectivewithverylittleinformation.Modelsarerepresentedusingeithersymbolic orgraphicalconnotations.Themodel’sdetaildefinesthesize,area,heights,orientation, volume,andsoforth.Thismodelgenerallyusesapproximateterms.
LOD 200 (Schematic Design)
Thesecondstageofdetailconsistsofdetailsaboutthematerialsandtheirquantitiesof them.Thisstageshowsthemodelinitsentirety.Thedifferentmodelingcharacteristics aredisplayedaccordingtotheirexactshapes,sizes,locations,andorientations.This stagealsoincludesnon-geometricandnon-graphicalinformation.Eventhoughthis stageisapproximate,itcanbeused.
LOD 300 (Detailed Design)
Allmeasurementsandinformationrelatedtothemodelarenowpresentedinamore preciseform.Themodel’scharacteristicsarepresentedinamoredetailedmanner.The modelprovidesprecisedetailsaboutthedimensions,shape,quantity,position, orientation,andsize.Basedontherequirementsofrawmaterialsandotherresources, thedetailsarecalculated.Theelementsandthedefinitionoftheprojectaregivenhere.
LOD 350 (Construction Documentation)
Theactualconstructioncanbeginoncethefoundationhasbeenbuilt.Thisstageis whereclashdetectiontakesplace.Clashesareimmediatelyrectified.Aconnectionis madebetweenthevariousconstructionelementsandotherbuildings.These characteristicsarenotgraphical.
LOD 400 (Fabrication & Assembly)
Thisisacrucialstageofthemodelingprocess.Thisstageiswherethefinedetailsofthe modelareaddedforfinalexecution.Thisstageincludesalldetailsoftheproject.
