BIM Manager: Managing CAD Standards

Discover what actually goes into a successful CAD standards implementation, and why these standards are important to your firm.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Using the exercise files

1. Introduction to Standards

• Why standards are so important
• The CAD manager
• The BIM manager
• The VDC (virtual design and construction) manager
• Graphical standards and process standards

2. National CAD Standard (NCS)

• What is the NCS?
• Looking at sheet numbering
• Approved border formats
• Text styles
• Reviewing lineweights

3. BIM Execution

• Examining the BIM Level of Detail (LOD)
• Looking at BIM execution agreements
• Looking at COBie
• Looking at IFC

4. Standards Adherence

• Assigning a project CAD lead
• Reviewing the QA and QC process
• The committee
• Templates
• The manual

Conclusion

• Next steps