Chapter 23. BIM Management

Well, here we are: the last chapter. The ironic thing here is that the last chapter contains much of the information you will need to proceed with any of this BIM stuff. All too many times I have seen firms do poorly with Revit Architecture due to one fact: they weren't prepared. "We did not find that Revit worked for us," someone tells me. I ask them what they used for a template to get started with their first project. "The default one" is always the answer.

  • Setting up the template

  • Managing settings

  • Creating and understanding shared parameters

Setting Up the Template

If you think you are going to start a real project with deadlines and budget with no prior setup, you are going to fail. So don't. If you take nothing away ...

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