Up to date CAD software is constantly changing in a way to improve the quality of designs, along with improving communication between documentations and a database for manufacturing. CAD is used in many areas of architecture including automotive, shipbuilding, aerospace, industrial building and prosthetics, among other uses. Its also a big part within product lifestyle management. Autodesk Revit is another example that allows the user to manipulate or assemble an entire building inside the program. Revit is divided into three major categories within family groups. These include system families (the walls of the building), loadable families (components and assets) and the inplace families which are built in within a project. Revit is also considered an advanced version of AutoCAD.It is far superior to AutoCad with the abilities to achieve so much stronger designs.
BIM modelling from an architectural point of view is currently and mainly used for plumbing and electricity maintenance (MEP). Current versions AutoCad software give an accurate building representation. This can be used to control or observe areas such as water and gas usage without actually spending time trying to check the information by hand. For example, for a building that has some sort of leak, rather than exploring the real life environment, they can turn to the model to track down where the dodgy valve is located. Sensor measurement and control signs can also be incorporated within BIM software to support analysis of the system maintenance.
The future potential of 3d designing overall then is obviously improved visuals and productivity due to use of newer rendering information, increased coordination of construction documentation, embedding and linking of vital information relevant to the building (including materials, location of things). Another newly developed game changer is a new app available on all current smart phones which lets you create a rough 3d visualisation just by pointing the mobile camera at 2d blueprints on a table. The app is being developed by a company called Arch20.com. Having a further look into mobile apps that are available for architects, there is quite a selection and it seems that they are quite useful too. Archdaily.com has shared what they believe are the top 10 mobile apps for architcture, including AutoCAD 360, Autodesk Formit (Which is basically a toned down version of Revit) and the websites personal favourite, “Paper”, which consiss of five tools and a blank canvas, coupled with as many virtual sketchbooks as you want. Paper won apple’s Designing app of the year back in 2012 and apparently nothing’s beaten it yet three years later. All Autodesk mobile apps are currently free, therefore this implies that they are not quite worthwhile for professional use compared to their big brother PC counterparts (obviously phones aren’t nearly as powerful as computers are).
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