The course is part of the practice orientated teaching trajectory ‘Calibrating’ in the Stream 7: Building Information Modelling. The course is situated in the ‘Beginner Level’ in the CoDe student specialisation journey and therefore available for enrolment as an elective for all other UNSW undergrad students.
The course is concerned specifically with the utilisation of Building Information Modelling (BIM) technology. The aim of the course is to give students a practical, hands‐on introduction to BIM and related computer‐based techniques for the documentation and modelling of designed structures.
The course will be focussing on the processes involved in developing a full 3D design object model, not for the purpose of visualisation alone, but more importantly as a tool for understanding and documenting how a proposed building design fits together and how it will perform during use. We will be exploring the principles of component modelling, and the process of assembling those components to produce a design model from which traditional documentation (such as plans, elevations and sections) can be derived. From there, we will explore technologies that allow a BIM model to be exported and subsequently imported in to a range of design analysis packages. Several lectures will be delivered by guests from industry, affording an opportunity to understand the technology from that perspective.
The course will introduce students to innovative concepts and processes of Building Information Modelling (BIM), a wide range of BIM applications used in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry, and future trends of BIM developments. A weekly lecture covers the theoretical material, supported by a 3‐hour face-to-face lab class where hands‐on techniques are taught.