Mechanical drawings are an excellent way to convey design information, and while sophisticated 3D modeling is slowly taking over, with some companies accepting files over drawings, the mechanical ...

Mechanical drawings are an excellent way to convey design information, and while sophisticated 3D modeling is slowly taking over, with some companies accepting files over drawings, the mechanical ...

Sophie Feliksinska-Swierz looks at two BIM project applications in the MEP sector. The fundamental principle of BIM is that the object oriented model remains the reliable source of project data, ...

The “Senseless Drawing Bot,” by Japanese designers So Kanno and Takahiro Yamaguchi, uses a double pendulum mounted on a modified electric skateboard to create an ingenious spray-painting machine that ...

A recent article published in Buildings proposed an automatic approach for generating building information modeling (BIM) of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) systems based on two-dimensional ...

This column ends my tenure as the regular author of this column (thanks for reading!). It also completes my “Back to BASics” series that has focused on the fundamentals of BAS functionality and design ...

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