BIM for Fabrication

The use of BIM to integrate design through fabrication in a tightly integrated set of models should be easiest in this environment. It can alleviate most of the inefficiencies and errors that currently plague the industry

We apply BIM to enables fabricators to model entire steelwork structures including shop and fabrication drawings in 3D with the highest level of accuracy and compliance with design . We offer steel fabricators with an integrated solution to handle everything from modeling, connection design and detailing, through to enquiries and estimating, contract management, material procurement, stock control, and production tracking.

We receive the digital model from the designer. We then create a digital model that is an exact overly of the designer’s model. The model we create is transformed into a parametric surface. The parametric surface incorporates information needed to drive the fabrication of our product.

By applying BIM we are able to take advantage of a model direct to CNC workflow for fabrication and finally able to leverage data from the design model by sharing it with the fabricator. We've helped a number of designers as CNC consultants with modeling, toolpathing, and actual production and fabrication of their ideas, and we've got a proven track record of using BIM and CNC together.

BIM allows clash-free design, inherently consistent drawing sets and excellent visualization of the building design, during fabrication and erection.

BIM has the ability to use construction and fabrication knowledge during design, ability for greater use of off-site fabrication.

With BIM we can design models and the more detailed models needed for fabrication as well as the technology needed to support equipment used for manufacture of fabricated components. Review creation of automated construction documents and material lists created dynamically from your BIM models. BIM modeling enhances the quality of construction by facilitating pre-fabrication of different components.

For aspects such as ductwork, etc., the manufacturing industry has been doing modeling for years to coordinate with fabrication equipment. This has allowed these industries to be ready to “jump” on the BIM bandwagon faster and, quite honestly, has also given these sub-contractors financial advantages in this tight market by allowing them to pre-fabricate, thereby reducing waste and improving schedule/delivery.

The duct fabrication models are primarily used to automate the generation and coordination of 2D documentation and 3D visualizations.