As Built Drawings in Revit 3D CAD – Don’t Get Stung!
As Built Drawings Service Blog Hub | March 26, 2024
Design Assist Partners are seeing more clients required to deliver handover As Built Drawings in Revit Building Information Modeling (BIM) format. We can assist with this but advise clients that 3D CAD work is more complex and time consuming than typical As Built projects done in 2D AutoCAD.
We advise a greater allowance in tenders is required as we need time to update not only the drawings, but the 3D BIM model too. As a rule of thumb, you’ll probably need to double your regular AutoCAD (.dwg) format drawing budget for us to deliver your as built plans in BIM format.
Contract documents may also specify a Level Of Detail (LOD) that is required, i.e. LOD100, LOD 200, LOD 300, LOD 400 or LOD 500. The higher the nominated LOD number, the more involved and complex the CAD model is, which has a direct correlation to time and cost to implement changes.
To date we’ve only seen BIM revit model requirements on larger commercial projects, with the majority of As Builts still being done in AutoCAD .dwg format. If in doubt what to allow for in your tender, refer to our FAQ’s for further information or contact us or call on 0410 080 157 and we’ll help guide you.
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