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Introduction to CAD for the AEC/FM industry | p. 1 |
Introduction | p. 1 |
What is CAD? | p. 1 |
A brief history of CAD | p. 3 |
CAD technology | p. 9 |
Project and product modelling | p. 11 |
Introduction | p. 11 |
Why a process model? | p. 11 |
What is a process? | p. 16 |
Approaches to process modelling | p. 17 |
Product modelling | p. 25 |
Summary | p. 28 |
2D CAD | p. 31 |
An introduction to 2D CAD drafting | p. 31 |
The history of 2D CAD drafting | p. 31 |
2D drafting principles | p. 36 |
2D CAD practical examples | p. 41 |
Summary | p. 48 |
3D CAD | p. 51 |
An introduction to 3D modelling | p. 51 |
3D modelling principles | p. 55 |
Creating a 3D model | p. 60 |
3D modelling practical examples | p. 66 |
Summary | p. 69 |
BIM (Building Information Modelling) | p. 71 |
An ^introduction to BIM | p. 71 |
BIM applications within the AEC/FM industry | p. 74 |
The advantages and disadvantages of BIM | p. 81 |
BIM modelling principles | p. 83 |
Summary | p. 91 |
4D CAD | p. 93 |
An introduction to 4D CAD | p. 93 |
4D CAD in practice | p. 95 |
The advantages of 4D CAD | p. 96 |
The limitations of 4D CAD | p. 97 |
The 4D CAD modelling process | p. 97 |
Summary | p. 104 |
nD Modelling | p. 107 |
Introduction | p. 107 |
What is nD modelling? | p. 109 |
nD modelling research development | p. 110 |
The future of nD modelling | p. 112 |
Bibliography | p. 117 |
Index | p. 127 |
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