Starting a Revit project and setting up the project coordinates
Chapter 2, Project Data Management, described the importance of having precise BIM requirements to manage project data and successfully start a BIM project. Accordingly, the first process is to start a Revit project by analyzing the following documents:
- Appointment or Contract
- Exchange Information Requirements (EIR)
- Asset Information Requirements (AIR)
- BIM Execution Plan (BEP)
- BIM Responsibility Matrix
We acknowledge that not all projects will provide the preceding documentation at the beginning or even during the duration of the project. Nevertheless, if this problem appears, we suggest creating a simple BEP with the available information and get it agreed upon by the client and the project team.
The second process is to use the correct Revit template to start the process to set up the project. You can use your company template, the template provided in Chapter 3, Revit Templates and...