Model-driven project delivery on jobsites could be taking a big leap forward with a license deal between project information management (PIM) provider Newforma and M-SIX's 3D software platform, called VEO. Robert Batcheler, a cofounder of the Manchester, N.H.-based Newforma, says with the VEO license, customers can view and navigate 3D building models without the need for the underlying software or authoring tools that were used to generate the model. This is a major trend in project delivery: deploying platforms that achieve true BIM-in-the-cloud functionality, including generative capacity, he says. With the VEO platform, if a project is working with models that were created, say, using Autodesk's Revit authoring tool, project teams can access the files on the VEO platform without a full Revit installation.
Accessing BIM models on project by construction teams "can be a challenge for mere mortals to master," Batcheler says. Using the VEO platform, project teams can access the geometry of commonly-used 3D models though the cloud "without the risk of an untrained person damaging or corrupting the model," he adds.
If that sounds similar to the souped-up BIM readers that are in use on many jobsites these days, think again, he says. It's true that many BIM readers for iPads and other smart devices are available, such as Bentley's ProjectWise for the iPad, Autodesk's hugely popularAutoCAD WS for iOS devices and Graphisoft's BIMx for iOS devices.
Autodesk, reports ENR, is set to release a host of new cloud based tools in 2013. Undoubtedly, these new tools will see more and more use in the courtrooms,arbitration rooms, and mediation rooms.
It's time for lawyers to get tech savy! Keep your head up. It works in tennis and skiing.
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