- Author
- Construction Industry Institute
- Title
- 3D CAD Link.
- Coporate
- Construction Industry Institute, Austin, TX
- Report
- Research Summary 106-1, November 1995, 35 p.
- Keywords
- construction | computer models | costs
- Identifiers
- survey of 3D computer models in construction to identify costs, benefits, penalities and rewards; study indicators that firms use to measure impacts associated with using 3D computer models on site; perform a case study and establish firm costs and impacts in the use of 3D computer models throughout the construction cycle; Computer Aided Design (CAD)
- Abstract
- The use of three-dimensional computer-aided design (3D CAD) in construction and construction management was identified by the Construction Industry Institute as an important area to investigate because of potential benefits to the industry. Work done in the past in 3D CAD has provided little substance into the exact nature of the value of using this technology. In addition, little guidance exists about how to achieve the base value of using 3D modeling. CII, therefore, created the 3D CAD Link Research Team and asked that it determine the benefits of and the impediments to using 3D in construction. This publication summarizes the research effort of the team. The research found that the construction management applications currently used to check clearances and access, to visualize details from nonstandard viewoints, and to perform constructability reviews. Impediments to the use of 3D included undetermined economic impacts, a resistance to change within the construction industry, and a lack of trained personnel.