BIM objects for manufacturers. A smart BIM object is a digital version of your product that carries its real geometry and data, so the architects and designers who build in BIM can place and specify it. We develop them for you, accurate and built to the standards designers work to.
When should you turn your products into BIM objects?
Architects and designers build in BIM, and they specify what they can place in the model. A product with no accurate object is easy to overlook. Three signs it is time.
Your products are not in BIM yet
Designers reach for what they can drop straight into the model with the right data already attached. If your products are not there, the specification often goes to one that is.
Architects ask you for BIM files
Requests for BIM objects are coming in from the firms that specify you. Answering them one by one, in whatever format each asks for, does not scale.
Your current objects are inconsistent
You already have some objects, but they vary in quality, data, and the standards they follow. They need bringing up to one consistent, maintained level.
What the Smart BIM Objects service includes
We cover the whole life of an object, from building it to keeping it current. Every project starts with a scope and a pre-project proposal, and nothing is built until you have agreed it. The work is ours to deliver: we develop the objects with our own team, not resell them. Manufacturers like NorDan, Ekornes, and Jøtul have made their products available this way.
Custom objects for your specific products and systems, with detailed geometry, parametric options, and accurate product data. We build to BIM standards, including IFC, COBie, and Uniclass 2015, and we develop every object with our own team.
We turn your existing CAD files and 2D drawings into data-rich objects, ready for the BIM tools designers use, including Archicad and Revit.
Products change and standards move. We maintain and update your objects so they stay accurate over time, with version control across the whole library.
Every object is checked for accuracy, completeness, and compliance with the standards. That includes its level of detail, the depth of information it carries, and consistent metadata, so nothing breaks when a designer places it.
We store and distribute the finished objects, and help get your BIM content in front of the construction professionals who specify products.
How the process works
Every project starts with a scope, and nothing is built until you have seen the proposal. The preliminary report we write is yours to keep, whether you continue with us or not.
Scope
We map what your products and goals need, then present the scope and a pre-project proposal, so you decide whether to go on.
Specify
A workshop gathers every detail, and we write a preliminary project report with the full specifications. The report is yours to keep.
Build
We develop the objects to the report's specifications and deliver them to plan, with optional maintenance to keep them current.
Typical outcomes
Accurate objects do more than fill a model. They put your products in front of the people who decide what gets built.
Specified more often
When your products exist as accurate BIM objects, designers can place and specify them. That is where demand starts, inside the model.
Accurate, real-world objects
Objects that match the real product in geometry and data, so designers trust them and the decisions they make hold.
Time and cost saved downstream
Complete objects spare designers the guesswork and the rework. That is what makes your product the easy one to choose.
Objects that stay current
Maintenance keeps your objects aligned with the standards and your product range as both of them change.
Who this is for
For manufacturers and suppliers of building products, furniture, and systems who want architects and designers to specify them.
Building-product manufacturers
Manufacturers of building materials, components, and systems who want their products accurate and available in the models architects and engineers build every day.
Furniture and fixture makers
Makers whose products are placed by interior architects and designers, ready to drag into a BIM model with the right dimensions and data already attached.
Suppliers and distributors
Suppliers and distributors who want a branded, maintained object library as a way to stand out with the firms that specify products.
Turn your products into objects designers specify
It starts with a scope and a proposal, and nothing is built until you have seen it. Tell us about your products, and we will come back with a plan.