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Hello dear piping designers.
I would like to share a concern that has been growing over the past few years regarding the implementation of BIM in industrial engineering projects, particularly in piping design.
While I fully support the adoption of BIM and the benefits it can bring to our industry, I am increasingly concerned thatthe misconception that BIM means Revit is leading us in the wrong direction.
My fear is that, rather than improving engineering efficiency, collaboration, and information management, we may be compromising years of progress in specialized industrial design workflows simply to comply with software requirements that do not necessarily reflect the actual needs of our discipline.
Are we truly embracing BIM, or are we misunderstanding what BIM is supposed to achieve? I mean, we have been doing BIM and colaborative projects from many many years.
I believe this is an important and increasingly relevant discussion for our industry, and I would genuinely like to hear how other professionals and engineering companies are experiencing and addressing this situation.
More and more frequently, we are encountering industrial projects where clients require BIM implementation and automatically specifyAutodesk Revit as the mandatory design software, regardless of the engineering discipline involved.
In industrial piping engineering, we have been using specialized tools such asAutoCAD Plant 3D for years, specifically developed to meet the requirements of industrial plant design, engineering documentation, and construction.
However, when we are required to replace Plant 3D with Revit, tasks that are relatively straightforward in specialized piping software become significantly more complicated.
When you receive an RFQ for an industrial piping project where the client specifically requires Revit,what is your approach?
I am genuinely interested in hearing about practical experiences from piping designers, stress engineers, BIM managers, and engineering companies working on industrial projects.
Are we moving towards better engineering through BIM, or are we sacrificing discipline-specific efficiency for the sake of software standardization?
Best regards!