Automation can be defined as “product making technique, process or system that works automatically “or as “creating and implementing technology and workflow that oversees or controls the production of products and services and their delivery “(definition is translated from “International Society for Automation “– ISA).
After defining what a BIM workflow is and what automation is, we are facing an issue of defining the relation between BIM workflow and automation. The questions such as – is not the BIM workflow itself a design process automation? Is automation a tool for improving BIM workflow? How can process automation in the BIM workflow itself add value to the BIM workflow and bring savings to project participants? are imposed.
If you have read the questions carefully and then thought through them, you will admit that it is not so easy to give a short and simple answer to any of the questions asked. Therefore, I am going to elaborate on each of the questions raised below and provide a detailed answer to each one...
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(Eng) BIM Workflow Automation
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