BIM applications

<p>We present here the result of the survey of BIM applications. The survey was based on the software table presented in the <a href="https://bimdictionary.com/">BIM Dictionary</a> for Clash Detection and the software tables of the <a href="https://brasil.cbic.org.br/acervo-publicacao-coletanea-bim">CBIC BIM Collection</a>. The websites of BIM application developers were consulted. Brazilian developers were contacted to provide data. We have added information on the availability of educational licenses.</p> <p>BIM applications were categorized by the following fields:</p> <ol> <li> <p>SOFTWARE: application name;</p> </li> <li> <p>VENDOR/DEVELOPER: name of seller and developer;</p> </li> <li> <p>TECHNICAL FUNCTION: categorization adopted by buildingSMART for software implementation (<a href="https://technical.buildingsmart.org/resources/software-implementations/">https://technical.buildingsmart.org/resources/software-implementations/</a>).</p> </li> <li> <p>SUBGATEGORY: from the categorization indicated above, where General is adopted (when the application is aimed to all disciplines as architectural, structures or building systems), name of the discipline (building structure or systems) or a specific application (Augmented Reality; Design Review, Project Collaboration, Budgeting, Construction Planning ...);</p> </li> <li> <p>VENDOR DESCRIPTION: description of the application by the developer;</p> </li> <li> <p>CLOUD OR LOCAL: if the license is installed locally or in the cloud:</p> </li> <li> <p>EDUCATIONAL LICENCE: Whether educational licenses are available and</p> </li> <li> <p>LINK TO OFFICIAL PAGE: URL of the online location.</p> </li> </ol>