CE107 Introduction to BIM

Type:

Undergraduate Level Course

Location:

University of Southern California / Department of Civil and Enviromental Engineering

Collaborators:

Prof. Hung L Wong

Keywords:

Non-Elective Course, Building Information Modelling, Computer Aided Design

Date:

Spring 2014

Description:An introductory course for teaching students the principles of Building Information Modelling. During this course students will be be gradually introduced from the basic principles of orthographic and perspective drawing until the basics for developing Building Information Models. Graphic communication skills will be demonstrated that enable better visualization, presentation and organization of ideas by means of digital drawing, which the students will be asked to develop for communicating the design of their own housing project. Additionally students will be introduced in the workflow of using the BIM model for the generation of drawings and construction documents.