Parametric Modelling Supporting Collaborative Design

In our paper, we will (1) discuss the primary motivations for the usage of parametric data in Collaborative Design. (2) Describe a project currently implemented using parametric modelling in Revit and Bentley. The final section of this paper, section (3), will investigate how the above mentioned libraries behave when they are transferred from one modelling program to another. The use of this type of design ideally should shorten the time span spent on detailed modelling of built artifacts. This section will describe the effort that is needed to ensure that the parameters are carried forward into the each program used by each entity. It will also briefly describe the fundamental difficulties of using various standard commercial packages in a collaborative design environment at the present time.