Īs Graphisoft had been developing such solutions for longer than its competitors, Laiserin regarded its ArchiCAD application as then 'one of the most mature BIM solutions on the market.' Following its launch in 1987, ArchiCAD became regarded by some as the first implementation of BIM, as it was the first CAD product on a personal computer able to create both 2D and 3D geometry, as well as the first commercial BIM product for personal computers.

What became known as BIM products differed from architectural drafting tools such as AutoCAD by allowing the addition of further information (time, cost, manufacturers' details, sustainability, and maintenance information, etc.) to the building model. The pioneering role of applications such as RUCAPS, Sonata and Reflex has been recognized by Laiserin as well as the UK's Royal Academy of Engineering former GMW employee Jonathan Ingram worked on all three products.

The early applications, and the hardware needed to run them, were expensive, which limited widespread adoption. The first software tools developed for modeling buildings emerged in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and included workstation products such as Chuck Eastman's Building Description System and GLIDE, RUCAPS, Sonata, Reflex and Gable 4D Series. The concept of BIM has existed since the 1970s. Standards developed in the United Kingdom from 2007 onwards have formed the basis of international standard ISO 19650, launched in January 2019. The development of standards and the adoption of BIM has progressed at different speeds in different countries. The concept of BIM has been in development since the 1970s, but it only became an agreed term in the early 2000s. BIM software is used by individuals, businesses and government agencies who plan, design, construct, operate and maintain buildings and diverse physical infrastructures, such as water, refuse, electricity, gas, communication utilities, roads, railways, bridges, ports and tunnels. Building information models (BIMs) are computer files (often but not always in proprietary formats and containing proprietary data) which can be extracted, exchanged or networked to support decision-making regarding a built asset.

Building information model of a mechanical room developed from lidar dataīuilding information modeling ( BIM) is a process supported by various tools, technologies and contracts involving the generation and management of digital representations of physical and functional characteristics of places.

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