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Something I noticed 25 years ago when we had transitioned from hand drafting to mouse drafting was that the people who were really talented in one medium tended to be very talented in the other. The best hand drafters inevitably became the best CAD drafters, not because of the medium they were using, but regardless of it. They had a strong understanding of what they were after. Conversely, those who were weak at hand drafting only seemed to have their shortcomings amplified when they sat down with a mouse.
The transition from hand drafting to CAD was a different challenge than the move from CAD to BIM. That transition was not as significant, because really, the technology did not change that much. Only the medium did. We were still creating plans, sections, elevations, etc. fundamentally unchanged from the way we have since the middle ages, with 2D diagramatic representations of intellectual constructs distributed across a catalog of separate drawings. BIM represents an significant underlying rachet-click forward of technology, with major implications for workflow, deliverables, and design methodologies. For me, BIM is the tool I have been waiting for my whole professional life. But to embrace it is to welcome change, and that can be very challenging, especially for those who have mastered the entrenched ways of working.
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