BIM is incorrect it's more like IM

[digitalcarbon]

there are many things outside the building. what do you call those models?

dump truck?

septic tank?

jersey barrier?

swingset?

CIM as in Civil information model?

what about landscape items? so now we need LIM as in Landscape Information Models?

nonsense,

its all just "IM" that is Information Models regardless of were it goes

[Dieter @ DWorks]

You can look at Building like the verb, then it's kind of correct. BIM has just many interpretations....

[bcd]

I agree with verbalizing the word Building but it is a conceit that was devised to satisfy the inadequacy of the original term, imo.

[Luciole Design]

LIM? Does an integrated model for landscape even work to test the desired outcome that includes biotic systems?

I'm not so convinced about biotic systems. IM or whatever you call it works great for things that are built and primarily static. For things that grow and change, it's fine for describing the initial conditions, but (unlike the typical building) anything using biotic systems isn't "completed" until there has been enough growth to define the design and evaluate its success.

It's also difficult to edit and undo topography - cut and fill calculations can be calculated, but editing them and correcting errors is far from a smooth, intuitive process. It also does not tend to consider soil horizons or profiles - something that should be as much a part of grading landforms as determining wall components.

[digitalcarbon]

i never thought of trees

here is something in posted in the wish list

https://techboard.vectorworks.net/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=216864#Post216864

it could include things that grow

[rDesign]

Regarding BIM for Landscape, the Landscape Institute is releasing a book on this very subject:

LI Appoints Author for new 'BIM For Landscape' Book

BIM for Landscape will be the first book of its kind, and is aimed at landscape practitioners, project leaders and decision-makers working with landscape on a BIM project. The book will be published in early 2016 by Taylor & Francis, publisher of the LI’s Guidelines for Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (GLVIA).

It will contain three sections, says Henry, providing guidance for business leaders, project managers and technicians respectively, and will provide a strategic roadmap to achieving BIM for landscape architects.‘This is an exciting opportunity for landscape architecture; the ultimate goal of BIM for Landscape Architecture has to be the seamless construction, operation and maintenance of landscapes,’ he explains.