OG Openbim Important2

OpenBIM: Why Is It Important?

September 22, 2015 1 min. read

OpenBIM supports a transparent, open workflow, allowing project members to participate regardless of the software tools they use. It creates a common language for widely referenced processes, allowing industry and government to procure projects with transparent commercial engagement, comparable service evaluation and assured data quality. It provides enduring project data for use throughout the asset life-cycle, avoiding multiple input of the same data and consequential errors. It energizes the online product supply side with more exact user demand searches, and delivers the product data directly into the BIM.


The basics of the openBIM and buildingSMART concepts.
Produced by buildingSMART Norway

Carl Veillette

Co-founder and Chief Product Officer

You might be interested in:

March 6, 2018 3 min. read

Shareholders of large software companies would love if every project used only one vendor’s tools. However, that simply is unrealistic and with good reason; no single software solution is the master of all construction processes.

February 10, 2020 10 min. read

Learn how to streamline your BIM Coordination with our top 3 BCF-enabled workflows. Manage issues in ArchiCAD, Vectorworks, Novapoint, Aconex & more with BIM Track and the BCF.

November 24, 2017 2 min. read

A few people working on job sites have recently asked us questions about offline BIM Track workflows. First of all, BIM Track is intended for instant online access. We want to make the transfer o...