Acronyms
What does VDC stand for?
Virtual Design and Construction
Where do trade partners place their material on a site?
Which document is used to outline the protocols, standards, and responsibilities for a BIM project?
BIM Execution Plan
This type of scanner is mounted on a stationary tripod to capture highly detailed scans of buildings and indoor spaces.
Terrestrial Laser Scanner
What does BIM stand for?
Building Information Modeling
What pursuit deliverable incorporates time as an element?
4D Schedule
Which software is primarily used for clash detection and construction coordination?
Revizto or Navisworks
Unlike traditional photography, laser scanning creates highly accurate, millions-of-dots 3D datasets known by this term.
Point Cloud
What does DBS stand for?
Digital Building Solutions
This technology uses filament to create objects.
3D Printing
Which of the following pipe type is the highest priority in coordination: Mechanical, Domestic Water, Fire Protection, Sanitary
Sanitary
This term, which is an acronym for "Light Detection and Ranging," is often used interchangeably with laser scanning in airborne or mobile mapping contexts.
LiDAR
What does LOD stand for?
Level of Development
What element is added in a 5D schedule?
Cost/Money
What is the final BIM schedule milestone?
Sign-Off
To ensure accuracy across a massive site, surveyors tie the scan data into these known, permanent geographic coordinates using a total station.
Survey Control/Control Points
What does LOA stand for?
Level of Accuracy
Tech Assessment
What technology allows you to see the model overlayed onto real world conditions?
Augmented/Mixed Reality
This random, grainy variation in point cloud data is often caused by workers moving around or scanning surface textures that slightly scatter the laser signal.
Noise