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BIM Content Creation Services
IGS Group (IGS BIM Solutions) is internationally recognised as an industry leader in providing BIM Content Creation services to Building Product Manufacturers (BPM’s).
Australian owned and operated, IGS has provided BIM Content Creation services to over 150 product manufacturers all over the world, helping them increase project specifications, boost product sales, develop brand equity within the A&D market, and collaborate more effectively with specifiers.
IGS provides BIM Content Creation services in multiple BIM content formats – predominantly in Revit and Archicad – with a particular specialisation and global reputation for Revit content creation.
What is BIM / Revit / Archicad Content?
Building Information Modelling (BIM) Content is the digital representation of building elements used in construction and architectural project design models.
BIM content, also known as ‘BIM Objects’, are used in data-rich 3D project models to provide information about the products in the project, including identification data, dimensions, materiality, performance characteristics, and other relevant data to design, construct and manage buildings and infrastructure projects.
The software most commonly used by Architects and MEP Engineers to create these project design models is called Revit.
Another widely used BIM design software, albeit in smaller numbers and almost exclusively for Architecture purposes, is called Archicad.
IGS Group provides BIM content creation services to building product manufacturers by creating BIM objects / BIM content for their products in both Revit and Archicad formats.
IGS is primarily known for our expertise in Revit content creation due to the level of demand from both manufacturers and specifiers for Revit content libraries.
About our BIM Content Creation
IGS’ BIM Content Creation In Numbers
500+
BIM Content Creation Projects completed.
160+
Product manufacturer brands worked with.
68,000+
Users of the BIMcontent.com platform.
50+
Years of BIM Content Creation team experience.
15
Years in business.
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Why Should Building Product Suppliers
Provide Revit Content?
With Architects and Building Designers using BIM workflows on projects of all sizes and typologies, it’s essential for Building Product Manufacturers (BPM’s) to provide high quality, project-ready BIM content if they’re wanting to be seen as a preferred supplier.
In Australia and New Zealand, and indeed most of the world, Autodesk Revit has become the most widely used BIM authoring tool used by Architects, Engineers and Contractors to design and coordinate building projects.
Developing Revit content / objects (known as ‘Revit families’) suitable for use in Revit project models is a very specialised field.
Creating Revit content that delivers everything its meant to in a project environment and doesn’t hinder project model performance can be both difficult and time-consuming, even for Revit specialists.
Having access to pre-built Revit content from manufacturers therefore provides significant project delivery efficiencies and commercial benefits to designers who use Revit to design, document, visualise and deliver their projects.
BPM’s who are able to offer quality Revit content for their products are providing specifiers with a valuable service that allows designers to generate their project deliverables with greater efficiency, accuracy and confidence.
Why is the quality of
BIM content important?
When creating BIM content libraries in a BIM software like Revit, quality is critical.
Whilst quality BIM content is valuable and appreciated by designers, BIM content that isn’t created to a consistent, high quality standard will likely have the complete opposite effect.
Use of problematic BIM content / objects in a project model can lead to issues with visualisation quality, incomplete or incorrect model data, or cause problems with documentation. Sub-optimal BIM content can also lead to significantly poor project model performance, or make the model crash entirely. These sorts of issues are often time-consuming to diagnose and rectify, and they directly impact project delivery workflows.
Issues like these aren’t something manufacturers would want to be responsible for if they’re seeking to protect their brand or improve relationships with specifiers.
Revit content creation must be undertaken with an acute comprehension of how Revit content is used to deliver projects, and therefore, how Revit content needs to be created to deliver these outcomes. Broadly speaking, Revit families are not ‘just another type of 3D CAD’ file that anyone with a CAD, Industrial Design or Drafting background can quickly pick up. Even designers who use Revit on a daily basis are often inexperienced in Revit family creation.
Unless Revit families are created by Revit content creation specialists, it’s highly likely they will end up being of little use to designers, and they’ll provide minimal value to the manufacturer. Or worse yet, they’ll actually damage the manufacturer’s brand and reputation.
The IGS BIM Advisory Group
To ensure the BIM content created by IGS aligns with the evolving needs of designers, IGS seeks input from the IGS BIM Advisory Group.
The IGS BIM Advisory Group is an assembly of highly regarded BIM and Design Technology specialists from Australia and New Zealand’s largest and most prolific design firms.
“The first step in exceeding your customer’s expectations is to know those expectations.”
– Roy H. Williams
BIM Content Creation Success Stories
Why Choose IGS for BIM Content Creation Services?
Their words, not ours…
“Abey sought to find a reputable business our Architecture clients trusted and were told IGS Group were the best in the business. The feedback we’ve received about our BIM library has been extremely positive.”
Abey
“Working with the IGS team to implement a BIM strategy has provided a range of benefits to the IntraSpace business. We have observed our BIM content being used by specifiers in various sales-generating projects (and) improvement in our specifier engagement processes.”
Intraspace
“IGS have proven to be very passionate individuals who have committed themselves to going beyond current industry standards and are helping raise the bar in the service that manufacturers are entitled to expect within this industry”
Woods Bagot
“We would highly recommend IGS as a creator of BIM solutions and BIM strategy to others, as we have already done on a number of occasions.”
Dulux Australia
“Manufacturers who provide BIM content have an innate advantage. IGS produces high quality content because of their background in the Architectural field, and their commitment to being involved in the industry and asking what we need.”
Hassell
“IGS have been incredible partners in our BIM journey. Their industry experience and assistance in ensuring we invest appropriately, and deliver best in class BIM solutions has been especially appreciated.”
James Hardie Australia
“We firmly believe that product manufacturers should be providing BIM content that is of a high quality and easily accessible to the industry. IGS/BIMcontent.com is the benchmark when it comes to manufacturer’s BIM content.”
DJAS
“As a result of working with IGS… we’ve been able to increase our specification volume and provide our sales team with better tools and engagement methods when collaborating with project designers.”
Bluescope Building Components
“Manufacturers who provide BIM content have an innate advantage. IGS produces high quality content because of their background in the Architectural field, and their commitment to being involved in the industry and asking what we need.”
GHD
“When there’s a choice between products of minimal difference we’ll go with the manufacturer that provides high quality BIM content. Being able to go to BIMcontent.com to access content we can use in our designs saves us valuable time.”
dwp
“IGS know the industry, the requirements, and what is required on projects. Whether it’s for our construction drawings to get the project built, or for our renders to sell the vision, their content ticks the boxes across the board.”
Gray Puksand
“Access to quality Revit content is vital for design firms like ours, who work on complex, large scale Revit projects across various sectors such as Healthcare, Education, Multi-Res and others. where a manufacturer has had their content created by IGS, this gives us great confidence it can be used in our projects.”
Architectus
“Manufacturers who offer BIM content have an advantage when speaking to design practices. Having reliable, quality BIM content from our preferred suppliers on a single platform like BIMcontent.com is a game-changer for us and a huge asset to our designers.”
Grimshaw
“Revit content from manufacturers is a great help to us in generating our project documentation, and it is becoming an increasingly important part of manufacturers providing value to specifiers. IGS understand our needs better than any other Revit content provider.”
Silver Thomas Hanley (STH)
“IGS initially came recommended by one of our key specifier clients. Partnering with IGS has been a great decision for DARKON. Feedback from design practices on our expanding Revit
library has been extremely positive.”
Darkon
“Having experienced various degrees of success working with other BIM content providers, Moddex engaged IGS as a way of improving our library and overall strategy, and this has proven to be a great partnership.”
Moddex
“What we’ve been able to achieve through working with IGS Group and having a BIM content library is a greater level of collaboration with the design community and with specifiers.”
Aspect Furniture
“Abey sought to find a reputable business our Architecture clients trusted and were told IGS Group were the best in the business. The feedback we’ve received about our BIM library has been extremely positive.”
Abey
“Working with the IGS team to implement a BIM strategy has provided a range of benefits to the IntraSpace business. We have observed our BIM content being used by specifiers in various sales-generating projects (and) improvement in our specifier engagement processes.”
Intraspace
“IGS have proven to be very passionate individuals who have committed themselves to going beyond current industry standards and are helping raise the bar in the service that manufacturers are entitled to expect within this industry”
Woods Bagot
“We would highly recommend IGS as a creator of BIM solutions and BIM strategy to others, as we have already done on a number of occasions.”
Dulux Australia
“Manufacturers who provide BIM content have an innate advantage. IGS produces high quality content because of their background in the Architectural field, and their commitment to being involved in the industry and asking what we need.”
Hassell
“IGS have been incredible partners in our BIM journey. Their industry experience and assistance in ensuring we invest appropriately, and deliver best in class BIM solutions has been especially appreciated.”
James Hardie Australia
“We firmly believe that product manufacturers should be providing BIM content that is of a high quality and easily accessible to the industry. IGS/BIMcontent.com is the benchmark when it comes to manufacturer’s BIM content.”
DJAS
“As a result of working with IGS… we’ve been able to increase our specification volume and provide our sales team with better tools and engagement methods when collaborating with project designers.”
Bluescope Building Components
“Manufacturers who provide BIM content have an innate advantage. IGS produces high quality content because of their background in the Architectural field, and their commitment to being involved in the industry and asking what we need.”
GHD
“When there’s a choice between products of minimal difference we’ll go with the manufacturer that provides high quality BIM content. Being able to go to BIMcontent.com to access content we can use in our designs saves us valuable time.”
dwp
“IGS know the industry, the requirements, and what is required on projects. Whether it’s for our construction drawings to get the project built, or for our renders to sell the vision, their content ticks the boxes across the board.”
Gray Puksand
“Access to quality Revit content is vital for design firms like ours, who work on complex, large scale Revit projects across various sectors such as Healthcare, Education, Multi-Res and others. where a manufacturer has had their content created by IGS, this gives us great confidence it can be used in our projects.”
Architectus
“Manufacturers who offer BIM content have an advantage when speaking to design practices. Having reliable, quality BIM content from our preferred suppliers on a single platform like BIMcontent.com is a game-changer for us and a huge asset to our designers.”
Grimshaw
“Revit content from manufacturers is a great help to us in generating our project documentation, and it is becoming an increasingly important part of manufacturers providing value to specifiers. IGS understand our needs better than any other Revit content provider.”
Silver Thomas Hanley (STH)
“IGS initially came recommended by one of our key specifier clients. Partnering with IGS has been a great decision for DARKON. Feedback from design practices on our expanding Revit
library has been extremely positive.”
Darkon
“Having experienced various degrees of success working with other BIM content providers, Moddex engaged IGS as a way of improving our library and overall strategy, and this has proven to be a great partnership.”
Moddex
“What we’ve been able to achieve through working with IGS Group and having a BIM content library is a greater level of collaboration with the design community and with specifiers.”
Aspect Furniture
Frequently Asked Questions
What is BIM?
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BIM is an acronym for Building Information Modelling. BIM is a process supported by various tools and technologies involving the generation and management of digital representations of physical objects.
Traditionally, building design has been reliant upon two-dimensional technical drawings such as plans and elevations. BIM extends the three primary spatial dimensions (width, height and depth) to also incorporate information about time, cost, asset management and sustainability.
BIM covers more than just geometry, it also covers spatial relationships, geospatial information, quantities and properties of building components (for example, inclusion of manufacturer details and contact information) and enables a wide range of collaborative processes from initial planning through to construction.
What is BIM content and what are BIM objects?
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The generic term BIM content, sometimes interchangeably used with the term BIM object, generally means a digital representation of a physical product, equipment or building material used by design professionals such as architects and engineers when designing buildings.
Manufacturer BIM content incorporates a visual representation of a product, often as three-dimensional geometry, as well as the technical information associated with the identification of the product such as:
- Manufacturer name
- Product ID / model number
As well as in some cases, information like:
- Materials
- Specification data
- Power, water or plumbing connections
- Performance metrics
BIM content can come in several different formats and with different purposes. The BIM content created by IGS Group and hosted on BIMcontent.com is predominantly in the specific software formats of Revit and Archicad.
Does IGS Group provide Revit content creation services?
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Yes, Revit content creation is our specialty at IGS.
IGS Group has been providing Revit content creation services since 2009 and has created Revit content for many of the world’s most prominent building product manufacturers and design firms.
Headquartered in Australia and with offices in Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane, IGS Group is internationally recognised as one of the world’s leading Revit content service providers.
The key to IGS’ Revit content creation and BIM content library development expertise is our team members having worked previously as BIM Managers, Revit Content Creators and Designers in building design and consulting firms.
If you are a building product manufacturer or a design firm that requires Revit content creation services, please reach out to us here.
If manufacturers invest in having Revit content, will their products get specified more?
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Being the specified supplier often provides an advantage at procurement time, so many manufacturers invest time, effort and money into various strategies that increase their specification volumes as a way of driving sales.
By providing high-quality Revit content – with quality being a paramount factor in determining the results of the investment – manufacturers are making the task of documenting their products easier and faster for specifiers.
This is just one of many things manufacturers should do if they are wanting to grow sales through specifications. It’s an increasingly important one as the process of finding, evaluating and documenting products in projects becomes more digital.
What are the benefits of hosting our content on BIMcontent.com by IGS Group as well as our own website?
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Hosting your Revit content on BIMcontent.com by IGS Group enables designers to access the digital product data they want, when they want it, efficiently, in a format that suits their needs and most importantly – from a trusted resource.
Our ever-growing user base includes BIM managers, architects and engineers from many of the world’s most prolific design practices and the platform itself was designed in consultation with leaders from these firms.
Our customised website integration can be implemented in 5 minutes, meaning your content can also be hosted, managed and presented optimally on your company website.
We provide detailed analytics and marketing support including promotional videos, social posts, technical copywriting and promotion of your brand and products via BIMcontent.com social platforms and e-newsletters to users.
And if you or your clients experience any issues with BIMcontent.com, the content hosted on the platform or via the website integration – we’re always on hand with tech support. If you’d like to learn more about the subscription inclusions, please reach out to us here.
Why is IGS Group and BIMcontent.com so strict about the quality and consistency of Revit content hosted on the site?
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Let’s think about this by using a comparison.
As a building product manufacturer, the quality of your products is vital to your company’s success. Customers rely on the guarantee of quality that comes with your brand, which is why they choose to work with you consistently.
It is the same with Revit content – inferior quality BIM content has the potential to cause serious issues to project design models.
Poor quality Revit content can cause major issues such as:
- Documentation not appearing correctly
- Elements being in the wrong location or impossible to place correctly
- Schedules and calculations being incorrect
- Visualisations and renders having a poor appearance
- Models being slow to work on
- Worst case scenario – whole project models crashing or becoming corrupted.
Designers use BIMcontent.com as their primary project design resource because they know they can trust the quality of the Revit content hosted on the platform, owing to our stringent quality controls.
This quality assurance is the reason BIMcontent.com is the first port of call for a growing number of design firms seeking product models for their projects, which in turn provides commercial value to our manufacturer partners.
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