I heard today that one will need a BIM engineer certificate in the future. What does BIM entail? Is the future a trend?

The quality of this question is really poor. Who says that one ‘must have a BIM engineer certificate in the future’? Do people who do physical labor need it? Do drivers need it? Do accountants need it? Do welders need it? I found online that it relates to modeling, and it should be related to design. Questions should serve to inspire further discussion; throwing out nonsense is just annoying

3D structural software, widely used in the construction industry and for steel structures. In the chemical engineering field, it is mainly used for modeling steel structure installation; it is not very useful for 3D design in this industry, where PDS or PDMS are primarily used.

Prefabricated buildings are likely to bring about a revolutionary change in the construction industry. As a three-dimensional design tool, BIM is quite suitable for the design of prefabricated buildings; however, design firms and similar organizations are not very enthusiastic about using BIM at the moment. **I’m pushing this forward, but I don’t know how it will develop in the future. Prefabrication is definitely something that needs to be adopted, but it isn’t necessary to use BIM alongside it. BIM is a design tool for prefabrication, but whether it has the significant impact that is often touted about it remains uncertain.

We’re currently trying to use BIM for chemical plants, and the results have been extremely poor. REVIT was used for the building design, while Civil 3D was used for the site plan. However, the structure is still designed using PKPM and YJK. Those working on water supply and drainage, electrical systems, and HVAC still find Tianzheng software to be more user-friendly. The most frustrating aspect is the integration of piping systems – there seems to be no interface between mainstream BIM software and mainstream 3D piping software. The conditional transmission designed at the same time actually presents problems in BIM; the professional collaboration features of BIM have not been realized, which only makes things more complicated. I think it’s a trend, but considering the current habits of designers in various aspects, its application in the chemical industry still seems immature.