This video artfully demonstrates the benefits of using the National BIM Library's nationalBIMlibrary.com, billed as "the construction industry's free-to-use resource of NBS standard BIM content." The website's content links with manufacturer content such as maintenance literature and CPD analyses. It also links to the UK specification system NBS. As shown by the video, objects are available in IFC, ArchiCAD, Bentley, Revit and Vectoworks formats.
For more information visit www.thenbs.com/BIM and www.nationalbimlibrary.com/.
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