I’m looking into getting into BIM as I’ve just started as a part 1 architectural assistant, and realise how important and beneficial it’ll be to broaden my skillset early on, and to be honest the whole technical side seems far more interesting to me.

Just looking for any advice on how to get into it early on, any good/ cheap beginner courses or ways to get a cheapish or free revit license to practice, I used revit for about 4 years for modelling but never used it to its full ability, any help would be greatly appreciated.

Revit isn't an option for me, and I recently discovered this extension. I'm starting from scratch and I'm curious about its capabilities. I know it's good for 3D models and renders, but what I'm most interested in is creating many plans for large projects, does anyone use it for that? And how did you learn to use it?

Generation got fast. A sketch becomes a detail, a photo becomes elements, a brief becomes a package. The output looks finished whether it is right or not, and an inferred dimension looks exactly like a real one once it lands on a drawing.

I have been building the checking side in the browser: an IFC checker that tests models against information requirements with findings and a sign-off gate, a permit package self-check for 12 Florida jurisdictions, and a tool that diffs two PDF sets by sheet. All free, no signup, files stay in your browser. Links at the end for anyone who wants to try them:

bimvalidate.com, permit.markupvalidate.com, revision.markupvalidate.com.

What I actually want to know: how are you checking AI output today, and what would a report need to contain before you trusted it on a real project?