Template talk:Building information modeling

What makes a "full" 'building information modeling package' compared to a "compatible" one? This seems like a pretty strange distinction to me. In fact, what makes a "Building information modeling package" at all, anyway? IFC compatability? If so perhaps we should rename the template to 'IFC comptible packages'....

As far as I can see, the term 'Building information modelling' is so broadly applied that to distinguish one package from another based on it, seems pretty absurd. Miscreant 05:38, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2007-11-04T05:38:00.000Z","author":"Miscreant","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Miscreant-2007-11-04T05:38:00.000Z","replies":["c-DuLithgow-2013-05-18T21:32:00.000Z-Miscreant-2007-11-04T05:38:00.000Z"]}}-->

You're right, but that's life at the moment in BIM. I would say that IFC compatibility is what is now being termed OpenBIM because basically any CAD package which allows you to add data about the objects is building *information* modelling/management software.--duncan.lithgow (talk) 21:32, 18 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"2013-05-18T21:32:00.000Z","author":"DuLithgow","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-DuLithgow-2013-05-18T21:32:00.000Z-Miscreant-2007-11-04T05:38:00.000Z","replies":[],"displayName":"duncan.lithgow"}}-->