I am in love with the Archicad Marquee....

That tells you a lot about my life I guess...

Still, before you call me a hypocrite (i.e. encouraging software tribalism) –

here is a challenge:

I’ll show you mine (Archicad marquee),

you show me yours (spatial filtering device);

I use the marquee a lot – to examine parts of the building I am interested in.

Sections can do the job too, the marquee will get me there with fewer steps and faster;

I treat it a bit like an ice-cream scoop, or a surgeon’s knife, depending on the stage of the job I am in.

What about you?

See, the tool and how you use it, to scoop out a blob-of-information that needs to be examined, contemplated and resolved from the integrated, intelligent digital model you are producing tells me a lot about you.

Lets me know what BIM personality type you are and the BIM systems, processes and procedures your company has.

I know I am being a bit arrogant here – but, let’s get into the real stuff, tell me how well are you able to scoop the ice-cream out of the bucket?

Is this a trivial question? No, it is not – absolutely critical.

Even if you are not hands-on but claim to have a BIM enabled office – walk around the floor and ask your staff:

“What do we use to scope information-ice-cream here?”