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BIMpedia
A community project for BIM professionals

The practical toolbox and knowledge base for BIM professionals

Made by the community to help people do the job. Pick what you’re working on, learn it in a short lesson, get it done with a tool, and ask on the forum when you need more.

Free. No sign-up needed. Export your work to Excel, PDF or Word.

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How it works

One pattern, every topic

Learn it once and you know how to find anything on BIMpedia.

  1. 00Pick a topicStart from the job in front of you — MIDP, clashes, handover…
  2. 01UnderstandA plain-language Pedia entry and a diagram of the process.
  3. 02LearnA five-minute lesson with a quick check and flashcards.
  4. 03DoThe tool for the job — export Excel, PDF or Word.
Featured tools

Documents you issue every week, ready in minutes

Branded Excel, PDF and Word exports with your logo, document number and revision table.

Set up

BEP Builder

Use it when you need to write or update the BIM execution plan.

Assemble a BIM execution plan from editable sections, with your tool outputs as appendices.

Excel · PDF · WordOpen
Requirements

LOD / LOIN Matrix

Use it to agree how developed each element must be at each stage.

Set the level of development per element and stage, with responsibilities and information requirements.

Excel · PDF · WordOpen
Requirements

Clash Test Matrix

Use it at the start of coordination to decide which clash tests to run.

Define which disciplines are tested against each other, with tolerances, priorities and owners.

Excel · PDF · WordOpen
Coordinate

Coordination Meeting Pack

Use it every week: agenda, attendance, issue log, actions and minutes.

Agenda, attendance, issue log, actions and minutes. Roll open issues into the next meeting.

Excel · PDF · WordOpen
Coordinate

Clash Report Importer

Use it after a clash run to turn thousands of clashes into a few issues.

Turn a Navisworks clash report into a short list of grouped issues, then send them to the Meeting Pack.

Excel · PDF · WordOpen
Coordinate

RFI Register

Use it to track questions sent to the design team until they are answered.

Numbered requests for information with due dates, responses, impacts and an overdue watch.

Excel · PDF · WordOpen
Check

IFC Inspector

Use it when you receive an IFC file, before you federate or share it.

Open an IFC file in the browser: structure, elements, properties and required-property checks.

Excel · PDF · WordOpen
Check

ISO 19650 Naming Validator

Use it to check file names before they go into the CDE.

Check file and container names against your project's naming convention, field by field.

Excel · PDF · WordOpen
Learn

Short lessons, one concept at a time

21 five-minute lessons with diagrams, a quick check, flashcards and your own notes.

Pedia

Standards and terms in plain language

19 entries, from ISO 19650 to IDS — each linked to the lessons and tools that use it.

Community

Latest from the forum

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Community

Made by the community. Ask for what you need.

BIMpedia started in the BIM community to help people do the job: coordinators, information managers, modellers, anyone who works with models and project information. It isn’t a company product. If you need something, ask on the forum.

  • More content

    A lesson, a Pedia entry or a topic that isn’t here yet.

  • An explanation

    Something on a page isn’t clear, or doesn’t match how your projects work.

  • A new tool

    A document or a check you still do by hand.

  • A full or custom tool

    The tools are kept simple: no login, your work stays in your browser. If you need one with an account and saved data, or one made for your team, ask.

All you have to do is ask, and join in when you can: answer a question, share how your projects do it.