XR250, I think bigmig means you see in the section is what is actually built instead of typical details. I think the BIM drafting details look better - the lines have rounded ends instead of squared. Personal preferences may be involved.
The other problem with live sections in BIM is once you tweak a live section in the model, your sections need to be cleaned up, whereas in CAD as long as you didn't dimension anything, your section will be fine.
At my office, we have been experimenting with the engineer creating the model and created live cuts where unique sections exist. A draftsperson goes in afterward and, depending on their experience and knowledge, starts to apply the typical callouts to the plans and sections, adds the typical details, and dimensions everything. The engineer has already created the plan views, labeled the beams with live beam tags, created column schedules.
I'm relatively new, less than 10 years experience, but learned through BIM. I can tell you by looking at architectural drawings from 10 years ago made with CAD and the drawings today, that the quality of sections, plans, and generally everything from an architect has gone way downhill. They don't care about what their drawings look like anymore. This is a general statement. I know architects who still produce works of art in terms of drawing appearances, but it's the exception now. It was a struggle at our office in the beginning, but now anyone fluent in BIM can produce a complete set of concrete or steel drawings faster than CAD. The problem, as always, is that the architect's are MUCH more inclined to make last minute changes.
Has anyone else experienced this with architects?
