Reciprocal content syndication between AEC Daily courses and BIMsmith BIM Content aims to aid the research and specification process, so architects find what they need, wherever they start.
Anguleris®, a global leader in construction technology, and AEC Daily, the premier provider of online continuing education for construction design professionals, today announced a two-way partnership connecting AEC Daily's courses with manufacturers' BIM content on BIMsmith®, an Anguleris brand.
Historically, architects, engineers, and other design professionals have researched building products in one place and earned their continuing education credits in another. A manufacturer might offer a course on its fire-rated wall assemblies through AEC Daily and Revit families for the same assemblies on BIMsmith, and the designer detailing that wall would rarely see the two side by side.
With the new integration between BIMsmith and AEC Daily, there is now a connection that runs both ways. On BIMsmith Market, manufacturers that sponsor AEC Daily courses now show those courses in a panel under their company information, with a link to view all of them. Each course opens on AEC Daily.
On AEC Daily, education pages now carry the same manufacturers' BIM content, syndicated live from BIMsmith. A construction design professional who finishes a course can go straight to that manufacturer's BIM content without starting a new search.
“It's very important to understand how a product performs when you're deciding whether to specify it,” said Benjamin Glunz, Founder and CEO of Anguleris. “Now a manufacturer's course and its Revit families point to each other. An architect can start in either place and leave with both.”
Many manufacturers are already showing their AEC Daily courses on BIMsmith, including Berridge Manufacturing and National Gypsum. The integration builds on a year of collaboration between Anguleris and AEC Daily.
“Education is often the starting point for product awareness and informed specification,” said Jeff Rice, CEO at AEC Daily. “Architects, engineers, other designers come to AEC Daily to build knowledge and explore possibilities well before they begin selecting products. Our collaboration with BIMsmith helps connect that early learning experience with the resources needed as they move from inspiration and education toward implementation.”
Manufacturers have nothing new to maintain. Once a manufacturer's AEC Daily sponsor account is linked to its BIMsmith page, new courses reach BIMsmith automatically through AEC Daily's API. Anguleris and AEC Daily will present the integration to manufacturer customers at webinars in mid-November.
Design professionals can see the integration live on manufacturer pages today at www.bimsmith.com and at www.aecdaily.com.
