What is the Difference Between the National CAD Standard (NCS), and the National BIM Standard (NBIMS)?
The move from CAD to BIM is rooted in the economic and functional advantages of maturing from paper-based, redundant and proprietary paradigms to an information-based interoperable modeling paradigm which, in turn, supports the functions, users and products necessary to the lifecycle of a facility.Simply stated, the NCS addresses paper-centric drafting as a means of producing design and construction drawings. NBIMS sets standards for typical processes and computer-based exchanges of information employed during the conception, creation, and operation of facilities. Since design and construction drawings, as well as computer-based virtual building models, are a typical product of building information modeling techniques, NCS will continue to be important as a standard for design and construction drawing output from the BIM process.”The NCS is a product from the cooperation of the AIA, CSI, and NIBS. The NCS represents a consensus among architects, engineers, and experts from the construc
