Section 1: Overview of Digitalization and BIM Data

In this part of the book, you will develop a good overview of what is happening in relation to digitization in general and why analyzing BIM data is so important. The first three chapters will explain background IT subjects that are fundamental in terms of reaching the book's goal: managing and visualizing BIM data. For example, we will learn how series of ones and zeros create digital content on the screens of our devices, along with how much digital data we produce every day, what types of digital data there are, and how our job falls inside the category of hybrid jobs. These are just some of the subjects we will cover during the first three chapters.

This section comprises the following chapters:

• Chapter 1, Introducing Units of Digital Information
• Chapter 2, Understanding Data Centers
• Chapter 3, Warming Up Your Data Visualization Engines