Data Center Journal

Volume 28 | August 2013

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DESIGN CORNER Tools of the Trade - CFD, CAD, BIM BY VALI SORELL P.E. AND ALBERT ALDERETE There are sophisticated digital design tools of the trade used by architects, engineers, and owners that assist with optimizing the design of data centers. The most sophisticated tools available today are mainly software packages that require some level of 3D or solid modeling. The use of these is often not well understood, and at times are even used interchangeably or incorrectly. Between Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Computer Aided Design (CAD), and Building Information Modeling (BIM) there is a world of varied applications, and each needs to be understood better. www.datacenterjournal.com THE DATA CENTER JOURNAL | 17

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