First off, let me start by saying I know about Computer-Aided Design (CAD), I have been using various forms since I was in seventh grade, and have become fairly proficient. I started in SolidEdge, which is now called SolidWorks, and then upon entering drafting courses switched to using AutoCAD then progressed to Inventor. But Building Information Modeling (BIM) is totally foreign to me; actually it was not until I started researching that I found out that Revit was indeed not CAD software but BIM.
While both CAD and BIM include geometry, the latter also includes a multitude of building information, making BIM a better choice when it comes to designing a building. BIM is a newer technology in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry that is not only used for design but also management purposes and in construction and operation as well. The software makes it easy to track a building from the beginning to the end, or its lifecycle, staring in the conceptual stages of development all the way through to demolition.
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