February 2014
ANCON, manufacturer of high integrity steel fixings, has launched a comprehensive BIM object library to support the industry’s transition to digital building modelling.
Available for free from the NBS National BIM Library 
, the new data-rich BIM Objects allow Ancon products to be easily incorporated into a 3D building model and its associated component database.
Offered as part of the NBS portfolio, users can be confident each file has been quality-checked by the NBS team, catalogued in line with the National Building Specification and has a product structure designed to work seamlessly with the BIM specification tool NBS Create, as well as being compatible with COBie spreadsheets and IFC data exchanges.
These NBS-verified BIM files can also be downloaded from the Ancon website .
Ancon BIM Objects cover a wide range of the company’s market leading products, including standard cavity wall ties and other masonry restraints, masonry supports, windposts and masonry reinforcement, tension bar systems, shear load connectors, stud rails and reinforcement continuity systems – all of which are critical to the structural integrity of a building and essential to an accurate BIM model.
In addition to 2D and 3D product representations, each BIM object includes embedded product information and associated data to support the specification and provide an audit trail for the components throughout the life of the building. The objects also feature parametric design settings which provide the necessary flexibility to create project-specific Ancon details.
To download Ancon BIM objects, visit www.NationalBIMLibrary.com/Ancon or www.ancon.co.uk . For more information, call Ancon on 0114 275 5224 or email tech@ancon.co.uk.
