Whilst many of the pages in our BIM resources section are deliberately software neutral, we also wanted to share valuable resources related to BIM content. In this particular case, these are largely focussed on resources available for the Graphisoft ARCHICAD platform, although a number of the sites listed below also offer content for other formats.

General

• What is GDL? (Wikipedia)

Content Standards

• BIMstore BIM Bibles
• NBS BIM Object Standard

See also Standards page – in particular see BS 8541 series

Manufacturers’ Content

• BIMobject
• BIMstore
• CADswift (development of content for manufacturers’; see also generic content)
• Modlar (see also generic objects)
• NBS National BIM Library (see also generic objects for multiple platforms)
• Ruby Sketch (see also generic content)

All of these sites offer multiple file types.

Generic Content (for Graphisoft ArchiCAD)

• 4D Library
• archicad stuff
• ArchiCAD Talk Object Depository
• ArchiParts
• archisolutions
• BIMcomponents (also linked to BIMobject for manufacturer content)
• CAD Garage
• CADimage
• CADswift (see also manufacturers’ content)
• Dahlman Design
• Dimensions Design Group, Inc
• Eptar
• Master Script
  
• On Land
• openGDL.org
• Rik Corporation (landscape content)
• Ruby Sketch (see also manufacturers’ content)
• SmartGDL
• The BIM Store

Generic Content (for multiple platforms)

• Modlar (see also manufacturers’ content)
• NBS National BIM Library (see also manufacturers’ content)
• World of BIM