LOD (Level of Development) in BIM & Difference between Levels of Details

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Speaking about the Level of Development (LOD) a number of old articles provide an excellent summary of the development and history of LOD. With the information in those papers, it is possible to date the earliest LOD usage to 2004 by a business that develops software for construction analysis. At that time, they employed a method that was similar to a LOD to link digital models to project costs.