What types of building information are best portrayed in 3D views?
- Which stakeholders require 2D views, and why?
Give examples of how the building information for a specific location in the project needs to be filtered for different audiences and purposes?
Filtering the building information with numerous views prioritizes the needs of different stakeholders in the construction process. For example, a framer would want to see where the walls intersect one another, where opening for windows and doors would go, and where men systems would be installed. They wouldn’t need to see furniture and finishes go. Interior designs, in addition to what the framer sees, would also like to have those final details on their plan views. Personalized drawings give the many audiences what they need without the visual clutter of unnecessary details.
Should your design ideas always be conveyed through photorealistic renders?
- How does the level of detail in the rendering and its presentation affect the perception of stakeholders reviewing your design?
The more photorealistic a rendering is, the more the viewer sees it as the final design. In earlier stages, having a more sketchy appearance suggests a flexible, adaptable idea rather than an irreversible complete product. It also requires less work, allowing the architect to come up with more quantity of just enough resolution rather than fewer options with more finished quality.
Name some applications where viewing the building and model information in virtual reality or augmented reality would be most beneficial?
- Are there advantages to using a C.A.V.E as a virtual environment versus VR headsets?
Having an augmented reality experience of your building would help users determine what they like and thus help developers understand what the inhabitants want. These lifelike experiences will help speed up the process and likely sway prospective buyers into purchasing/renovating their space. It would also help not only in the ideation and construction phases, but also later on with interior design choices. CAVE would be better suited than VR headsets when immersing larger groups of people in virtual environments.