What types of building information are best portrayed in 3D views?
- Which stakeholders require 2D views, and why?
Building information that is best portrayed in 3D views are elements such as stairs/railings because it’s easier to estimate how much space is available for the user.
Give examples of how the building information for a specific location in the project needs to be filtered for different audiences and purposes?
In this assignment, the building information was filtered for three different audiences; the client, the contractor, and ourselves as the creators. It’s important to filter information based on what’s important to the audience. A contractor is not going to care about furnishings, they’re going to care about basic components and dimensions. Furnishings and plants would only distract them. A client will care about dimensions but only to get a sense of how to fill the space. By providing views with furnishings, people, and plants they can get a good feel of how the space can be used and feel. The creator wants to make sure all the dimensions and components are there and how furniture fits in the space to be enjoyed by the client therefore having to see everything at once.
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?
Design ideas don’t always have to be conveyed through photorealistic renders, it depends on the audience as detailed in an earlier answer. A stakeholder such as a client with limited architectural knowledge would probably be served best by a photorealistic render that conveys the feeling of the space. A render with people, furniture, ambient lighting would better convey a design idea than a black and white 2d floor plan. On the other hand, a stakeholder such as a contractor would best be served by that 2d floor plan that has all the dimensions, tags, and material information they need to understand the design idea. They’re worried about the shell of the place so a photorealistic render would be nice so they can see the final vision of the other stakeholders but is not essential when thinking about how they will carry out the design.
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?
How can schedule views be used to assist with procurement and model-based estimating?
Schedule views provide efficient assistance with procurement and model-based estimating because it has all the necessary information on architecture components and amounts on a simple, easy and fast to read sheet. By taking the time to tag all of the necessary components at the beginning, the project is then easy to access for costs by anyone who can simply look at the schedule views. It saves someone from having to carefully look at the plan view and check with the 3d view to make sure all doors and windows are accounted for.