What are the primary goals of creating a building model? Who are the key stakeholders?
- What do they need?
- What do they care about most?
In the perspective of an architect or designer, a key stakeholder, the primary goals of creating a building model include visualizing a project in a 3D format while also allowing them to work with settings and features that might be hard to conceptualize in a 2D format. Building Models also allows architects and designers to work with interior layout and aesthetics. They care most about following their given constraints and building codes, the function of their spatial design, and innovation.
Another set of key stakeholders include engineers who need information on the building’s systems needed for operation and structure, including, but not limited to electricity, plumbing, and structural bearing and development. Engineers care most about energy and water use, structure strength and structure, safety, and longevity.
Another set of key stakeholders are construction contractors and they depend on building modeling to not only have a replica of the building but to also use it to estimate materials needed for
How much detail should you include in your building model? How do you decide?
- As you develop your initial design?
- As you continue to iterate and develop on your design?
- What are the key stages?
- And how much detail should you include at each stage?
How much detail should you include about the composition (layers, materials, thicknesses) of your wall, floor, and roof assemblies at different stages of your design process?
- Conceptual design
- Preliminary design
- Design development
- Construction documentation
Many door and window manufacturers provide Revit families for doors and windows that you can specify for your building design.
- What is the advantage to manufacturers for providing these families? (it's not free to create and provide them...)
- What is the benefit to you as the designer of using these manufacturer-provided families? Is there an advantage to using them versus the families provided in the Revit library?
What are the advantages of getting the Revit component families (for furniture, equipment, and fittings) directly from the manufacturer versus from an online sharing website like RevitCity.com?
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