Module 4 - Points to Ponder (1)

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Module 4 - Points to Ponder
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Please share your comments on 3 of the following 5 questions.

How much detail should you include about wall, floor and roof composition at different stages?

◦  Conceptual design

◦  Preliminary design

◦  Design development

◦  Construction documentation

You moved a design from Forma into Revit this week.

◦  What survived intact, and what did you rebuild?

◦  What does that tell you about what each tool is for?

◦  Knowing where the handoff lands, what would you do differently in Forma next time?

Many manufacturers provide Revit families for their products.

◦  What is the advantage to the manufacturer of giving them away?

◦  What is the benefit to you of using them over the generic library families?

◦  At what point does it become appropriate to switch from generic to manufacturer specific?

The core is located early and moved rarely.

◦  Why does it get fixed before most of the building?

◦  What are the consequences of a core that does not stack vertically?

◦  What did locating the core force you to change about your Week 3 layout?

Your Carbon Insight Analysis result did not main Revit did not match your Carbon Analysis in Forma Building Design.

◦  What accounts for the difference?

◦  Which number would you show a client, and how would you explain the gap?

◦  Does a more detailed model automatically produce a more trustworthy prediction?