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?
The overall structure of my building and my floor plans survived. I had to remodel my stairs, some of my windows didn’t survive. I had to redo the walls (add wall assemblies, etc.)
◦ What does that tell you about what each tool is for?
This tells me that Forma is good for doing broad ideas but cannot really be relied on for the refined details. Revit does the detailed work.
◦ Knowing where the handoff lands, what would you do differently in Forma next time?
I would make sure my windows we further apart so I don’t have to delete so many to ensure the walls and windows don’t run into each other.
Many manufacturers provide Revit families for their products.
◦ What is the advantage to the manufacturer of giving them away?
If the manufacturers provide Revit families for their products, then more architects will use their products because they already know the dimensions of these products and it will be easier to implement them in the real construction.
◦ What is the benefit to you of using them over the generic library families?
The benefits of using them are that you have real objects and a larger variety of what can be added to make the building look better.
◦ At what point does it become appropriate to switch from generic to manufacturer specific?
When there are certain doors and windows where you want to make sure you are able to get. For example, windows get really expensive if they are custom made, if windows are already manufacture specific and have an attached U value that satisfies the building requirements, then that is good.
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 Insight result did not match your Forma result.
◦ What accounts for the difference?
The insight results largely did not match my forma results. First of all I think it was because of the rough material choices in the Forma one. I used wood framing for both buildings in Forma, but in Revit, I realized that my buildings are too tall so I change to steel.
◦ Which number would you show a client, and how would you explain the gap?
I would show my Revit number to a client, Since it is more realistic and reflects what the building would most likely look like with the wall assemblies in mind. The Forma is very generic and since it varies so much from my Revit model, I would not use the Forma.
◦ Does a more detailed model automatically produce a more trustworthy prediction?
I believe so, Since each material has a different R value and they add up. Adding Glazing to windows also make the energy use different. And different materials have different carbon footprints.