The same location needs to be shown differently to different audiences.
◦ How would information at one spot be filtered for a client, a contractor, a code official and a fabricator? Client: Mostly interested in the overall layout, room sizes, finishes and how the building looks. A 3D view would be more useful. Contractor: Needs detailed floor plans, dimensions, materials and installation details to understand how things should be built. The Code official: Needs to check occupancy, fire code compliance, accessibility, room sizes and schedules is an easy way to check this info.. Fabricator will need an elevation view for mechanical fabrication, schedule for quantity and measurements and 3d view to confirm desired design.
◦ What is the risk of showing everyone the same view? It will be challenging as not all desired info is conveyed by the same view in an easy way. a client will be confused looking at schedule, but can understand a 3d and 2d view.
View templates enforce consistency across a set.
◦ What goes wrong on a real project when views are configured individually? Different tags and different graphics can confuse the user. consistency helps with clarity and what to expect from one sheet to another.
◦ Who should own the templates and standards, and why? Different types of stakeholders either have different technical specialization or have limited understanding. A Client / developer might be interested in layout, and 3d view.A Pluming / electrical might be interesting in the electrical or plumbing charts.
Your schedules pull information straight out of the model.
◦ How can schedules support procurement and model based estimating? The schedule keeps track of all doors / windows, or floor area. it can be used to calculate total number of windows per type and doors per type. Or calculate estimated material such as stone or vinyl area to cove the area of floor. it is accurate as it pulls data directly from the model and when one changes automatically update the model.
◦ What is the danger of a schedule that is accurate about the model but wrong about the building? If the model is wrong, then the schedule is wrong and will replicate across the project. for example if the model shows the wrong window size or count it will impact the project by either over ordering or under ordering or ordering the wrong items. it is likely to be discovered by the client or the architect during a routine check.
◦ What did your calculated field reveal that the plans did not? calculate field computes across all floors. most of the other methods like measure line only does it for the single unit/ item being measured.