Project Assignment #3
Building Information Modeling (BIM) Using Revit - 100 points

  • Due April 12, Monday

Objectives

This project is intended to introduce you to the techniques of Building Information Modeling (BIM). You will create a BIM model using Revit 2010 for the single family house that you have designed for Project 2.

Process

  1. You should start by modeling the site for your house. The original lots are flat, but you can introduce an uneven toposurface to your lot to make it more interesting.

  2. Next you should create the walls, floors, and roofs of your house. All aspects of your model should have appropriate size and space, and be created precisely.

  3. After the structural parts of your house are in place, you should add doors, windows, stairs and railing, etc.

  4. After the model is created, you should add the necessary annotation, such as dimension, tag, label, etc.

  5. you should examine it thoroughly for any problems such as missing walls, floors, etc. We will be using the same model for the next rendering project.

ASSIGNMENT

To summarize, the products of this project consist of the following parts:

  • Submit a single revit file of the 3-D BIM model of your house that contains standard architectural views in formal sheets, including:
    • plan of every floor with dimension,
    • at least two section views one of which showing the stairs,
    • elevation views of every side,
    • the site view that shows the roof of the house and the toposurface of the site, and
    • a 3-D view of the model.
  • Upload all the above documents to your personal website. The architectural views should be exported as image files and be accessible from your web page. This part will due on Wednesday.

Grading

This assignment is for 100 points. Your work will be judged based on the following:

  • The quality and the amount of details of the three-dimensional model of the house.
  • The quality of the standard architectural views.
  • The model should be free of other problems.

Resources

The first source of help and tutorials should be the help menu of your application. The website for ARCH 122: Principles of Computer Aided Architecture Design at UC Berkeley contains a lot of useful information and tutorials.


Adapted from materials developed by Y.E. Kalay, UC Berkeley.