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Building Information Modeling

Project 1: BIM Applications & Research in AEC

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Project 2a: Building Modeling


Work in Progress

Create Reference Line and Extrusion
(Lock the reference line)

Rotate the louver and create reference lines to lock the extrusion.

Load the project into Window family file and array them.

Reconfirm the sizing and lock them to reference lines

Create reference lines and extrusion.

Create reference lines and extrusion.

Adjust the depth and lock it to reference lines

Apply the material before load the families to Building.

Door Families done

Model the slab and walls on ground floor

Load the Louver Window into Project.

Load the door Family into Project.

Model second floor by adding railing and curtain wall.

Model Staircase from ground floor

Check the staircase and shaft create.

Model Roof Truss

Project Done!

Final Families
Door & Louver Windows

Project 2B : BIM Applications & Research in AEC
Work In Progress

Duplicate views,
Use Room to label interior spaces.

 

Annotate Annotate Annotate> Colour Fill


Generate room legend.
Use Edit Schemeto modify legend

 

Adjust Visual Style and Detail Level to Medium

From the VG list, uncheck ‘Furniture’

under Visibility column. All furniture components will not be visible under

this setting.

 

Override the Lines colour by changing

to red.

 

All furniture components will be

displayed in red.

 

 

To highlight furniture components in

colour, create a Filter (View > Filters ).

 

Click ‘New’ and name it as ‘Furniture

Layout’. Select only ‘Furniture’ so that

all furniture components will be

included in this Filter.

 

 

Modify Type Properties>Structure  >Material >Define Surface Pattern

 

Use Region> Masking Region to sketch

roof pitch arrow.

 

 

Annotate > Tag by Category
 

Click on each component to tag.

 

 

For each section views, modify the view using View>Cut Profile Cut on components such as floor and wall.

 

To create hidden pad-footing, use

Annotate  >Masking Region to sketch.

 

 

Use Tag Room to label interior spaces.

 

 

View> Call out and select the region to

show bigger detail

 

 

View> Call out and select the region to

show bigger detail

 

 

Create a new Furniture Schedule: View > Schedule

 

Select ‘Furniture’.

For the Schedule Properties, add Type, Level and Count fields.

 

 

 

 

Create a new Legend: View > Legend.

Name it ‘Door & Windows Legend’.

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the View menu, click View Properties.

In the View Properties dialog box,

select the Section Box check box.

 

Select the section box and use the control grips to drag the sides of the box inside

the model to generate the cut view.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use VG to hide the Section Section Section Box.

 

 

 

 

 

Follow the settings 
 

Manage> Phasing

 

 

 

 

AF

AFAF

 

 

Existing part 

 

 

 

 

Change the followingsetting in the dialog

 

 

 

 

Demolish part 

 

 

 

 

New Construction part 

 

 

 

 

Plot the dots by adding elevation height to form topograpghy.
 

Massing and Site > topography

 

 

 

Add trees by site component

 

 

 

Render after put the camera
 

view> 3d > camera > render

 

 

 

(Instruction Texts credit to Mr.Koh Jing Hao)

© 2013 by Kee Yu Xuan

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