BMATWT 497C - Advanced Topics in CAD
Topics

General stuff:

• Ergonomic computing
• AutoCAD 2005 Quick Reference
• SketchUp QuickReference
• SketchUp LongerReference
• Revit Building QuickReference

Topic 1: Introduction to Advanced CAD (1/28)

• Introduction

Topic 2: Point / Divide / Measure / UCS (1/30, 2/4)

• Introduction
• Sketching review
• Class exercises

Topic 3: SketchUp Conceptual Modeling (2/6, 2/11, 2/20)

• Introduction
• Roofs in SketchUp
• Holdsworth exterior photos (ZIP)
• Holdsworth footprint (DWG)

Some related video tutorials (from Aidan Chopra):

Painting textures on surfaces

Painting textures on curved surfaces trick

Topic 4: SketchUp Modeling using Components, Animation (2/20, 3/3, 3/5)

• Class Exercises
• Go-2-School - Great SketchUp videos
• SUWiki - SketchUp help and tutorials
• SketchUp Forums - Even more... And a chance to ask questions.
• Sample:

Steel Frame Assembly Animation from Alexander Schreyer on Vimeo.

Topic 5: SketchUp Plugins (3/10)

• SketchUp plugin repository
• Blog on SketchUp plugins
• Kerkythea mini-tutorial
• In class I also showed you: unfold, housebuilder, sketchyphysics (search for these here), tf rubies, soap skin

Install these by downloading the files and putting them into the plugins folder. Then restart SketchUp. The plugins folder is usually found at: C:\Program Files\Google\Google SketchUp 6\Plugins

Topic 6: Intro to BIM (3/10, 3/12)

• Presentation (2 slides per page)
• Some recent articles on BIM:
  How Many Contractors Does It Take to Scale a Wall?
  More...

Topic 7: Intro to Revit (3/12, 3/24)

• Sketching review - Do the same exercise as before using Revit (in Drafting View)
• BOOK: Lesson 2: Lake Cabin
• BOOK: Lesson 3 & 4: Drafting, linework etc.

Topic 8: Working with Revit: The residential house model

• BOOK: Lesson 5 - First Floor, Doors, Windows
• BOOK: Lesson 6 - Basement, Second Floor, Stairs
• BOOK: Lesson 7 - Roof
• BOOK: Lesson 8 - Floors

Topic 8: Working with Revit: Next steps

• Sections, Elevations, Interior Elevations, Callouts
• Detailing and drafting
• Sheets and printing
• Rendering
• Dimensions
• Schedules and material take-offs
• Data export: Energy-efficiency calculations with Green Building Studio:
  - Website
  - Tutorial (PDF)
  - Downloads (get GBS Client for Revit)
• Families (non-parametric, parametric)
• Conceptual modeling (massing models)
• SketchUp import
• Solar studies

To get help on topics that aren't covered in the textbook, look into the Revit help files at Help > Tutorials. There are great reference tutorials available.

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