Revit Sections

[STANDARD ACT-ADDII-2: Students will prepare sections and details for residential drawings.]

SECTION DRAWINGS

1. See Chapter 8 of the Introduction to Autodesk Revit Building book for instructions on how to place and adjust a section view.
2. On the Floor Plan level, place a Longitudinal section throught the center of the house. If it does not go through the stairs then invert the view so the stairs are shown beyond the section. Rename this section to Longitudinal Section. Set the scale to 1/4" = 1'0". Set the detail level to medium.
3. On the Floor Plan level, place a Cross section throught the house. Move the section so it goes through a window and shows a floor joist and foundation post. Rename this section to Cross Section. Set the scale to 1/4" = 1'0". Set the detail level to medium.
4. In each section, turn off the visibility of all furniture. The only Levels you should have turned on are the T.O. Footing, Floors and Roof
5. Place both section views on Sheet A8 Building Sections.

Click the "Read More" to see all of the instructions. (180 points)

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What are the goals of a section drawing?

Project Jekyll - Existing Conditions

[STANDARD ACT-CED-38: Students will draw a survey based on field data.]

The first step in a new development design is to gather information. You have the current survey data, road alignment and boundary description. Below is a map indicating the location of the project. You will need to research and find the local city, county or state jurisdiction for the project. Do they have design restrictions or building codes that you must follow?

Some questions to start your research with:

• 100 year flood plain?
• Road construction material and sizes?
• Sub-dividing a lot?
• Utilities locations and types?
• Survey monuments?
• Land lot and District?
• Submission documents?

Project Location map

Assignment checklist

 

 

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: Why should an existing conditions survey be as accurate as possible?

Project Jekyll - Introduction

[STANDARD ACT-CED-38: Students will draw a survey based on field data.]

Elevation and Contour

You are the Civil design team for a new development to place a series of rental cabins in Jekyll Island State Park.

The cabins will be placed on a new road around a pair of existing lakes. 

An overview of the project is as follows:

Submissions required for this project are as follows:

• Existing topo survey
• proposed grading plan
• Initial site design (roads, lots, lake & utilities)
• Final site design
• Final lot layout
• Landscape design
• Marketing brochure
• Digital presentation
• Zoning submissions

 

 

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

Civil Engineering & Google Earth

[STANDARD ACT-CED-**: .]

In this activity you will be viewing information about several Civil Engineering projects using Google Earth as the presentation platform.  .

• Open this Read Me PDF and follow the directions. The actual KMZ file is located in the U:/Students/AutoCad/Civil folder. 
• Open the worksheet . Save the worksheet to your student folder.
• Record your answers on the worksheet.
• When completed, print out your finished worksheet and turn it in. 

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What is the difference between an azimuth and a bearing?

Final Drawing Submissions

[STANDARD ACT-ADDII-2: Students will prepare sections and details for residential drawings.]

DRAWINGS

1. Title Sheet to contain the following items:
   • Perspective image of the structure
   • Company name
   • Design name
   • Architects name
   • Index of drawings
   • Project location map (See Civil folder on the U:\ drive
2. Sheet A1 First Floor Plan with schedules
3. Sheet A2 Roof Plan
4. Sheet A3 & A4 Elevations
5. Sheet A5 Building Sections
6. Sheet A6 Wall Section
7. Sheet A7 Section Details
8. Sheet E0 Electrical Plan
9. Sheet E1 Lighting Plan (RCP)
10. Sheet S0 Foundation Plan
11. Sheet S1 First Floor Framing Plan 

POWER POINT PRESENTATION

1. Prepare a presentation of your design. The presentation is to include the following items:
   • Slide #1 Title Slide with your name, semester/year, class
   • Slide #2 Information Slide with your company name and house design name
   • Slide #3 and 4  - Images of natural disasters and purpose of your design project.
   • Slide #5 Rendered perspective image of your design.
   • Slide #6 Text specifics about your design (square footage, overall size, number of bedrooms, baths, etc.)
   • Slide #7 DWF or JPEG image of your floor plan.
   • Slide #8 Text description and images as to why your design stands out above the rest.
   • Slide #9 Closing
   • Slide #10 Credits
2. DO NOT USE ANIMATED, TWIRLING, FLYING TEXT OR IMAGES.
3. Use background colors and contrasting text that will project well.
4. Use a common font and an appropriate text size.

DWF FILE

1. Submit a completed DWF file that contains the following items in the correct order:
   1. 3D model of house
   2. All drawings listed above in the correct order
   3. Rendered JPEG image
   4. Power Point Presentation.

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: 

Final Video Project

[STANDARD ACT-SM-3: Students will create assembly drawings.]

You are to prepare a multimedia presentation using three of your previously created animations.

• Use Windows Movie Maker to create the video.
• The presentation must have the following items:
  • Title slide with class name, semester and student name
    • Appropriate background color, text color, font and text size
  • Photograph of object with title text
  • Rendered JPEG of object in same orientation as photograph
  • Inventor Studio animation of each object
  • Appropriate background music or sound effects downloaded from www.freeplaymusic.com
  • Credits slide with all media creators information
    • Appropriate background color, text color, font and text size
• Apply transitions between images and videos 
• Final video should be rendered in an 800 x 600 resolution as a wmv file.
• Total point value (points)

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What ?

Photography for Documentation

This lesson is to enable you to take digital photographs that will be used to document a part for reverse engineering. Sometimes the parts will be damaged or even destroyed while taking them apart. Digital photographs provide a good documenting the dis-assembling of an object.

Click here to take Photography Pre-test

Watch the PowerPoint presentation on setting up the camera. it is located at U:\students\AutoCAD\camera.ppt

Setup the photography equipment and several photographs of your object. You will need orthographic and isometric views.

Watch the PowerPoint presentation of importing images. It is located at U:\students\AutoCAD\import.ppt

Import the images to your student folder, edit the images as necessary and insert the appropriate images into your DWF file.

After completing this lesson, click here to take the Photography post-test.

Click "Read More' to see the grading rubric.

Revit Electrical Plans

[STANDARD ACT-ADDII-1: Students will prepare electrical plans.]

LIGHTING DRAWING

1. If you have not done so yet, add a 1/2" gyp board ceiling directly below the Roof level inside each room. If you have a 2nd floor level then add one below the 2nd floor system also.
2. See Chapter 6 of the Introduction to Autodesk Revit Building book for instructions on how to create a ceiling.
3. See Chapter 6 of the Introduction to Autodesk Revit Building book for instructions on how to add light fixtures to your plan.
4. The View Range settings for the Ceiling Plan should be set to
   • TOP: Associated Level (Floor) Offset = 6" above Ceiling
   • CUT PLANE: Associated Level (Floor) Offset = 3'6"
   • VIEW DEPTH: Associated Level (Floor) Offset = 6" above ceiling
5. On the Ceiling Plan install the Lights, Fans, Switches and Circuits. Change the color for the hidden line used for circuitry.
6. Switch elevation should be 3'10" A.F.F.

POWER DRAWING

1. Electrical outlets, Telephone, CATV and the Service Panel should be located on the Electrical Floor Plan. The elevation for most of these will be 1'4" A.F.F. except for bath vanity and other specialty outlets.
2. The View Range settings for the electrical Plan should be set to
   • TOP: Associated Level (Floor) Offset = 7'6"
   • CUT PLANE: Associated Level (Floor) Offset = 4'6"
   • BOTTOM: Associated level (Floor) Offset = 0'0"
   • VIEW DEPTH: Associated Level (Floor) Offset = 0'0"
3. Make sure the proper annotation accompanies the outlet ex. GFCI, WP, RANGE, etc. 

DRAWING SHEETS

1. Sheet E0 will be the Electrical Power sheet.  Place your Electrical power plans and the Circuit Data calculation on this sheet. Scale should be 1/4" = 1'0"
2. Sheet E1 will be the Electrical Lighting sheet.  Place your Ceiling plans and the Lighting Schedule on this sheet. Scale should be 1/4" = 1'0"
3. There should be no dimensions or cutting plane lines on these sheets.
4. When finished, add the drawings to your DWF file. ( 102 points)

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: Why is it important to understand what the different electrical symbols stand for?